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CANCER RESEARCH
卷 64, 期 17, 页码 6127-6136出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-1207
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Sprouty (Spry) proteins were found to be endogenous inhibitors of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway that play an important role in the remodeling of branching tissues. We investigated Spry expression levels in various cancers and found that Spry1 and Spry2 were down-regulated consistently in breast cancers. Such prevalent patterns of down-regulation may herald the later application of these isoforms as tumor markers that are breast cancer specific and more profound than currently characterized markers. Spry1 and 2 were expressed specifically in the luminal epithelial cells of breast ducts, with higher expression during stages of tissue remodeling when the epithelial ducts are forming and branching. These findings suggest that Sprys might be involved as a modeling counterbalance and surveillance against inappropriate epithelial expansion. The abrogation of endogenous Spry activity in MCF-7 cells by the overexpression of a previously characterized dominant-negative mutant of Spry, hSpry2(Y55F) resulted in enhanced cell proliferation in vitro. The hSpry2(Y55F) stably expressing cells also formed larger and greater number of colonies in the soft-agar assay. An in vivo nude mice assay showed a dramatic increase in the tumorigenic potential of hSpry2(Y55F) stable cells. The consistent down-regulation of Spry1 and 2 in breast cancer and the experimental evidence using a dominant-negative hSpry2(Y55F) indicate that Spry proteins may actively maintain tissue integrity that runs amok when their expression is decreased below normal threshold levels. This alludes to a previously unrecognized role for Sprys in cancer development.
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