title: Parathyroid hormone-related peptide and 8701-BC breast cancer cell growth and invasion in vitro: evidence for growth-inhibiting and invasion-promoting effects.
abstract: It has been previously reported that 8701-BC cells, derived from a primary carcinoma of the breast, constitutively express parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) gene and that N-terminal PTHrP immunoreactivity can be found in cell medium. Here we have firstly measured immunoreactive PTHrP in 8701-BC cell medium using antibodies raised against midregion and C-terminal fragments, and also demonstrated the expression of PTH/PTHrP receptor by 8701-BC cells. Secondly, we have examined the role, if any, elicited by diverse PTHrP domains on 8701-BC cell proliferation, and invasive behaviour in vitro related to production of extracellular proteolytic enzymes. Our data show that PTHrP [1-34], and, to a minor extent, [67-86] and [107-139], are anti-mitogenic but 'invadogenic' for 8701-BC cells, and suggest that diverse enzymatic activities may contribute to cell invasion in response to different PTHrP fragments. In light of the present data on a chemoattractive role for PTHrP in vitro, we hypothesize that this protein might intervene in local control of the invasive process in breast carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Dipartmento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Università di Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luparello
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Burtis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raue
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D010450:Endopeptidases