Review Article

Advances in Understanding Mitochondrial MicroRNAs (mitomiRs) on the Pathogenesis of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

Table 6

mitomiR-based therapeutics and targeting mechanisms in preclinical study of TNBC.

Approach/reagentEffecting mitomiRExperimental modelPMIDReference

Metabolic reprogramming
siRNA-circPVT1↑miR-29aIn vivo, in vitro33223849Wang et al., 2020 [28]
Lentivirus-miR-128↑miR-128In vivo, in vitro29116653Xiao et al., 2018 [33]
Small molecule (metformin)↓miR-21In vitro, in vivo28698800Pulito et al., 2017 [48]
Apoptosis
Nanoparticle-loaded miR-34a↑miR-34aIn vivo, ex ovo, in vitro32319481Ahir et al., 2020 [54]
Nanoparticle-loaded anti-miR-10b↓miR-10bIn vivo, ex ovo, in vitro32319481Ahir et al., 2020 [54]
Cisplatin+thiosemicarbazone compound 4↑miR-125a, ↑miR-181aIn vitro31541355Majzoub et al., 2019
shRNA-lncCAMTA1↑miR-20bIn vitro28550685Lu et al., 2018 [59]
Anti-miR-221↓miR-221In vitro26503209Ye et al., 2016 [80]
Redox signaling
Natural product (ursolic acid)↓miR-499aEx ovo, in vitro33278391Manda et al., 2020 [76]
Physical agent (ultrasound)↑miR-200cIn vitro32313093Shi et al., 2020 [85]
Natural product (parthenolide)↑miR-29bIn vitro31313842De Blasio, 2019 [84]
shRNA-LINC00963↑miR-324In vitro, in vivo31751910Zhang et al., 2019 [52]
Adenovirus-MDA-7↓miR-221In vitro, in vivo30842276Pradhan et al., 2019 [82]
CuO-Nw-FA↑miR-425In vivo, ex ovo, in vitro26520043Ahir et al., 2016 [83]
Histone deacetylase inhibitor (SAHA)↑miR-200aIn vitro21926171Eades et al., 2011 [51]
Mitochondrial calcium transport
Exosome↑miR-4488In vivo, in vitro33067576Zheng et al., 2020 [74]

“↑”: enhanced; “↓”: reduced; circPVT1: circular RNA PVT1; CuO-Nw-FA: copper oxide nanowire conjugated with folic acid; lncRNA: long noncoding RNA; MITF: melanogenesis-associated transcription factor; SAHA: suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid.