Characterization of a vitamin D3-resistant MCF-7 cell line

Endocrinology
Carmen J NarvaezJ Welsh

Abstract

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3], the active metabolite of vitamin D3, is a potent inhibitor of breast cancer cell growth both in vivo and in vitro. We have previously demonstrated that 1,25-(OH)2D3 induces morphology (pyknotic nuclei, chromatin and cytoplasmic condensation, and nuclear matrix protein reorganization) consistent with the activation of apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. These morphological changes in 1,25-(OH)2D3-treated cells are associated with up-regulation of TRPM-2/clusterin and cathepsin B (genes associated with mammary gland apoptosis) and down-regulation of bcl-2, an antiapoptotic gene. Thus, the inhibitory effects of 1,25-(OH)2D3 on MCF-7 cell growth involve activation of apoptosis. To investigate the mechanisms by which vitamin D3 activates apoptosis, we have selected a vitamin D3-resistant variant (MCF-7D3Res cells) by continuous culture of MCF-7 cells in 100 nM 1,25-(OH)2D3. The MCF-7D3Res cells represent a stably selected phenotype that grows equally well with or without 100 nM 1,25-(OH)2D3. In contrast to the MCF-7 cells from which they were derived (MCF-7WT cells), MCF-7D3Res cells do not exhibit apoptotic morphology, DNA fragmentation, or up-regulation of apoptosis-related proteins after treatment w...Continue Reading

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