Retracted : RNAi‐mediated downregulation of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and matrix metalloprotease‐9 in human breast cancer cells results in decreased tumor invasion, angiogenesis and growth
| Autor: | Sateesh Kunigal, Norman C. Estes, Sajani S. Lakka, Jasti S. Rao, Christopher S. Gondi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty Angiogenesis Down-Regulation Mice Nude Breast Neoplasms Receptors Cell Surface Biology Gene Expression Regulation Enzymologic Article Receptors Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Metastasis Mice Downregulation and upregulation Cell Line Tumor Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Neoplasm Invasiveness Phosphorylation RNA Small Interfering skin and connective tissue diseases Cell Proliferation Akt/PKB signaling pathway Cell growth medicine.disease Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays Enzyme Activation Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Urokinase receptor Endocrinology Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Oncology Cancer cell Cancer research Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt Plasminogen activator |
| Zdroj: | Int J Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1097-0215 0020-7136 |
| Popis: | The serine protease urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) plays a significant role in tumor cell invasion and metastasis when bound to its specific receptor, uPAR (also known as CD87). In addition to the uPA-uPAR system, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in tumor cell invasion and metastasis. In this study, we achieved specific inhibition of uPAR and MMP-9 using RNAi technology. We introduced small interfering RNA (siRNA) to downregulate the expression of uPAR and MMP-9 (pUM) in breast cancer cell lines (MDA MB 231 and ZR 75 1). In vitro angiogenesis studies indicated a decrease in the angiogenic potential of the treated cells; in particular, a remarkable decrease was observed in the cells treated with bicistronic construct (pUM) in comparision to the controls. Additionally, bicistronic construct inhibited the formation of capillary-like structures in in vivo models of angiogenesis. Similarly, the invasive potential and migration decreased dramatically when treated with the bicistronic construct as shown by matrigel invasion and migration assays. These results suggest a synergistic effect from the simultaneous downregulation of uPAR and MMP-9. We also assessed the levels of phosphorylated forms of MAPK, ERK, and AKT signaling pathway molecules and found reduction in the levels of these molecules in cells treated with the bicistronic construct as compared to the control cells. Furthermore, targeting both uPAR and MMP-9 totally regressed orthotopic breast tumors in nude mice. In conclusion, our results provide evidence that the simultaneous downregulation of uPAR and MMP-9 using RNAi technology may provide an effective tool for breast cancer therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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