title: Production and regulation of interleukin-11 by breast cancer cells.
abstract: We have studied the production of interleukin-11 (Il-11) in 13 breast cancer cell (BCC) lines. Two of these cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and Hs578T) expressed the cytokine at both the protein and mRNA levels. Il-11 did not modulate the growth of five BCC lines examined, including the two cytokine-producing BCC lines. The production of Il-11 was increased by transforming growth factor-beta1 in a dose-dependent manner with a rapid (2 h) and transient (24 h) mRNA induction, but not by epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor-I and -II, basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor or parathyroid hormone. The cyclic AMP inducer, forskolin, and the activator of protein kinase C, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, also stimulated the production of Il-11. Besides Il-11, MDA-MB-231 and Hs578T were the only BCC lines to produce interleukin-6 (Il-6) protein and mRNA. Since Il-11 and Il-6 are potent stimulators of osteoclast development and bone is a major source of TGF-beta1, our data suggest that Il-11, together with Il-6, contributes to the high bone destructive capacity of MDA-MB-231 cells and could play a role in breast cancer-induced osteolysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie et de Cancérologie Mammaire, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Siwek
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Body
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D017370:Interleukin-11 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D017370:Interleukin-11; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003513:Cycloheximide