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ArticleFrontiers in molecular medicine2023

MCM10 expression is linked to cervical cancer aggressiveness.

Sumayyah M Q Ahmed, Suparna Laha, Ranajit Das, Mariam Anjum Ifthikar, Shankar Prasad Das

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Article in Frontiers in molecular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sumayyah M Q AhmedYenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.
Suparna LahaYenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.
Ranajit DasYenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.
Mariam Anjum IfthikarDepartment of Oncology, Yenepoya Medical College Hospital, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.
Shankar Prasad DasYenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.

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Abstract

Cervical cancer screening is a challenge mainly in developing countries. In developed countries, both incidence and mortality rates have been decreasing due to well organized screening programs. One of the potential biomarkers being exploited are the minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCMs), which show both specificity and sensitivity. MCM2-7 are involved in DNA replication initiation and elongation, and the MCM subunits are highly expressed in malignant tissues. Unlike other MCMs, MCM10, which is not part of the core helicase complex, is a critical determinant of origin activation and its levels are limiting in cancer cells. In this study, we performed bioinformatic analysis on the expression profile of all DNA replication associated MCM proteins in cervical cancer. MCM10 showed a relatively higher expression profile compared to the other MCMs. The mRNA expression levels of the MCMs were significantly increased in tumour tissues compared to normal, and MCM10 showed a fold change of 3.4. In order to understand if MCM10 is associated with the aggressiveness of cervical cancer, we looked into the mRNA expression pattern of MCM10 in three cervical cancer cell lines and one normal cervical cell line. MCM10 expression was significantly higher in the case of the more aggressive cancer cell line HeLa compared to controls. MCM10, therefore, can serve as a prominent biomarker for cancer progression and thus aid in early detection to control the spread of cancer cells. Our results show that MCM10 expression levels in cervical cancer cell lines are associated with cancer aggressiveness, demonstrating its clinical significance.

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cancer aggressivenesscervical cancerDNA replicationimmunocytochemistryminichromosome maintenance protein 10origin firingqRT-PCR

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PMCPMC11285692

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