TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular mechanisms involved in the growth stimulation of breast cancer cells by leptin
AU - Yin, Na
AU - Wang, Dan
AU - Zhang, Hua
AU - Yi, Xia
AU - Sun, Xiaojing
AU - Shi, Bin
AU - Wu, Huijian
AU - Wu, Ge
AU - Wang, Xinjuan
AU - Shang, Yongfeng
PY - 2004/8/15
Y1 - 2004/8/15
N2 - Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived cytokine, elicits proliferative effects in some cell types and potentially stimulates the growth of mammary epithelium. Here we show that leptin induced time- and dose-dependent signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 kinase activation in breast carcinoma cells. Blocking STAT3 phosphorylation with a specific inhibitor, AG490, abolished leptin-induced proliferation of MCF-7 cells, whereas blocking ERK1/2 activation by a specific ERK1/2 kinase inhibitor, U0126, did not result in any significant changes in leptin-induced cell proliferation. Our experiments also showed that one member of the p160 family of steroid receptor coactivators, steroid receptor coactivator (SRC)-1, but not glucocorticoid receptor interacting protein 1 (GRIP1) or amplified in breast cancer 1 (AIB1), also functioned in gene transactivation in response to leptin treatment. Glutathione S-transferase pull-down experiments showed that SRC-1 physically interacted with the activation domain of STAT3 and that chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments detected the occupancy of SRC-1, but not GRIP1 or AIB1, on the promoter of STAT3 target genes. Our experiments collectively showed that SRC-1 is involved in STAT3 signaling pathway that is implicated in leptin-stimulated cell growth.
AB - Obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived cytokine, elicits proliferative effects in some cell types and potentially stimulates the growth of mammary epithelium. Here we show that leptin induced time- and dose-dependent signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) phosphorylation and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 kinase activation in breast carcinoma cells. Blocking STAT3 phosphorylation with a specific inhibitor, AG490, abolished leptin-induced proliferation of MCF-7 cells, whereas blocking ERK1/2 activation by a specific ERK1/2 kinase inhibitor, U0126, did not result in any significant changes in leptin-induced cell proliferation. Our experiments also showed that one member of the p160 family of steroid receptor coactivators, steroid receptor coactivator (SRC)-1, but not glucocorticoid receptor interacting protein 1 (GRIP1) or amplified in breast cancer 1 (AIB1), also functioned in gene transactivation in response to leptin treatment. Glutathione S-transferase pull-down experiments showed that SRC-1 physically interacted with the activation domain of STAT3 and that chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments detected the occupancy of SRC-1, but not GRIP1 or AIB1, on the promoter of STAT3 target genes. Our experiments collectively showed that SRC-1 is involved in STAT3 signaling pathway that is implicated in leptin-stimulated cell growth.
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U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0655
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0655
M3 - Article
C2 - 15313931
AN - SCOPUS:4143118039
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 64
SP - 5870
EP - 5875
JO - Cancer research
JF - Cancer research
IS - 16
ER -