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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Reduction in apoptosis has been associated with tumor metastases and response to chemotherapy in breast cancer. We examine the influence of apoptosis status and the expression of antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) on metastatic progression and response to therapy in an experimental model of breast cancer. We used human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB 435, MDA-MB 468 and MCF-7) to induce orthotopic xenograft tumors in nude mice. The overexpression of Bcl-2 or Bcl-x(L) influenced tumorigenicity, 468 transfectants being less tumorigenic than control (p < 0.0001). Lung metastasis appeared at day 120 in animals injected with 435/Bcl-2 or 435/Bcl-x(L) and they showed higher metastatic activity than control 435/Neo tumors (p = 0.02). In contrast, mice with 468 tumors were followed for 1 year after tumor excision, but they did not develop metastatic foci. 435/Bcl-2 and 435/Bcl-x(L) transfectant cells bound less readily to laminin (ANOVA, p < 0.0001), fibronectin (ANOVA, p < 0.0001) and collagen type-IV (ANOVA, p < 0.0001) than 435/Neo cells. The overexpression of antiapoptotic proteins in 435 transfectants rescued 20-40% of cells from anoikis at 64 hr in rocking conditions. In contrast, at this time only 5-10% of 468 and MCF-7 transfectant cells were rescued. Thus, the overexpression of the Bcl-2 or Bcl-x(L) associated with the loss of apoptosis in breast cancer cells in vivo may account for their metastatic behavior. These genes increase tumor metastasis when the oncogenic background has triggered the metastatic process, in which anoikis might determine tumor progression when the life span of the cells is extended.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Anoikis, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Genes, bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12209955-bcl-X Protein
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of apoptosis in human breast cancer cells: role in tumor progression to the metastatic state.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Oncología Molecular, Institut de Recerca Oncològica (I.R.O.), Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge (C.S.U.B.), Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't