Parathyroid hormone-related peptide and 8701-BC breast cancer cell growth and invasion in vitro: evidence for growth-inhibiting and invasion-promoting effects

Autor: William J. Burtis, Claudio Luparello, Friedhelm Raue, M.A. Birch, James A. Gallagher
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 111:225-232
ISSN: 0303-7207
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03577-t
Popis: It has been previously reported that 8701-BC cells, derived from a primary carcinoma of the breast, constitutively express parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) gene and that N-terminal PTHrP immunoreactivity can be found in cell medium. Here we have firstly measured immunoreactive PTHrP in 8701-BC cell medium using antibodies raised against midregion and C-terminal fragments, and also demonstrated the expression of PTH/PTHrP receptor by 8701-BC cells. Secondly, we have examined the role, if any, elicited by diverse PTHrP domains on 8701-BC cell proliferation, and invasive behaviour in vitro related to production of extracellular proteolytic enzymes. Our data show that PTHrP [1-34], and, to a minor extent, [67-86] and [107-139], are anti-mitogenic but 'invadogenic' for 8701-BC cells, and suggest that diverse enzymatic activities may contribute to cell invasion in response to different PTHrP fragments. In light of the present data on a chemoattractive role for PTHrP in vitro, we hypothesize that this protein might intervene in local control of the invasive process in breast carcinoma.
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