Journal
CYTOKINE
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 191-200Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.08.002
Keywords
Breast cancer; Ductal Carcinoma In Situ; Invasive Ductal Carcinoma; MCP-1; RANTES
Funding
- Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Israel Cancer Association
- Ela Kodesz Institute for Research on Cancer Development and Prevention
- Oncology Memorial (Fund)
- Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Simko Chair for Breast Cancer Research
- Federico Foundation
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The chemokines RANTES (CCL5) and MCP-1 (CCL2) were suggested to contribute, independently, to breast malignancy. In the present study, we asked if the two chemokines are jointly expressed in clinical samples of breast cancer patients, and do they interact in breast tumor cells. We found that RANTES and MCP-1 were expressed by breast tumor cells in primary tumors of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, but minimally in normal breast epithelial duct cells. The chemokines were also detected in metastases and pleural effusions. Novel findings showed that co-expression of RANTES and MCP-1 in the same tumor was associated with more advanced stages of disease, suggesting that breast tumors benefit from interactions between the two chemokines. Accordingly, MCP-1 significantly promoted the release of RANTES from endogenous pre-made vesicles, in an active process that depended on calcium from intracellular and extracellular sources, and on intracellular transport of RANTES towards exocytosis. Our findings show a chemokine-triggered release of stored pro-malignancy chemokine from breast tumor cells. These observations support a major tumor-promoting role for co-expression of the chemokines in breast malignancy, and agree with the significant association of joint RANTES and MCP-1 expression with advanced stages of breast cancer. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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