TGF-β2: A Novel Target of CD44-Promoted Breast Cancer Invasion
| Autor: | Yahya M. Al-Farsi, Hamad Al-Riyami, Madhwa H.G. Raj, Somya Shanmuganathan, Mohamed E. Abdraboh, Samineh Madani, Allal Ouhtit, Ishita Gupta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Biology
CREB Bioinformatics Metastasis Breast cancer CRE/ATF Transcription (biology) RNA interference TGF-β2 medicine CD44 Transcription factor Hyaluronan Microarray analysis techniques Hematology medicine.disease MCF-7-B5 clone Molecular biology Oncology Immunology Tetracycline-inducible Cancer research biology.protein Signal transduction Homing-associated cell adhesion molecule Transforming growth factor Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1837-9664 |
| Popis: | We have developed a tetracycline (tet)-off regulated expression of CD44s gene in the breast cancer (BC) cell line MCF-7 (B5 clone) and identified TGF-β2 (Transforming Growth Factor beta-2; 3 fold induction) as a potential CD44-downstream transcriptional target by microarray analysis. To further validate this finding, the same RNA samples, used for microarray analysis and their corresponding protein lysates, collected from the BC cell line MCF-7-B5, were examined for CD44 expression in the presence of HA. Our results showed that TGF-β2 mRNA levels were significantly elevated following the removal of tetracycline at 18, 24, and 48 h post-HA stimulation compared to the parental cells. Furthermore, the TGF-β2 precursor protein increased in a time-dependent pattern upon HA-stimulation and in the absence of tetracycline. More interestingly, inhibition of CD44 gene by RNAi method decreased TGF-β2 expression upon HA-stimulation, and subsequently inhibited BC cell invasion in vitro. In addition to identifying TGF-β2 as a target for HA/CD44 signaling, this data suggests that ATF/CREB might be a potential transcription factor linking HA/CD44 activation to TGF-β2 transcription and additional experiments are required for a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the novel function of the CD44/ TGF-β2 signaling pathway in breast cancer metastasis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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