TY - JOUR
T1 - SEL1L expression decreases breast tumor cell aggressiveness in vivo and in vitro
AU - Orlandi, Rosaria
AU - Cattaneo, Monica
AU - Troglio, Flavia
AU - Casalini, Patrizia
AU - Ronchini, Chiara
AU - Ménard, Sylvie
AU - Biunno, Ida
PY - 2002/1/15
Y1 - 2002/1/15
N2 - SEL1L, the human orthologue of the Caenorhabditis elegans sel-1 gene, is differentially expressed in breast primary tumors and in normal breast tissues. Analysis of a series of human primary breast carcinomas, using a monoclonal antibody raised against a SEL1L recombinant protein, revealed down-modulation or absence of SEL1L expression in about two-thirds of the tumors as compared with normal breast epithelial cells. Overall survival analysis of breast carcinoma patients indicated a statistically significant correlation between SEL1L down-modulation and poor prognosis. MCF-7, human breast carcinoma cells, were transfected with a construct containing the entire SEL1L cDNA driven by an inducible promoter and showed a dramatic reduction in anchorage-dependent growth and colony formation in soft agar. Growth of the transfected cells in Matrigel, an extracellular matrix rich with laminin, restored colony-formation ability. These results point to the role for SEL1L in breast tumor growth and aggressiveness, possibly involving cell-matrix interactions.
AB - SEL1L, the human orthologue of the Caenorhabditis elegans sel-1 gene, is differentially expressed in breast primary tumors and in normal breast tissues. Analysis of a series of human primary breast carcinomas, using a monoclonal antibody raised against a SEL1L recombinant protein, revealed down-modulation or absence of SEL1L expression in about two-thirds of the tumors as compared with normal breast epithelial cells. Overall survival analysis of breast carcinoma patients indicated a statistically significant correlation between SEL1L down-modulation and poor prognosis. MCF-7, human breast carcinoma cells, were transfected with a construct containing the entire SEL1L cDNA driven by an inducible promoter and showed a dramatic reduction in anchorage-dependent growth and colony formation in soft agar. Growth of the transfected cells in Matrigel, an extracellular matrix rich with laminin, restored colony-formation ability. These results point to the role for SEL1L in breast tumor growth and aggressiveness, possibly involving cell-matrix interactions.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11809711
AN - SCOPUS:0037081182
VL - 62
SP - 567
EP - 574
JO - Journal of Cancer Research
JF - Journal of Cancer Research
SN - 0008-5472
IS - 2
ER -