title: Altered expression of estrogen receptor-alpha variant messenger RNAs between adjacent normal breast and breast tumor tissues.
abstract: Using semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays, we investigated the expression of variant messenger RNAs relative to wild-type estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha messenger RNA in normal breast tissues and their adjacent matched breast tumor tissues. Higher ER variant truncated after sequences encoding exon 2 of the wild-type ER-alpha (ERC-4) messenger RNA and a lower exon 3 deleted er-alpha variant (ERD3) messenger RNA relative expression in the tumor compartment were observed in the ER-positive/PR-positive and the ER-positive subsets, respectively. A significantly higher relative expression of exon 5 deleted ER-alpha variant (ERD5) messenger RNA was observed in tumor components overall. These data demonstrate that changes in the relative expression of ER-alpha variant messenger RNAs occur between adjacent normal and neoplastic breast tissues. We suggest that these changes might be involved in the mechanisms that underlie breast carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Manitoba, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3EOW3. eleygue@cc.umanitoba.ca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leygue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dotzlaw
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen