Abstract
We recently established a human breast cancer cell line, KPL-3C, from a breast cancer patient with humoral hypercalcaemia. This cell line possesses oestrogen receptor (ER) and secretes parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) into medium. To investigate the effects of oestrogen and antioestrogens on PTHrP secretion, KPL-3C cells were cultured for 48 h in an oestrogen-eliminated medium with 17beta-oestradiol (E2), tamoxifen (TAM) and/or a pure antioestrogen, ICI182,780 (ICI), and PTHrP secretion was measured using an immunoradiometric assay. The effects of these agents on cell cycle progression were also studied using flow cytometry. E2 (1-100 nM) significantly inhibited PTHrP secretion, whereas both TAM (0.1-10 microM) and ICI (1-100 nM) significantly stimulated it. These effects were completely blocked by the simultaneous addition of 1 nM E2 to the medium. At the same time, E2 significantly increased the percentage of cells during the S and G2/M phases, whereas both antioestrogens significantly increased the percentage of cells during the G0/G1 phase. Again, these cytostatic effects were completely reversed by the addition of E2. These findings indicate that antioestrogens inhibit the growth of ER-positive breast cancer cells but may stimulate PTHrP secretion and that these effects may be mediated by ER.
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Kurebayashi, J., Sonoo, H. Parathyroid hormone-related protein secretion is inhibited by oestradiol and stimulated by antioestrogens in KPL-3C human breast cancer cells. Br J Cancer 75, 1819–1825 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.310
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.310