Journal article
Mitochondria in epithelial ovarian carcinoma exhibit abnormal phenotypes and blunted associations with biobehavioral factors
Scientific reports, Vol.11(1), pp.11595-11595
06/02/2021
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89934-6
PMCID: PMC8172869
PMID: 34078919
Abstract
Malignant tumor cells exhibit mitochondrial alterations and are also influenced by biobehavioral processes, but the intersection of biobehavioral factors and mitochondria in malignant tumors remains unexplored. Here we examined multiple biochemical and molecular markers of mitochondrial content and function in benign tissue and in high-grade epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) in parallel with exploratory analyses of biobehavioral factors. First, analysis of a publicly-available database (n = 1435) showed that gene expression of specific mitochondrial proteins in EOC is associated with survival. Quantifying multiple biochemical and molecular markers of mitochondrial content and function in tissue from 51 patients with benign ovarian masses and 128 patients with high-grade EOC revealed that compared to benign tissue, EOCs exhibit 3.3–8.4-fold higher mitochondrial content and respiratory chain enzymatic activities (
P
< 0.001) but similar mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels (− 3.1%), documenting abnormal mitochondrial phenotypes in EOC. Mitochondrial respiratory chain activity was also associated with interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in ascites. In benign tissue, negative biobehavioral factors were inversely correlated with mitochondrial content and respiratory chain activities, whereas positive biobehavioral factors tended to be positively correlated with mitochondrial measures, although effect sizes were small to medium (r = − 0.43 to 0.47). In contrast, serous EOCs showed less pronounced biobehavioral-mitochondrial correlations. These results document abnormal mitochondrial functional phenotypes in EOC and warrant further research on the link between biobehavioral factors and mitochondria in cancer.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Mitochondria in epithelial ovarian carcinoma exhibit abnormal phenotypes and blunted associations with biobehavioral factors
- Creators
- Snehal Bindra - New York, NY USAMarlon A McGill - New York, NY USAMarina K Triplett - New York, NY USAAnisha Tyagi - New York, NY USAPremal H Thaker - St. Louis, MO USALaila Dahmoush - Iowa City, IA USAMichael J Goodheart - Iowa City, IA USAR. Todd Ogden - New York, NY USAEdward Owusu-Ansah - New York, NY USAKalpita R Karan - New York, NY USASteve Cole - Los Angeles, CA USAAnil K Sood - Houston, TX USASusan K Lutgendorf - Iowa City, IA USAMartin Picard - New York, NY USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Scientific reports, Vol.11(1), pp.11595-11595
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-021-89934-6
- PMID
- 34078919
- PMCID
- PMC8172869
- NLM abbreviation
- Sci Rep
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- eISSN
- 2045-2322
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group UK
- Grant note
- ; GM119793 / ; CA193249S1 / ;
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/02/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Pathology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Urology
- Record Identifier
- 9984083945302771
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