Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer currently accounts for more than one-quarter of all female cancers and, despite the great progress in treatment observed in the past few years, the need for identification of new gene targets that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy is evident. A previous stu...

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Autores principales: Alexopoulou, Annika N, Leao, Maria, Caballero, Otavia L, Da Silva, Leonard, Reid, Lynne, Lakhani, Sunil R, Simpson, Andrew J, Marshall, John F, Neville, A Munro, Jat, Parmjit S
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20642837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2610
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author Alexopoulou, Annika N
Leao, Maria
Caballero, Otavia L
Da Silva, Leonard
Reid, Lynne
Lakhani, Sunil R
Simpson, Andrew J
Marshall, John F
Neville, A Munro
Jat, Parmjit S
author_facet Alexopoulou, Annika N
Leao, Maria
Caballero, Otavia L
Da Silva, Leonard
Reid, Lynne
Lakhani, Sunil R
Simpson, Andrew J
Marshall, John F
Neville, A Munro
Jat, Parmjit S
author_sort Alexopoulou, Annika N
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description INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer currently accounts for more than one-quarter of all female cancers and, despite the great progress in treatment observed in the past few years, the need for identification of new gene targets that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy is evident. A previous study identified the transcription factor NR4A1 as a gene upregulated in primary breast cancer compared with normal tissue by microarray analysis and sequencing technologies. The purpose of the study was to identify the role of NR4A1 in normal mammary epithelial and breast cancer cell biology. METHODS: NR4A1 expression in breast tumours was assessed by semiquantitative and real-time PCR using RNA from normal and tumour samples or breast cancer cell lines. Immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays was performed to check NR4A1 protein expression in breast tumours. MCF-10A and 226L normal mammary epithelial cells as well as the tumour lines PMC42, ZR-75-1 and MDA-MB-231 were transduced with full-length NR4A1, and the ability of NR4A1-overexpressing cells to migrate was tested using scratch wound or transwell migration assays. Proliferation was measured using the MTT and BrdU assays, while apoptosis was determined by the Annexin V assay. The ability of the cells to adhere to extracellular matrix was tested by adhesion assays and integrin cell surface expression was measured by flow cytometry. Activation of the FAK as well as ERK1/2 and PI3K pathways was checked by western blotting. RESULTS: Breast tissue microarray analysis showed NR4A1 expression in primary tumours, which was reduced in higher grade and metastatic tumours. Ectopic expression of NR4A1 in MCF-10A, 226L, PMC42 and ZR-75-1 cells led to reduced ability of the cells to migrate, while no differences were observed in their proliferation and apoptotic index. NR4A1 expression altered the ability of the MCF-10A cells to adhere to the extracellular matrix and affected cell surface expression of integrins. CONCLUSIONS: NR4A1 acts as an antimigratory factor in two normal mammary epithelial and two breast cancer cell lines tested. It is therefore possible that NR4A1 acts as an antimigratory factor in breast tumours, and further studies should be conducted to understand the mechanisms involved.
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spelling pubmed-29496402010-10-06 Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines Alexopoulou, Annika N Leao, Maria Caballero, Otavia L Da Silva, Leonard Reid, Lynne Lakhani, Sunil R Simpson, Andrew J Marshall, John F Neville, A Munro Jat, Parmjit S Breast Cancer Res Research Article INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer currently accounts for more than one-quarter of all female cancers and, despite the great progress in treatment observed in the past few years, the need for identification of new gene targets that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy is evident. A previous study identified the transcription factor NR4A1 as a gene upregulated in primary breast cancer compared with normal tissue by microarray analysis and sequencing technologies. The purpose of the study was to identify the role of NR4A1 in normal mammary epithelial and breast cancer cell biology. METHODS: NR4A1 expression in breast tumours was assessed by semiquantitative and real-time PCR using RNA from normal and tumour samples or breast cancer cell lines. Immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays was performed to check NR4A1 protein expression in breast tumours. MCF-10A and 226L normal mammary epithelial cells as well as the tumour lines PMC42, ZR-75-1 and MDA-MB-231 were transduced with full-length NR4A1, and the ability of NR4A1-overexpressing cells to migrate was tested using scratch wound or transwell migration assays. Proliferation was measured using the MTT and BrdU assays, while apoptosis was determined by the Annexin V assay. The ability of the cells to adhere to extracellular matrix was tested by adhesion assays and integrin cell surface expression was measured by flow cytometry. Activation of the FAK as well as ERK1/2 and PI3K pathways was checked by western blotting. RESULTS: Breast tissue microarray analysis showed NR4A1 expression in primary tumours, which was reduced in higher grade and metastatic tumours. Ectopic expression of NR4A1 in MCF-10A, 226L, PMC42 and ZR-75-1 cells led to reduced ability of the cells to migrate, while no differences were observed in their proliferation and apoptotic index. NR4A1 expression altered the ability of the MCF-10A cells to adhere to the extracellular matrix and affected cell surface expression of integrins. CONCLUSIONS: NR4A1 acts as an antimigratory factor in two normal mammary epithelial and two breast cancer cell lines tested. It is therefore possible that NR4A1 acts as an antimigratory factor in breast tumours, and further studies should be conducted to understand the mechanisms involved. BioMed Central 2010 2010-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2949640/ /pubmed/20642837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2610 Text en Copyright ©2010 Alexopoulou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Alexopoulou, Annika N
Leao, Maria
Caballero, Otavia L
Da Silva, Leonard
Reid, Lynne
Lakhani, Sunil R
Simpson, Andrew J
Marshall, John F
Neville, A Munro
Jat, Parmjit S
Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title_full Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title_fullStr Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title_full_unstemmed Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title_short Dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: NR4A1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
title_sort dissecting the transcriptional networks underlying breast cancer: nr4a1 reduces the migration of normal and breast cancer cell lines
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20642837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2610
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