Gene expression profiling of PC3 cells stably expressing ERbeta1 and ERbeta2
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ABSTRACT: The estrogen receptor (ER)M-NM-21 is successively lost during cancer progression, whereas its splice variant, ERM-NM-22, is expressed in advanced prostate cancer. The latter form of cancer often metastasizes to bone, and we wanted to investigate whether the loss of ERM-NM-21 and/or the expression of ERM-NM-22 affect such signaling pathways in prostate cancer. Using PC3 and 22Rv1 prostate cancer cell lines that stably express ERM-NM-21 or ERM-NM-22, we found that the ERM-NM-2 variants differentially regulate genes known to affect tumor behavior. We found that ERM-NM-21 repressed the expression of the bone metastasis regulator Runx2 in PC3 cells. By contrast, RUNX2 expression was up-regulated at the mRNA level by ERM-NM-22 in PC3 cells, whereas Slug was up-regulated by ERM-NM-22 in both PC3 and 22Rv1 cells. In addition, the expression of Twist1, a factor whose expression strongly correlates with high Gleason grade prostate carcinoma, was increased by ERM-NM-22. In agreement with the increased Twist1 expression, we found increased expression of Dickkopf homolog 1; Dickkopf homolog 1 is a factor that has been shown to increase the RANK ligand/osteoprotegerin ratio and enhance osteoclastogenesis, indicating that the expression of ERM-NM-22 can cause osteolytic cancer. Furthermore, we found that only ERM-NM-21 inhibited proliferation, whereas ERM-NM-22 increased proliferation. The expression of the proliferation markers Cyclin E, c-Myc, and p45(Skp2) was differentially affected by ERM-NM-21 and ERM-NM-22 expression. In addition, nuclear M-NM-2-catenin protein and its mRNA levels were reduced by ERM-NM-21 expression. In conclusion, we found that ERM-NM-21 inhibited proliferation and factors known to be involved in bone metastasis, whereas ERM-NM-22 increased proliferation and up-regulated factors involved in bone metastasis. Thus, in prostate cancer cells, ERM-NM-22 has oncogenic abilities that are in strong contrast to the tumor-suppressing effects of ERM-NM-21. The GFP vs. ERbeta1 comparison was carried out with three replicate dye-swaps, six arrays total. The GFP vs. ERbeta2 comparison was carried out with two replicate dye-swaps, four arrays total.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Philip Jonsson
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35095 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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