Fighting secondary triple-negative breast cancer in cerebellum: A powerful aid from a medicinal mushrooms blend - 03/02/23
, Elisa Roda b, 1
, Daniela Ratto a
, Anthea Desiderio c
, Maria Teresa Venuti a
, Martino Ramieri a
, Maria Grazia Bottone a
, Elena Savino c
, Paola Rossi a, ⁎ 
Abstract |
Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common cause of brain metastasis onset in patients, with the cerebellum accounting for the 33% of cases. In the current study, using a 4T1 triple-negative mouse BC model, we revealed that an orally administered medicinal mushrooms (MM) blend, rich in β-glucans, played a direct and specific anti-cancer action on cerebellar metastases, also bettering locomotor performances. The neuroprotective effect of the MM blend plays through (i) a direct and specific inhibition of cerebellar metastatization pattern typical of TNBC (with an induced reduction of about 50% of metastases density) and (ii) the regulation of apoptosis and proliferation-related genes, as suggested by expression changes of specific molecular markers, i.e. PCNA, p53, Bcl2, BAX, CASP9, CASP3, Hsp70 and AIF. Therefore, inhibiting the metastatization process, triggering a significant apoptosis increase, and lessening cell proliferation, this MM supplement, employed as adjuvant treatment in association with conventional therapy, could represent a promising approach, in the field of Integrative Oncology, for patients’ management in both prevention and treatment of brain metastases from BC.
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Highlights |
• | Affecting secondary TNBC in murine cerebellum by a Medicinal Mushroom blend. |
• | Directly and specifically inhibiting cerebellar metastatization pattern. |
• | Triggering apoptosis and lessening cell proliferation in metastases. |
• | Pleiotropic action as a powerful tool in integrative oncology. |
Abbreviations : BC, TNBC, HER2, CNS, BMBC, BBB, MM, BRMs, MU-care, TME, PCNA, Bcl-2, BAX, CASP9, CASP3, Hsp70, PBS, QoL, H&E, PSR, OD, IGL, PCs, WM, ML, AIF
Keywords : TNBC, Cerebellum, Medicinal mushrooms, Metastases, Locomotor activity, Cancer proliferation, Apoptosis, Integrative medicine
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