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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
The CXCR4 chemokine receptor is a seven transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor present on the surface of various cells including cancer cells. The CXCR4 receptor contributes to the induction of several intracellular signalling pathways that enhance survival, proliferation, and migration of malignant cells. We observed that tamoxifen (Tam) reduced the CXCR4 transcript and protein levels in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. However, we did not see a Tam effect on CXCR4 transcript and protein levels in MCF-7(LVMT3B) cells with RNA interference-mediated knockdown of DNMT3B. We also observed that Tam significantly increased, for several hours, the expression of enzymatically active DNMT3B splice variants in MCF-7 cells. However, there was no Tam effect on these DNMT3B splice variants' expression in MCF-7(LVMT3B) cells. Bisulfite sequencing suggests that Tam may reduce CXCR4 expression via increased methylation of cytosine in the cytosine-guanosine (CpG) dinucleotide island of the CXCR4 promoter of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Our findings suggest that Tam induces an increase in DNMT3B expression that is associated with the increase of CpG dinucleotide methylation in the CXCR4 promoter and significant reduction of CXCR4 gene expression in MCF-7 cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1950-6007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
586-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-5-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Receptors, CXCR4, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Tamoxifen, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19019622-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Down-regulation of CXCR4 expression by tamoxifen is associated with DNA methyltransferase 3B up-regulation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pozna? University of Medical Sciences, 6 Swiecickiego Street, 60-781 Pozna?, Poland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't