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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 376, Issue 1-2, Pages 23-32Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.05.023
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Breast cancer; Cancer-associated fibroblasts; Estrogen signaling; GPER; Nuclear localization signal
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- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) [12849/2012]
- AIRC
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Calabria e Lucania
- Roberto Pallotti's Legacy for Cancer Research, Cornelia Pallotti's Legacy for Cancer Research, RFO University of Bologna
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Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) actively contribute to the growth and invasion of cancer cells. In recent years, the G protein estrogen receptor (GPER) has been largely involved in the estrogenic signals in diverse types of normal and tumor cells. In CAFs, GPER was localized into the nucleus, however the molecular mechanisms which regulate its nuclear shuttle remain to be clarified. In the present study, we demonstrate that in breast CAFs GPER translocates into the nucleus through an importin-dependent mechanism. Moreover, we show that a nuclear localization signal is involved in the nuclear import of GPER, in the up-regulation of its target genes c-fos and CTGF and in the migration of CAFs induced by estrogens. Our data provide novel insights into the nuclear localization and function of GPER in CAFs toward a better understanding of the estrogen action elicited through these key players of the tumor microenvironment. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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