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. 1986 Nov;83(21):8182–8186. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.21.8182

17 beta-estradiol regulates and v-Ha-ras transfection constitutively enhances MCF7 breast cancer cell interactions with basement membrane.

A Albini, J Graf, G T Kitten, H K Kleinman, G R Martin, A Veillette, M E Lippman
PMCID: PMC386891  PMID: 2946041

Abstract

The interaction of a line of human breast carcinoma cells (MCF7) with basement membrane components, particularly laminin, was altered by exposure of the cells to estrogen as well as by transfection of the cells with the v-Ha-ras oncogene. In both cases, the cells show a greater ability to attach to a laminin substrate, to migrate to laminin, to grow in the presence of a basement membrane matrix, and to cross barriers of reconstituted basement membrane. These responses were associated with an increase in the expression of laminin receptors. It is postulated that the increase in the invasive behavior of the cells treated with estrogen or transfected with v-Ha-ras is related to the increased number of laminin receptors and their interaction with laminin. Estrogen had no discernible effect on the v-Ha-ras transfected cells. It appears that in the MCF7 cells, the malignant phenotype is under hormonal control and that this control is bypassed after v-Ha-ras transfection.

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