title: Suppression of metastasis in human breast carcinoma MDA-MB-435 cells after transfection with the metastasis suppressor gene, KiSS-1.
abstract: Based on the observation that chromosome 1q deletions are not infrequent in late-stage human breast carcinomas, we tested whether the recently discovered human melanoma metastasis suppressor gene, KiSS-1, which maps to chromosome 1q32-q41, could suppress metastasis of the human breast carcinoma cell line MDA-MB-435. Parental, vector-only transfectants and KiSS-1 transfectant clones were injected into the mammary fat pads of athymic nude mice and assessed for tumor growth and spontaneous metastasis to regional lymph nodes and lungs. Expression of KiSS-1 reduced metastatic potential by 95% compared to control cells but did not suppress tumorigenicity. Metastasis suppression correlated with a decreased clonogenicity in soft (0.3%) and hard (0.9%) agar. Although the overall rate of cell adhesion to extracellular matrix components was unaffected, KiSS-1 transfectants spread on immobilized type-IV collagen more rapidly than did control populations. Invasion and motility were unaffected by KiSS-1. Based on the predicted structure of the KiSS-1 protein, our results imply a mechanism whereby KiSS-1 regulates events downstream of cell-matrix adhesion, perhaps involving cytoskeletal reorganization. In addition to its already described role in melanoma, our results show that KiSS-1 also functions as a metastasis suppressor gene in at least some human breast cancers.
authors.affiliation: The Jake Gittlen Cancer Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D059648:Kisspeptins; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000235:genetics; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: C106628:KISS1 protein, human; C491407:Kiss1 protein, mouse; D059648:Kisspeptins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins