一種新技術(shù)可以讓特定類型的乳腺癌對內(nèi)分泌療法重新敏感,它可能為難治癌癥患者提供治療,。至多1/3的乳腺癌不表達(dá)雌激素受體,,這讓它們對廣泛使用的他莫昔芬等內(nèi)分泌藥物不敏感,。
Caroline Ford及其同事發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種恢復(fù)雌激素受體的方法,,因此也就恢復(fù)了藥物敏感性,。內(nèi)分泌受體(ER[alpha])是他莫昔芬的入口,;缺少了這種受體,,這種藥物就無法固定,,也就讓它失去了效果,。此前的研究表明失去ER[alpha]與失去另一種蛋白質(zhì)Wnt-5a有關(guān),后者參與了信號傳導(dǎo),。然而,,這組作者提出,,Wnt-5a信號傳導(dǎo)可以恢復(fù)ER[alpha]在失去雌激素受體的乳腺癌細(xì)胞中的表達(dá),。他們使用人類乳腺癌細(xì)胞系確定了加入Wnt-5a或?qū)嶒炇议_發(fā)的類似分子Foxy-5是否可以恢復(fù)ER[alpha],。這兩種分子都可以恢復(fù)乳腺癌細(xì)胞系的受體表達(dá),。當(dāng)這組科學(xué)家然后用他莫昔芬治療這些細(xì)胞的時候,,這些細(xì)胞對該藥物敏感。
這組作者得出結(jié)論說,,F(xiàn)oxy-5小分子可能為當(dāng)前無法治療的乳腺癌提供治療選項,。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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PNAS February 23, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0809516106
Wnt-5a signaling restores tamoxifen sensitivity in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer cells
Caroline E. Forda,b,1, Elin J. Ekstr?ma and Tommy Anderssona+Author Affiliations
aCell and Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Malm? University Hospital, Malm?, 20502, Sweden; andbIntegrated Cancer Research Group, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, AustraliaEdited by Jan-?ke Gustafsson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and approved January 8, 2009 (received for review September 23, 2008)
Abstract
One third of all breast cancers are estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) negative, carry a poor overall prognosis, and do not respond well to currently available endocrine therapies. New treatment strategies are therefore required. Loss of Wnt-5a has previously been correlated with loss of ERα in clinical breast cancer samples, and we sought to investigate this association further. Three breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, and 4T1) lacking expression of ERα and Wnt-5a, and one breast cancer cell line (T47D) expressing both proteins were used in this study. Wnt-5a signaling was generated in ERα-negative cell lines via stimulation with either recombinant Wnt-5a protein or a Wnt-5a-derived hexapeptide (Foxy-5) possessing Wnt-5a signaling properties. ERα expression was restored at both mRNA and protein level, after treatment with recombinant Wnt-5a or Foxy-5. This restoration of expression occurred in parallel with a reduction in methylation of the ERα promoter. Up-regulated ERα could be activated, initiate transcription of progesterone receptor and pS2, and activate an estrogen response element reporter construct. Significantly, breast cancer cells re-expressing ERα responded to treatment with the selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen, as measured by induction of apoptosis and cell growth inhibition. Finally, Foxy-5 also increased ERα expression in an in vivo model of ERα-negative breast cancer. This represents the first evidence that Wnt-5a signaling acts to re-establish ERα expression in ERα-negative breast cancer cells. Our data suggest that combinatorial therapy with Foxy-5 and tamoxifen should be considered as a future treatment possibility for ERα-negative breast cancer patients.