Chapter title |
Role of estrogens and their receptors in adhesion and invasiveness of breast cancer cells.
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Chapter number | 48 |
Book title |
Hormonal Carcinogenesis V
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, December 2007
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DOI | 10.1007/978-0-387-69080-3_48 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-0-387-69078-0, 978-0-387-69080-3
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Authors |
Maynadier M, Nirdé P, Ramirez JM, Cathiard AM, Platet N, Chambon M, Garcia M, Marie Maynadier, Philippe Nirdé, Jean-Marie Ramirez, Anne Marie Cathiard, Nadine Platet, Monique Chambon, Marcel Garcia |
Abstract |
Estrogen receptors (ERs) are overexpressed in human breast cancers (BCs) and associated with differentiated tumors and with a more favorable prognosis. Paradoxically, ERs mediate the mitogenic action of estrogens in human BC cells and the efficacy of antiestrogens in adjuvant therapy of primary tumors. The exact mechanism underlying the ER protection against cancer progression to metastasis remains to be investigated. Herein, we show that ERs decrease invasiveness of BC cells. Detailed studies revealed that the unliganded and the E2-activated ERs decrease cancer cell invasion in vitro through two distinct mechanisms. In the presence of ligand, ERalpha inhibits invasion through a mechanism requiring the functional ERalpha domains involved in the transcriptional activation of target genes. Moreover, using different approaches, we found that cell-cell contacts were markedly increased by 17beta-estradiol (E2) treatment and decreased by the pure antiestrogen, ICI182,780. This cell-cell adhesion was associated with an increase of the major intercellular junctions, desmosomes. Conversely, in the absence of ligand, ERalpha also inhibits invasion through a distinct mechanism involving protein-protein interaction with the region of the first zinc finger of ERalpha. The relationship of these data with clinical studies and their potential therapeutic consequences will be discussed. |
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