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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Although the inductive interactions which trigger epithelial morphogenesis have been extensively described, little is known about the transcription factors involved in these processes. During mammary gland morphogenesis, we report the expression of the transcription factor c-ets-1 and one of its target genes uPA in mesenchymal cells during early stages of epithelial invasion, and later in epithelial cells themselves. In vitro studies show that both c-ets-1 and uPA mRNAs can be induced in cultured normal mammary epithelial cells in response to medium conditioned by MRC-5 fibroblasts. In contrast, invasive tumorigenic cell lines from the mammary epithelium express constitutively c-ets-1 and uPA while non-invasive tumorigenic cells do not. In three dimensional co-cultures in collagen gels, a preferential expression of these genes is detected in epithelial cells migrating through the gel either at the tips of normal ducts or in cancerous cells which are scattering. These genes are also expressed in the neighboring fibroblasts. In MRC-5 fibroblasts, conditioned media from tumorigenic epithelial cells induce more efficiently c-ets-1 and uPA mRNA accumulation than do conditioned medium from normal cells. These results suggest that epithelial-mesenchymal interactions trigger c-ets-1 and uPA expression in both compartments during mammary gland morphogenesis. The expression of the genes correlates with invasiveness of epithelial cells irrespective of their being normal or cancerous.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0214-6282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1097-108
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Mammary Neoplasms, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9032015-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of c-ets-1 and uPA genes is associated with mammary epithelial cell tubulogenesis or neoplastic scattering.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Biologie Cellulaire, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille I, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't