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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) have been shown to affect tumorigenesis in a variety of tumors. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed down-regulation of BMP2 and BMP5 in tissue samples from adrenocortical carcinoma and adrenocortical tumor cell lines compared with normal adrenal glands. Integrity of BMP-dependent pathways in these cell lines could be shown by activation of the Smad1/5/8 pathway with subsequent increase of ID protein expression upon incubation with BMP2 or BMP5. On a functional level, BMP treatment resulted in inhibition of cell proliferation and viability in a dose- and time-dependent manner. This growth inhibitory effect was associated with BMP-dependent reduction of AKT phosphorylation under baseline conditions and under insulin-like growth factor costimulation. Furthermore, steroidogenic function, including melanocortin-2 receptor and steroidogenic enzyme expressions, was profoundly reduced. In vitro demethylation treatment and overexpression of GATA6 resulted in reactivation of BMP-dependent pathways with concomitant modulation of steroidogenesis. Taken together, we show that loss of expression of members of the BMP family of ligands is a common finding in adrenocortical tumors and we provide evidence that BMP-dependent pathways are likely to be involved in the modulation of the malignant and functional phenotype of adrenocortical cancer cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aldosterone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 5, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Forskolin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GATA6 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GATA6 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydrocortisone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tretinoin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5784-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Adrenocortical Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Aldosterone, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 5, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Forskolin, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-GATA6 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Hydrocortisone, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:19584291-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and 5 are down-regulated in adrenocortical carcinoma and modulate adrenal cell proliferation and steroidogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Medicine, University Hospital Innenstadt, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't