Journal
STEROIDS
Volume 70, Issue 5-7, Pages 418-426Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2005.02.012
Keywords
progesterone receptor; MAP kinase; cyclin-dependent protein kinase; cyclin D1; breast cancer; cell cycle progression
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK053825] Funding Source: Medline
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Progesterone receptor (PR) isoforms are dual functioning steroid hormone receptors, capable of activation of target gene transcription, and rapid stimulation of membrane-initiated intracellular signaling cascades. Herein we provided a retrospective of our recent work investigating the role of progestin-activated intracellular signaling pathways on cell cycle progression in breast cancer cell models. We show that progestininduced S-phase entry and upregulation of selected target genes, including cyclin DI, are MAPK-dependent events. Further experiments conducted with mutant PRs defective in either the transcriptional response (PR-S294A) or activation of c-Src-dependent intracellular signaling to MAPKs (PR-mPro) confirmed that the proliferative response of breast cancer cells to progestins is largely dependent on the ability of PR to rapidly activate Erk 1/2 MAPKs. During progestin-stimulated cell cycle progression, elevated cdk2 levels and activity target multiple phosphorylation sites on PR. Phosphorylation of Ser400 augments PR nuclear localization and mediates increased PR transcriptional activity in the absence of hormone, while the cdk inhibitor, p27, reversed these effects. Together, our data illustrate the versatility of PR as regulatory signaling molecules that also act as sensors for multiple kinase pathways, and suggest that progestins influence changes in breast cancer cell gene expression and proliferation via integration of PR functions as both ligand-activated transcription factors and rapid initiators of intracellular signaling pathways. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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