Molecular cancer, 2012-08, Vol.11 (1), p.62-62, Article 62
2012
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Rab31 expression levels modulate tumor-relevant characteristics of breast cancer cells
- Ist Teil von
- Molecular cancer, 2012-08, Vol.11 (1), p.62-62, Article 62
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BioMed Central Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
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- Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Rab proteins constitute a large family of monomeric GTP-binding proteins that regulate intracellular vesicle transport. Several Rab proteins, including rab31, have been shown to affect cancer progression and are related with prognosis in various types of cancer including breast cancer. Recently, the gene encoding rab31 was found to be overexpressed in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer tissue. In a previous study we found a significant association of high rab31 mRNA expression with poor prognosis in node-negative breast cancer patients. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the impact of rab31 (over)-expression on important aspects of tumor progression in vitro and in vivo. Breast cancer cells displaying low (MDA-MB-231) or no (CAMA-1) endogenous rab31 expression were stably transfected with a rab31 expression plasmid. Batch-transfected cells as well as selected cell clones, expressing different levels of rab31 protein, were analyzed with regard to proliferation, cell adhesion, the invasive capacity of tumor cells, and in vivo in a xenograft tumor model. Polyclonal antibodies directed to recombinantly expressed rab31 were generated and protein expression analyzed by immunohistochemistry, Western blot analysis, and a newly developed sensitive ELISA. Elevated rab31 protein levels were associated with enhanced proliferation of breast cancer cells. Interestingly, weak to moderate overexpression of rab31 in cell lines with no detectable endogenous rab31 expression was already sufficient to elicit distinct effects on cell proliferation. By contrast, increased expression of rab31 in breast cancer cells led to reduced adhesion towards several extracellular matrix proteins and decreased invasive capacity through Matrigel(TM). Again, the rab31-mediated effects on cell adhesion and invasion were dose-dependent. Finally, in a xenograft mouse model, we observed a significantly impaired metastatic dissemination of rab31 overexpressing MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells to the lung. Overexpression of rab31 in breast cancer cells leads to a switch from an invasive to a proliferative phenotype as indicated by an increased cell proliferation, reduced adhesion and invasion in vitro, and a reduced capacity to form lung metastases in vivo.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1476-4598eISSN: 1476-4598DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-11-62Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_548ef291d4f14717b9babda598275afd
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- Schlagworte
- Adhesion, Amino acids, Analysis, Animals, Antibodies - immunology, Antibodies - metabolism, Binding proteins, Breast cancer, Breast Neoplasms - genetics, Breast Neoplasms - metabolism, Breast Neoplasms - pathology, Cancer, Cancer cells, Cell Adhesion, Cell adhesion & migration, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, Cellular proteins, Colleges & universities, Development and progression, Disease Models, Animal, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Estrogen, Extracellular Matrix Proteins - metabolism, Female, Gene Expression, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Genetic aspects, GTP-binding protein, Humans, Intracellular vesicle transport, Invasion, Metastasis, Mice, Mice, Nude, Oncology, Experimental, Physiological aspects, Polyclonal antibodies, Prognosis, Proliferation, Protein binding, Proteins, rab GTP-Binding Proteins - genetics, rab GTP-Binding Proteins - immunology, rab GTP-Binding Proteins - metabolism, rab31, RNA, Rodents, Transplantation, Heterologous, Tumor cell phenotype