150P Spatial pharmacoproteomics analysis of patient-derived tumoroids from colorectal cancer to identify new predictive biomarkers
Results: Mic60 silencing led to significant upregulation of EMT-associated transcription factors, including Zeb2, Lbx1, Snail, Twist1, accompanied by increased Ncadherin and Vimentin expression and decreased E-cadherin levels.NF-B signaling was also activated upon Mic60 loss.In vivo, Mic60 depletion resulted in faster tumor growth and increased tumor weight, indicating a pronounced effect on tumor aggressiveness.Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that Mic60 loss drives a more aggressive breast cancer phenotype, characterized by activation of EMT-and NF-B-related pathways, increased migratory and invasive potential, and accelerated tumor growth in vivo.Mic60 loss thus acts as a key driver of BC aggressiveness and highlights Mic60-associated pathways as potential targets for prognostic and therapeutic strategies in aggressive BC.
Authors
- Katja Välimäki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9117-7589)
- Teijo Pellinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-7373)
- AH Ree
- J. Bruun
- P. Eide
- S. Meltzer
- K. Augestad
- N. Pasquier
- C. Andreassen
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Akershus University Hospital (NO)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ESMO Open
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.106293
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00