EVIDENCE THAT TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA IS A HORMONALLY REGULATED NEGATIVE GROWTH-FACTOR IN HUMAN-BREAST CANCER-CELLS
EVIDENCE THAT TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA IS A HORMONALLY REGULATED NEGATIVE GROWTH-FACTOR IN HUMAN-BREAST CANCER-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(87)90193-0
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发表时间:
1987-02-13
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
DICKSON, RB
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作者:
KNABBE, C;LIPPMAN, ME;DICKSON, RB
The hormone-dependent human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 secretes transforming growth factor-.beta. (TGF-.beta.), which can be detected in the culture medium in a biologically active form. These polypeptides compete with human platelet-derived TGF-.beta. for binding to its receptor, are biologically active in TGF-.beta.-specific growth assays, and are recognized and inactivated by TGF-.beta.-specific antibodies. Secretion of active TGF-.beta. is induced 8 to 27-fold under treatment of MCF-7 cells with growth inhibitory concentrations of antiestrogens. Antiestrogen-induced TGF-.beta. from MCF-7 cell inhibits the growth of an estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cell line in coculture experiments; growth inhibition is reversed with anti-TGF-.beta. antibodies. We conclude that in MCF-7 cells, TGF-.beta. is a hormonally regulated growth inhibitor with possible autocrine and paracrine functions in breast cancer cells.