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[Medical_Sciences] Transformation of breast cells by truncated neurokinin-1 receptor is secondary to activation by preprotachykinin-A peptides

29th Nov 2005, 21:39 GMT

Breast cancer remains the cancer with the highest mortality among women in the United States. Peptides derived from the oncogenic Tac1 gene (full transcript: &szligbeta;PPT-A) stimulate the proliferation of breast cancer cells (BCCs) via seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled neurokinin 1 (NK1) and NK2 receptors. The NK1 gene could generate full-length (NK1-FL) and truncated (NK1-Tr) transcripts. NK1-Tr lacks 100 residues in their cytoplasmic end, could couple to G proteins, and shows reduced efficiency with respect to internalization and desensitization. This study reports on a role of NK1-Tr in the transformation of nontumorigenic breast cells, and investigates whether Tac1 expression is linked to the generation of NK1-Tr. Western blots and Northern analyses showed coexpressions of NK1-Tr and NK1-FL in BCCs (cell lines and primary cells from patients with different stages of breast cancer). Stable transfections of &szligbeta;PPT-A or NK1-Tr expression vectors in nontumorigenic cells showed each induces the expression of the other, consequently resulting in a transformed phenotype. Analyses with microarrays indicate similar patterns of cytokine production by NK1-Tr transfectants and BCCs, but not NK1-FL transfectants. These observations indicate tumor-promoting properties by NK1-Tr, but not NK1-FL. Overall, the oncogenic property of Tac1 in breast cells involves concomitant expression of NK1-Tr and vice versa, consequently leading to the production of cytokines with growth promoting functions.

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