The influence of antiestrogens on the release of plasminogen activator (uPA) by MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
The influence of antiestrogens on the release of plasminogen activator (uPA) by MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
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抗雌激素对 MDA-MB-231 和 MCF-7 乳腺癌细胞释放纤溶酶原激活剂 (uPA) 的影响。
DOI:
10.1023/a:1006592809040
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Pento,JT
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作者:
Abidi,SM;Howard,EW;Dmytryk,JJ;Pento,JT
Plasminogen activators are known to be involved in the metastatic spread of breast cancer. In the present study we examined the effects of antiestrogens [Analog II (1,1-dichloro-cis-2,3-diphenyl cyclopropane) (AII), ICI-182,780 (ICI) and tamoxifen (TAM)], on thein vitrorelease of uPA from estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF-7 (MCF) and ER-negative MDA-MB-231 (MDA) human breast cancer cell lines. Using a solid-phase radioassay, uPA activity was found to be higher in the culture medium from MDA cells compared to MCF cells. Aminocaproic acid, a specific plasmin inhibitor, produced a 50-60% reduction in the degradation of labeled substrate, in the solid phase assay, using culture medium from both cell lines, thus indicating that most of the proteolysis observed was due to uPA-mediated plasmin generation from plasminogen. In the absence of plasminogen, the enzyme activity was not detected in either the quantitative assay or by zymography. In MDA cells, uPA release was not altered by any of the antiestrogens used alone or in the presence of estradiol. In contrast, in MCF cells, ICI alone produced maximal inhibition (40%) of enzyme release, while estradiol alone produced a 120% increase in enzyme activity. When co-administered with estradiol, in MCF cultures, each antiestrogen reduced enzyme activity to control levels. Substrate gel zymography revealed that the urokinase-type PA is the predominant form of PA released by both cell lines. Comparison of the activity of all three antiestrogens used in this study indicates that ICI is the most potent inhibitor of enzyme activity in ER-positive MCF cells. © Rapid Science 1998