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- Title
Overexpression of the urokinase receptor splice variant uPAR-del4/5 in breast cancer cells affects cell adhesion and invasion in a dose-dependent manner and modulates transcription of tumor-associated genes.
- Authors
Grismayer, Bettina; Sato, Sumito; Kopitz, Charlotte; Ries, Christian; Soelch, Susanne; Schmitt, Manfred; Baretton, Gustavo; Krüger, Achim; Luther, Thomas; Kotzsch, Matthias; Magdolen, Viktor
- Abstract
mRNA levels of the urokinase receptor splice variant uPAR-del4/5 are associated with prognosis in breast cancer. Its overexpression in cancer cells affects tumor biologically relevant processes. In the present study, individual breast cancer cell clones displaying low vs. high uPAR-del4/5 expression were analyzed demonstrating that uPAR-del4/5 leads to reduced cell adhesion and invasion in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally,matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) was found to be strongly upregulated in uPAR-del4/5 overexpressing compared to vector control cells. uPAR-del4/5 may thus play an important role in the regulation of the extracellular proteolytic network and, by this, influence the metastatic potential of breast cancer cells.
- Publication
Biological chemistry, 2012, Vol 393, Issue 12, p1449
- ISSN
1437-4315
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1515/hsz-2012-0206