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IL-6 triggers malignant features in mammospheres from human ductal breast carcinoma and normal mammary gland.


ABSTRACT: High serum levels of IL-6 correlate with poor outcome in breast cancer patients. However, no data are available on the relationship between IL-6 and mammary stem/progenitor cells, which may fuel the genesis of breast cancer in vivo. Herein, we address this issue in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line and in primary human mammospheres (MS), multicellular structures enriched in stem/progenitor cells of the mammary gland. MS from node invasive breast carcinoma tissues expressed IL-6 mRNA at higher levels than did MS from matched non-neoplastic mammary glands. In addition, IL-6 mRNA was detected only in basal-like breast carcinoma tissues, an aggressive breast carcinoma variant showing stem cell features. IL-6 treatment triggered Notch-3-dependent upregulation of the Notch ligand Jagged-1 and promotion of MS and MCF-7-derived spheroid growth. Moreover, IL-6 induced Notch-3-dependent upregulation of the carbonic anhydrase IX gene and promoted a hypoxia-resistant/invasive phenotype in MCF-7 cells and MS. Finally, autocrine IL-6 signaling relied upon Notch-3 activity to sustain the aggressive features of MCF-7-derived hypoxia-selected cells. In conclusion, these data support the hypothesis that IL-6 induces malignant features in Notch-3-expressing stem/progenitor cells from human ductal breast carcinoma and normal mammary gland.

SUBMITTER: Sansone P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2096439 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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IL-6 triggers malignant features in mammospheres from human ductal breast carcinoma and normal mammary gland.

Sansone Pasquale P   Storci Gianluca G   Tavolari Simona S   Guarnieri Tiziana T   Giovannini Catia C   Taffurelli Mario M   Ceccarelli Claudio C   Santini Donatella D   Paterini Paola P   Marcu Kenneth B KB   Chieco Pasquale P   Bonafè Massimiliano M  

The Journal of clinical investigation 20071201 12


High serum levels of IL-6 correlate with poor outcome in breast cancer patients. However, no data are available on the relationship between IL-6 and mammary stem/progenitor cells, which may fuel the genesis of breast cancer in vivo. Herein, we address this issue in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line and in primary human mammospheres (MS), multicellular structures enriched in stem/progenitor cells of the mammary gland. MS from node invasive breast carcinoma tissues expressed IL-6 mRNA at higher le  ...[more]

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