Dexamethasone reduces side population fraction through downregulation of ABCG2 transporter in MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Molecular Medicine Reports
Jong Bin KimSang-Pil Yoon

Abstract

Side population (SP) cells represent a rare population among breast cancer cells. SP cells have been reported to act as cancer stem‑like cells, and to participate in the development of multidrug resistance via modulating the expression of ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2). Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid drug that has been used as an adjuvant treatment to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents; however, its effects in breast cancer have yet to be thoroughly investigated. In the present study, the effects of dexamethasone were investigated using the human MCF‑7 breast cancer cell line, and SPs were examined in detail. Cellular proliferation, SP fractions and ABCG2 expression were examined following treatment of MCF‑7 cells with dexamethasone. Dexamethasone was revealed to cause a dose‑ and time‑dependent decrease in cancer cell proliferation, and it also decreased the size of the SP fraction of MCF‑7 cells and the expression of the ABCG2 transporter. The effects of dexamethasone on cellular proliferation, SP fraction and ABCG2 expression were abolished following the administration of the glucocorticoid antagonist RU486. These results suggested that dexamethasone may target breast cancer cell SPs and th...Continue Reading

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