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Dong Mi1, Ming Zhang, Ji-dong Yan
1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Medical College, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
Background:
PTHrP, a mediator of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy, is considered as a potential activator to induce breast cancer cells metastasizing to bone. However, recent clinical evidences and basal research results prove that PTHrP expression in primary tumors indicates good prognosis. BMP-6, as a member of TGF-β superfamily, is closely correlated with tumor differentiation and skeletal metastasis.
Purpose:
These experiments were designed to investigate the molecular mechanism of PTHrP regulating BMP-6 in breast cancer cells.
Methods And Results:
Through detecting mRNA expression levels of PTHrP and BMP-6 in 35 breast cancer specimens, the two genes' expression were proved to be negatively correlated. Moreover, PTHrP (1-40), instead of PTHrP (107-139), inhibited BMP-6 mRNA expression in MCF-7 cells, indicating that PTHrP exerts its effect on BMP-6 through membranous PTHrP receptor. Inhibitors against signaling pathways downstream of PTHrP were utilized. H89, the PKA pathway inhibitor, eliminated the inhibitory effect of PTHrP on BMP-6. In addition, silencing of BMP-6 strengthened the antimitogenic effect of PTHrP.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that PTHrP acts as the upstream molecule of BMP-6, and exerts antimitogenic effect via reducing BMP-6 mRNA expression through PKA signaling pathway in breast cancer cells.
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