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Supplementary Materials and Methods from Mutant p53 Attenuates Oxidative Phosphorylation and Facilitates Cancer Stemness through Downregulating miR-200c–PCK2 Axis in Basal-Like Breast Cancer

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posted on 2023-04-03, 19:43 authored by Chi-Hong Chao, Chen-Yun Wang, Cing-Hong Wang, Ting-Wen Chen, Huai-Yu Hsu, Hao-Wei Huang, Chia-Wei Li, Ru-Tsun Mai

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Ministry of Science and Technology

Kaohsiung Medical University Research Center

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miR-200c is a tumor suppressor miRNA that plays a critical role in regulating epithelial phenotype and cancer stemness. p53 deficiency downregulates the expression of miR-200c and leads to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and stemness phenotype, which contributes to the progression of breast cancers. In this study, we demonstrated that CRISPR-mediated knockout (KO) of miR-200c induces metabolic features similar to the metabolic rewiring caused by p53 hot-spot mutations, and that impairing this metabolic reprogramming interferes with miR-200c deficiency–induced stemness and transformation. Moreover, restoring miR-200c expression compromised EMT, stem-cell properties, and the Warburg effect caused by p53 mutations, suggesting that mutant p53 (MTp53) induces EMT-associated phenotypes and metabolic reprogramming by downregulating miR-200c. Mechanistically, decreased expression of PCK2 was observed in miR-200c– and p53-deficient mammary epithelial cells, and forced expression of miR-200c restored PCK2 in p53 mutant–expressing cells. Reduced PCK2 expression not only led to attenuated oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and increased stemness in normal mammary epithelial cells but also compromised the enhanced OXPHOS and suppression of cancer stemness exerted by miR-200c in p53 mutation–bearing basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) cells. Clinically, PCK2 expression is negatively associated with EMT markers and is downregulated in basal-like subtype and cases with low miR-200c expression or p53 mutation. Notably, low expression of PCK2 is associated with poor overall survival (OS) in patients with breast cancer. Together, our results suggest that p53 and miR-200c regulate OXPHOS and stem/cancer stemness through PCK2, and loss of the p53–miR-200c–PCK2 axis might provide metabolic advantages that facilitate cancer stemness, leading to the progression of BLBCs.

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