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Anti-influenza neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir phosphate induces canine mammary cancer cell aggressiveness

  • PLoS One. 2015 Apr 7;10(4):e0121590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121590.
Joana T de Oliveira 1,  Ana L Santos 2,  Catarina Gomes 2,  Rita Barros 2,  Cláudia Ribeiro 2,  Nuno Mendes 2,  Augusto J de Matos 3,  M Helena Vasconcelos 4,  Maria José Oliveira 5,  Celso A Reis 6,  Fátima Gärtner 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 2 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • 3 Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Animal Science and Study Central (CECA), Food and Agrarian Sciences and Technologies Institute (ICETA), Porto, Portugal.
  • 4 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • 5 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Biomedical Engineering (INEB), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • 6 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • 7 Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
PMID: 25850034 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121590
Abstract

Oseltamivir phosphate is a widely used anti-influenza sialidase inhibitor. Sialylation, governed by sialyltransferases and sialidases, is strongly implicated in the oncogenesis and progression of breast Cancer. In this study we evaluated the biological behavior of canine mammary tumor cells upon oseltamivir phosphate treatment (a sialidase inhibitor) in vitro and in vivo. Our in vitro results showed that oseltamivir phosphate impairs sialidase activity leading to increased sialylation in CMA07 and CMT-U27 canine mammary Cancer cells. Surprisingly, oseltamivir phosphate stimulated, CMT-U27 cell migration and invasion capacity in vitro, in a dose-dependent manner. CMT-U27 tumors xenograft of oseltamivir phosphate-treated nude mice showed increased sialylation, namely α2,6 terminal structures and SLe(x) expression. Remarkably, a trend towards increased lung metastases was observed in oseltamivir phosphate-treated nude mice. Taken together, our findings revealed that oseltamivir impairs canine mammary Cancer cell sialidase activity, altering the sialylation pattern of canine mammary tumors, and leading, surprisingly, to in vitro and in vivo increased mammary tumor aggressiveness.

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