Investigation of the oxytocin receptor expression in human breast cancer tissue using newly established monoclonal antibodies

Endocrinology
Y ItoM Monden

Abstract

The expression of the oxytocin (OT) receptor (OTR) in breast cancer was studied using newly established anti-OTR monoclonal antibodies. Immunoblotting indicated that the antibody 2F8 recognized a 70K OTR in the pregnant myometrium and breast cancer tissue. Among 57 breast cancer patients, we detected OTR immunoreactivity in 52 (91.2%) by immunohistochemistry using 2F8. Using another monoclonal antibody for different receptor domains, 1-2, the staining profile was identical in all positive samples. Of 52 OTR-positive samples, 28 were diffusely positive (> 80% of cancer cells were stained), and 24 were partially positive (< 80% cells were stained). The ratio of estrogen receptor-positive samples was slightly higher among those that were diffusely positive, but there was no apparent relationship between OTR expression and other clinical parameters. We also confirmed the expression of the OTR in positively stained samples by means of Northern blotting and RT-PCR at the transcription level. The OTR messenger RNA and RT-PCR product were the same size as those in the pregnant myometrium. We also determined the expression of the OTR using flow cytometry in four breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-361, and MDA-MB-468). H...Continue Reading

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