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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
卷 48, 期 5, 页码 1815-1824出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2016.3439
关键词
rhabdomyosarcoma; follicle-stimulating hormone; luteinizing hormone; androgen; proliferation; metastasis
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资金
- NIH [2R01 DK074720, R01HL112788]
- Stella and Henry Endowment
- Maestro grant [2011/02/A/NZ4/00035]
- NCN Harmonia Grant [UMO-2014/14/M/NZ3/00475]
- Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute
Evidence has accumulated that sex hormones play an important role in several types of cancer. Because they are also involved in skeletal muscle development and regeneration, we were therefore interested in their potential involvement in the pathogenesis of human rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a skeletal muscle tumor. In the present study, we employed eight RMS cell lines (three fusion positive and five fusion negative RMS cell lines) and mRNA samples obtained from RMS patients. The expression of sex hormone receptors was evaluated by RT-PCR and their functionality by chemotaxis, adhesion and direct cell proliferation assays. We report here for the first time that follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) receptors are expressed in established human RMS cell lines as well as in primary tumor samples isolated from RMS patients. We also report that human RMS cell lines responded both to pituitary and gonadal sex hormone stimulation by enhanced proliferation, chemotaxis, cell adhesion and phosphorylation of MAPKp42/44 and AKT. In summary, our results indicate that sex hormones are involved in the pathogenesis and progression of RMS, and therefore, their therapeutic application should be avoided in patients that have been diagnosed with RMS.
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