PMID: 9533765Apr 9, 1998Paper

Laminin and estradiol regulation of the plasminogen-activator system in MCF-7 breast-carcinoma cells

International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer
S SonoharaM M Brentani

Abstract

We have investigated the effects of laminin, on the plasminogen-activator system of MCF-7 breast-carcinoma cells. MCF-7 cells were incubated on plastic or laminin-coated wells, and medium and cell lysate aliquots were assayed for tissue-type (tPA) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) by a chromogenic assay in combination with anti-uPA antibodies. Cells cultured on laminin displayed a 5-fold increase in tPA activity and a 2-fold decrease in uPA activity relative to cells on plastic. These effects could be mimicked by laminin fragment P1 but not by collagen I or fibronectin. tPA activity of cells treated with estradiol (10 nM) was 3-fold higher, that of cells on laminin treated with estradiol was 15-fold higher, than that of control. Northern-blot analysis showed that tPA mRNA levels were up-regulated by estradiol and laminin, whereas PAI-1 mRNA levels were down-regulated by laminin and not affected by E2. Concomitant treatment with laminin and estradiol, decreased PAI-1 mRNA and increased tPA mRNA levels, accounting for the synergistic increase in tPA activity. Laminin exerted only a modest (approx. 2-fold) inhibitory effect on uPA mRNA levels. In the breast-carcinoma cell line MDA-MB-231, down-regulation of PAI-1 and ...Continue Reading

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