Influence of antiestrogens on EGF- and IGF-I-mediated proliferation of human breast cancer cells.
Influence of antiestrogens on EGF- and IGF-I-mediated proliferation of human breast cancer cells.
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抗雌激素对 EGF 和 IGF-I 介导的人乳腺癌细胞增殖的影响。
DOI:
10.1007/s11626-999-0039-z
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发表时间:
1999
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Pento,JT
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Tong,GM;Rajah,TT;Pento,JT
Dear Editor: It has been reported that antiestrogens inhibit the growth of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF-7 cell growth by antagonizing the mitogenic effects of estradiol, and thus should not inhibit proliferation in estrogen-free media. However, it has been demonstrated that antiestrogens inhibit MCF-7 cell growth in the absence of estradiol, suggesting that they operate in part through mechanisms other than estradiol antagonism at the ER (15). Further, the activity of certain growth factors on cell proliferation is influenced by both estrogens and antiestrogens (4, 5). To more completely define the antiproliferative mechanisms of action of antiestrogens, the objective of the present study was to compare the antiproliferative activities of three an-tiestrogens [tamoxifen (TAM), ICI-182,780 (ICI) and Analog (AII)] which differ in chemical structure and biological mechanism on insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) or epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced proliferation of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells under serum-free conditions. The MCF-7 cells were obtained from the Michigan Cancer Foundation and grown as monolayer cultures in RPMI 1640 media as previously described (8). After harvesting, cells were seeded into 96-well tissue culture plates at a concentration of 104 cells/well in RPMI containing 5% calf serum and allowed to attach overnight. The medium was replaced with RPMI+ 5% TCH (defined serum replacement, Celox Corporation, Hopkins, MN) 24 h before treatment. Experimental treatment with growth factor (10-'0 M), antiestrogen (10-6 M), estradiol (10-9 M) or a combination was initiated on Day 1 and medium containing treatments was replaced on alternate days. These experiments were conducted with 10-to M EGF or IGF-I, based on results of previous dose-related observations (13). Cell proliferation was determined with the neutral red dye method as previously described (2). Cell proliferation was quanti-tated on treatment Day 7 and reported as a percentage of control-treated cells. For statistical purposes, triplicate samples of each treatment were included in each experiment and the combined results of three experiments were viewed as a two-factor analysis of variance having independent observations within treatment combi-nations.All three antiestrogens inhibited EGF-induced proliferation of MCF-7 cells (P< 0.05)(Fig. 1). Additionally, All and ICI reversed the effects of IGF-I (P< 0.05). Finally, Fig. 1 shows that ICI and TAM, but not All, reduced basal proliferation of MCF-7 cells in the absence of estradiol (P< 0.05). The combination of either EGF+ estradiol or IGF-I+ estradiol did not produce an additive stimulation of MCF-7 cell proliferation (Fig. 2). All three antiestrogens reversed the effect of estradiol alone on MCF-7 cell proliferation (P< 0.05). Cell proliferation produced by the combination of EGF+ estradiol was inhibited by TAM. Pro-liferation produced by the combination of IGF-I+ estradiol was inhibited by AII and TAM (P< 0.05). The addition of estradiol