title: CXCR4 receptor positive spheroid forming cells are responsible for tumor invasion in vitro.
abstract: Stem cells have been found to be involved in breast cancer growth, but the specific contribution of cancer stem cells in tumor biology, including metastasis, is still uncertain. We found that murine breast cancer cell lines 4T1, 4TO7, 167Farn and 67NR contains cancer stem cells defined by CXCR4 expression and their capability of forming spheroids in suspension culture. Importantly, we showed that CXCR4 expression is essential for tumor invasiveness because both CXCR4 neutralizing antibody and shRNA knockdown of the CXCR4 receptor significantly reduced tumor cell invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krohn
authors.forename: Yao-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muehlberg
authors.forename: Lilly
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Droll
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Eckhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018874:Spheroids, Cellular / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4