ERβ is a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation in the HCT8 human colon cancer cell line through regulation of cell cycle components
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<jats:p>Several strands of evidence indicate that oestrogens exert a protective role against the development of colon cancer through indirect and direct effects on colonic epithelium. Oestrogen receptor β (ERβ), the predominant ER subtype in human colon, is significantly decreased in colonic tumours compared with normal mucosa suggesting a potential role in the regulation of colon tumour growth.</jats:p> <jats:p>To investigate this hypothesis we engineered human colon cancer ERα-negative HCT8 cells in order to obtain ERβ protein over-expression. Stably transfected cells were cloned and ERβ expression and functionality were monitored by RT-PCR, Western blotting and transactivation in an assay using oestrogen-responsive reporter constructs.</jats:p> <jats:p>Over-expression of ERβ inhibited cell proliferation and increased cell adhesion in a ligand-independent manner. Its constitutive activation is possibly due to cross-talk with intracellular signalling pathways, as epidermal growth factor and IGF-I were able to induce ERβ transactivation.</jats:p> <jats:p>A possible mechanism by which ERβ over-expression inhibits proliferation in HCT8 cells is by modulation of some key regulators of the cell cycle; there is a decrease in cyclin E and an increase in the cdk inhibitor p21CIP1. In fact, flow cytometry analysis provided evidence for blocking of the G1-S phase progression induced by ERβ over-expression. The magnitude of this effect was affected by the level of ERβ expression.</jats:p> <jats:p>These results provide the first direct evidence that ERβ plays an important role in colon cancer as a regulator of cell proliferation through the control of key cell cycle modulators and arrest in G1-S phase transition. These findings are compatible with the hypothesis that the loss of ERβ expression could be one of the events involved in the development or progression of colon cancer.</jats:p>
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- Endocrine-Related Cancer
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Endocrine-Related Cancer 12 (2), 455-469, 2005-06
Bioscientifica
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- CRID
- 1363670320346225408
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- ISSN
- 14796821
- 13510088
- http://id.crossref.org/issn/13510088
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