title: Adiponectin mediates antiproliferative and apoptotic responses in human MCF7 breast cancer cells.
abstract: It is well established that obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer and that blood levels of adiponectin, a hormone mainly secreted by white adipocytes, are inversely correlated with the body fat mass. As adiponectin elicits anti-proliferative effects in some cell types, we tested the hypothesis that adiponectin could influence human breast cancer MCF-7 cell growth. Here we show that MCF-7 cells express adiponectin receptors and respond to human recombinant adiponectin by reducing their growth, AMPkinase activation, and p42/p44 MAPkinase inactivation. Further, we demonstrate that the anti-proliferative effect of adiponectin involves activation of cell apoptosis and inhibition of cell cycle. These findings suggest that adiponectin could act in vivo as a paracrine/endocrine growth inhibitor towards mammary epithelial cells. Moreover, adipose adiponectin production being strongly reduced in obesity, this study may help to explain why obesity is a risk factor of developing breast cancers.
authors: Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, UPRES-EA 2493, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Ile de France Ouest, Université Versailles-St Quentin, Centre Hospitalier de Poissy, 78303 Poissy Cedex, France.
authors: Marie-Noelle
authors: MN
authors: Dieudonne
authors: Marianne
authors: M
authors: Bussiere
authors: Esther
authors: E
authors: Dos Santos
authors: Marie-Christine
authors: MC
authors: Leneveu
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Giudicelli
authors: René
authors: R
authors: Pecquery