Comparative actionsof progesterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, drospirenone and nestorone on breast cancer cell migration and invasion
Limited information is available on the effects of progestins on breast cancer progression and metastasis. Cell migration and invasion are central for these processes, and require dynamic cytoskeletal and cell membrane rearrangements for cell motility to be enacted.
Methods: We investigated the effects of progesterone (P), medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), drospirenone (DRSP) and nestorone (NES) alone or with 17beta-estradiol (E2) on T47-D breast cancer cell migration and invasion and we linked some of these actions to the regulation of the actin-regulatory protein, moesin and to cytoskeletal remodeling.
Results: Breast cancer cell horizontal migration and invasion of three-dimensional matrices are enhanced by all the progestins, but differences are found in terms of potency, with MPA being the most effective and DRSP being the least.
This is related to the differential ability of the progestins to activate the actin-binding protein moesin, leading to distinct effects on actin cytoskeleton remodeling and on the formation of cell membrane structures that mediate cell movement. E2 also induces actin remodeling through moesin activation.
However, the addition of some progestins partially offsets the action of estradiol on cell migration and invasion of breast cancer cells.
Conclusions: These results imply that P, MPA, DRSP and NES alone or in combination with E2 enhance the ability of breast cancer cells to move in the surrounding environment. However, these progestins show different potencies and to some extent use distinct intracellular intermediates to drive moesin activation and actin remodeling.
These findings support the concept that each progestin acts differently on breast cancer cells, which may have relevant clinical implications.
Author: Fu Xiao-Dong, Maria Silvia Giretti, Lorenzo Goglia, Marina I Flamini, Angel Matias Sanchez, Chiara Baldacci, Silvia Garibaldi, Regine Sitruk Ware, Andrea R Genazzani and Tommaso Simoncini
Credits/Source: BMC Cancer 2008, 8:166
Published on: 2008-06-09
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