Diethylstilbestrol-induced immortalization of human endometrial cells: alterations in p53 and estrogen receptor

Molecular Carcinogenesis
C A RinehartD G Kaufman

Abstract

Carcinogenesis is a process requiring multiple steps. Immortalization is one step in this process and may be rate limiting. To further our understanding of estrogen-induced carcinogenesis, we evaluated diethylstilbestrol (DES)-induced immortalization of human endometrial stromal cells. This was achieved by assessing at the restrictive temperature the colony-forming efficiency of cells that were conditionally immortalized with a temperature-sensitive simian virus 40 large T antigen. Treatment with DES for 1 wk did not increase the immortalization frequency; however, cultures that were treated for 20 wk had a twofold increase in immortalization frequency, and continued treatment for a total of 44 wk produced a threefold increase in immortalization frequency that was dose dependent. DES-treated restrictive temperature variants (RTVs) but not spontaneous RTVs lost the temperature-sensitive phenotype. DES-RTVs also had a shorter doubling time than spontaneous RTVs did. p53 expression was increased in DES-RTVs, and its localization within the cell was altered. Conversely, expression of the estrogen receptor was decreased in DES-immortalized cells. These changes in gene expression often occur in estrogen-related malignancies, and our ...Continue Reading

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