Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on March 1, 2019; DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0667 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. Inhibition of Copper Transport Induces Apoptosis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells and Suppresses Tumor Angiogenesis Olga Karginova*, 1, Claire M. Weekley*, 2, Akila Raoul1, Alhareth Alsayed1, Tong Wu2, Steve Seung-Young Lee 3, Chuan He2 and Olufunmilayo I. Olopade1, 4 *co-first authors 1Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, 2Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 3Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, 4Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Chicago, Illinois, USA Current address for CM Weekley: Bio21 Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia Current address for SS Lee: Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Running Title: Targeting copper transport in breast cancer Abbreviations: BSO, L-buthionine-sulfoximine; BSA, bovine serum albumin; CI, combination index; DRI, dose-reduction index; GSH, reduced glutathione; GSSG, oxidized glutathione; ICP- MS, inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry; LOX, lysyl oxidase; MAPK, mitogen- activated protein kinase; PI3K, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase; ROS, reactive oxygen species; SOD, superoxide dismutase; TNBC, triple negative breast cancer; TM, tetrathiomolybdate; TGN, trans-Golgi network; XFM, X-ray fluorescence microscopy. Corresponding author: Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP, OON Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery 900 E. 57th Street, 8th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: 773-702-4400 * Fax: 773-834-0778 Email:
[email protected] Conflicts of Interest: C He is a scientific founder of Accent Therapeutics, Inc.