We have characterized the production of transforming growth factor (TGF) activities by five human breast cancer cell lines in culture. The presence of TGF-alpha and -beta activity in medium conditioned by these cells was detected by induction of anchorage-independent colony formation of normal rat kidney cells in soft agar and by epidermal growth factor and TGF-beta receptor competition studies...

AZD7762, a novel checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk 1)inhibitor, has been proven to sensitize various tumor cells to DNA damage. However, whether or not AZD7762 sensitizes breast cancer cells to radiation has not been defined. In the present study, we aimed to demonstrate for the first time, that AZD7762 not only promotes radiation-induced apoptosis and mitotic catastrophe of p53 mutant T47D breast cance...

The human breast tumor cloned cell lines T47D-A8 and All are estrogen dependent for cell proliferation in the nude mouse model. In contrast, these cells multiplied at similar rates when grown in serum-free cultures, regardless of the presence of 17 beta-estradiol (3 X 10(-11) to 3 X 10(-8) M estradiol). Addition of 10% charcoal-dextran stripped human female serum to the culture medium resulted ...

Resistance to antiestrogen therapy remains a significant problem in breast cancer. Low expression of inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) in primary tumors has been correlated with increased rates of recurrence in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer patients, suggesting a role for ING4 in ER signaling. This study provides evidence that ING4 inhibits ER activity. ING4 overexpression increased...

PURPOSE Repopulation of surviving tumor cells between courses of chemotherapy might lead to effective drug resistance. Here we study inhibition of repopulation of hormone-responsive human breast cancer cell lines by selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulators (SERMs) during courses of chemotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Hormone responsive breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and T47D, and the ER- cel...

BACKGROUND Glycosylation of the tumour cell surface is of importance in metastasis formation as indicated by lectin-binding studies. In particular, binding of the lectin HPA is associated with metastasis formation, both in clinical studies and in xenograft models of breast and colon cancer. Here we examined if there is an association between the HPA-positive glycotopes of metastasizing cancer c...

The data presented here are related to the research article entitled "Estradiol-independent modulation of breast cancer transcript profile by 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1" (J.A. Aka, E.L. Calvo, S.X. Lin, 2016) [1]. We evaluated the effect of the steroidal enzyme 17β-HSD1 and its product, the estrogenic hormone 17-beta-estradiol (E2), on gene transcription profile of breast cancer...

Schizandrin is one of the main dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans present in the fruit of Schisandra chinensis (Schisandraceae). Biological activities including hepatoprotective, antiviral and neuroprotective effects of schizandrin and other dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans have been reported previously. However, the antiproliferative effect of schizandrin against human cancer cells has been poorly det...

Pharmacologically targeting activated STAT3 and/or STAT5 has been an active area of cancer research. The cystine/glutamate antiporter, system xc-, contributes to redox balance and export of intracellularly produced glutamate in response to up-regulated glutaminolysis in cancer cells. We have previously shown that blocking STAT3/5 using the small molecule inhibitor, SH-4-54, which targets the SH...

PFKFB (6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase) catalyses the synthesis and degradation of Fru-2,6-P2 (fructose-2,6-bisphosphate), a key modulator of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. The PFKFB3 gene is extensively involved in cell proliferation owing to its key role in carbohydrate metabolism. In the present study we analyse its mechanism of regulation by progestins in breast cancer...