title: Purification and characterisation of the breast cancer metastasis suppressor, BRMS1.
abstract: The breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) is a member of a family of proteins that actively suppress tumour metastasis. Understanding BRMS1 mediated metastasis suppression is critical to the development of new therapies designed to prevent and treat patients with late stage breast cancer. To aid research into the functional aspects that underpin BRMS1 mediated metastasis suppression we have expressed and purified recombinant BRMS1 and produced BRMS1 polyclonal antibodies. Using these antibodies to immunoprecipitate endogenous BRMS1 containing complexes from MCF7 breast cancer cell lines we have identified, by mass spectrometry, the small heat shock protein Hsp27 in complex with BRMS1. We also show that the expression of both BRMS1 and Hsp27 are inversely correlated with metastatic potential.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Department of Medical Genetics, Stopford Building, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Riffat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naseem
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017510:Protein Folding; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: C410024:BRMS1 protein, human; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins