TY - JOUR T1 - Aberrant Expression of Solute Carrier Family 35 Member A2 Correlates With Tumor Progression in Breast Cancer JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 262 LP - 269 DO - 10.21873/invivo.13076 VL - 37 IS - 1 AU - CHIEN-LIANG LIU AU - SHIH-PING CHENG AU - WEN-CHIEN HUANG AU - MING-JEN CHEN AU - CHI-HSIN LIN AU - SHAN-NA CHEN AU - YUAN-CHING CHANG Y1 - 2023/01/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/37/1/262.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: A recent study suggested that solute carrier family 35 member A2 (SLC35A2) is related to poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. SLC35A2 transports uridine diphosphate-galactose from the cytosol to the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical expression of SLC35A2 was evaluated using tissue microarrays. Cell growth, migration, and invasion of breast cancer cells were examined following loss- and gain-of-expression of SLC35A2. Results: Normal breast tissue exhibited SLC35A2 immunoreactivity in the nucleus. A progressive increase in cytoplasmic expression from in situ carcinoma to invasive carcinoma was observed. There was a correlation between cytoplasmic SLC35A2 expression and breast cancer stage (p<0.001). MDA-MB-468 and MCF-7 cells transfected with SLC35A2 shRNA had unchanged cell viability but significantly reduced cell migration and invasion. In contrast, MDA-MB-231 and HCC1806 cells transfected with the SLC35A2 expression vector showed increased migration. Conclusion: Breast cancer progression is accompanied by differential expression patterns of SLC35A2. The migratory or invasive capacity of breast cancer cells is associated with SLC35A2 expression. ER -