title: The constitutive production of colony stimulating factor 1 by invasive human breast cancer cells.
abstract: Colony Stimulating Factor 1 (CSF-1) and its receptor, the c-fms proto-oncogene product, are expressed in normal and malignant tissues. The many actions of CSF-1 include induction of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), a serine protease involved in extracellular matrix degradation. To explore the role of CSF-1 in breast cancer progression, we evaluated the expression of CSF-1, c fms, and uPA in human breast cancer cell lines well-characterized for differing degrees of invasive, metastatic capability. The more invasive cell lines expressed elevated levels of CSF-1 by Northern analysis and ELISA. Increased uPA expression was noted in these same cell lines. CSF-1 receptor mRNA transcripts and protein were demonstrable in the different cell lines. These data suggest a role for CSF-1 in the autocrine and paracrine regulation of tumor progression in breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, N924 Doan Hall, 410 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator