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pubmed:issue |
45
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-12-20
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pubmed:abstractText |
Polyamines-putrescine, spermidine, and spermine-are involved in the growth of breast cancer cells. A possible target of polyamine action is at the site of interaction of transcription factors with their response elements. NF-kappaB is a member of the rel family of transcription factors that regulate transcription of genes in the proliferative/anti-apoptotic pathways. We performed electrophoretic mobility shift assays to study the role of polyamines in NF-kappaB binding to NF-kappaB response elements (NREs), the consensus sequence of which is GGGGAATTCCCC. Using cellular extract from MCF-7 breast cancer cells, we found very little binding of NF-kappaB to NRE in the absence of polyamines. Addition of 1 mM spermidine or spermine caused a 4- and 6-fold increase in NF-kappaB-NRE binding, respectively. Putrescine induced a 2-fold increase in the binding at 2 mM concentration. Using antibody supershift assays, we identified the p50 subunit of NF-kappaB to be a major component in NF-kappaB-NRE complex formation in the presence of polyamines. However, the decreased intensity of the band corresponding to NF-kappaB-NRE complex in the presence of anti-p65, c-rel, relB and p52 antibodies suggested the participation of these subunits also. Spermine also stimulated NF-kappaB-NRE binding using cellular extracts from other breast cancer cell lines and a normal breast epithelial cell line. A differential effect of spermine analogues on NF-kappaB-NRE binding was observed, with spermine exerting the maximal effect. CD spectra of NRE containing oligonucleotides was asymmetric and distinct from that of a typical B-DNA CD spectrum. A concentration-dependent increase in T(m) of the duplex NRE was seen in the presence of polyamines. In transient transfection experiments using an NF-kappaB driven secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter, spermine induced NF-kappaB activity by approximately 2-fold as compared to controls. Spermine induced activation of NF-kappaB was also confirmed using an NF-kappaB-EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein) vector in transient transfections in which expression of the green fluorescent protein was visualized by fluorescence microscopy. These data show a gene regulatory function of polyamines involving enhanced binding of NF-kappaB to NRE and a possible mechanism for the action of polyamines in breast cancer cell proliferation.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Guanidines,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polyamines,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Putrescine,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spermidine,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spermine,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pimagedine
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0006-2960
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
9
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pubmed:volume |
38
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
14763-74
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Breast Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Circular Dichroism,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Guanidines,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-NF-kappa B,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Polyamines,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Protein Conformation,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Putrescine,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Spermidine,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Spermine,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Structure-Activity Relationship,
pubmed-meshheading:10555958-Tumor Cells, Cultured
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pubmed:year |
1999
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Activation of nuclear factor kappaB by polyamines in breast cancer cells.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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