A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines

Abstract In recent years, the anticancer properties of metabolites from halophilic microorganisms have received a lot of attention. Twenty-nine halophilic bacterial strains were selected from a culture collection to test the effects of their supernatant metabolites on stem cell-like properties of si...

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Main Authors: Atefeh Safarpour, Marzieh Ebrahimi, Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli, Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39736-9
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author Atefeh Safarpour
Marzieh Ebrahimi
Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli
Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
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Marzieh Ebrahimi
Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli
Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
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description Abstract In recent years, the anticancer properties of metabolites from halophilic microorganisms have received a lot of attention. Twenty-nine halophilic bacterial strains were selected from a culture collection to test the effects of their supernatant metabolites on stem cell-like properties of six human cancer cell lines. Human fibroblasts were used as normal control. Sphere and colony formation assay were done to assess the stem cell-like properties. invasion and migration assay, and tumor development in mice model were done to assess the anti-tumorigenesis effect in vitro and in vivo. The metabolites from Salinivenus iranica demonstrated the most potent cytotoxic effect on breast cancer cell lines (IC50 = 100 µg/mL) among all strains, with no effect on normal cells. In MDA-MB-231 cells, the supernatant metabolites enhanced both early and late apoptosis (approximately 9.5% and 48.8%, respectively) and decreased the sphere and colony formation ability of breast cancer cells. Furthermore, after intratumor injection of metabolites, tumors developed in the mice models reduced dramatically, associated with increased pro-apoptotic caspase-3 expression. The purified cytotoxic molecule, a phenol amine with a molecular weight of 1961.73 Dalton (IC50 = 1 µg/mL), downregulated pluripotency gene SRY-Box Transcription Factor 2 (SOX-2) expression in breast cancer cells which is associated with resistance to conventional anticancer treatment. In conclusion, we suggested that the phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica could be a potential anti-breast cancer component.
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spelling doaj.art-851db899eb8f465ba1ae22e47a8e18142023-11-20T09:11:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-08-0113111410.1038/s41598-023-39736-9A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell linesAtefeh Safarpour0Marzieh Ebrahimi1Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli2Mohammad Ali Amoozegar3Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of TehranDepartment of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECRDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, ACECRExtremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of TehranAbstract In recent years, the anticancer properties of metabolites from halophilic microorganisms have received a lot of attention. Twenty-nine halophilic bacterial strains were selected from a culture collection to test the effects of their supernatant metabolites on stem cell-like properties of six human cancer cell lines. Human fibroblasts were used as normal control. Sphere and colony formation assay were done to assess the stem cell-like properties. invasion and migration assay, and tumor development in mice model were done to assess the anti-tumorigenesis effect in vitro and in vivo. The metabolites from Salinivenus iranica demonstrated the most potent cytotoxic effect on breast cancer cell lines (IC50 = 100 µg/mL) among all strains, with no effect on normal cells. In MDA-MB-231 cells, the supernatant metabolites enhanced both early and late apoptosis (approximately 9.5% and 48.8%, respectively) and decreased the sphere and colony formation ability of breast cancer cells. Furthermore, after intratumor injection of metabolites, tumors developed in the mice models reduced dramatically, associated with increased pro-apoptotic caspase-3 expression. The purified cytotoxic molecule, a phenol amine with a molecular weight of 1961.73 Dalton (IC50 = 1 µg/mL), downregulated pluripotency gene SRY-Box Transcription Factor 2 (SOX-2) expression in breast cancer cells which is associated with resistance to conventional anticancer treatment. In conclusion, we suggested that the phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica could be a potential anti-breast cancer component.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39736-9
spellingShingle Atefeh Safarpour
Marzieh Ebrahimi
Seyed Abolhassan Shahzadeh Fazeli
Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
Scientific Reports
title A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
title_full A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
title_fullStr A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
title_full_unstemmed A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
title_short A phenol amine molecule from Salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
title_sort phenol amine molecule from salinivenus iranica acts as the inhibitor of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39736-9
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