2-Methoxyestradiol inhibits progesterone-dependent tissue factor expression and activity in breast cancer cells.

Abstract

2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME) is an endogenous metabolite of 17β-estradiol with antiangiogenic and antitumor properties, although its mechanisms of action remain unclear. Progestins in hormone replacement therapy increase the risk of breast cancer. Progesterone also enhances the procoagulant activity and invasive potential of progesterone receptor (PR)-positive breast cancer cell lines, an effect largely mediated by induction of tissue factor (TF), the cellular activator of the coagulation cascade. Here we show that 2ME abrogates the induction TF expression in progesterone-treated breast cancer cells via a mechanism that does not involve the estrogen receptor. Instead, we demonstrate that by selectively antagonizing ERK1/2 signaling in breast cancer cells, 2ME limits the transactivation potential of ligand-bound PR and inhibits the expression of endogenous progesterone targets, such as TF and signal transducer and activator of transcription 5. We further demonstrate that 2ME can alter the phosphorylation status of PR. Thus, 2ME prevents progesterone-dependent increase in breast cancer cell invasiveness and procoagulant activity by uncoupling PR from the ERK1/2 signal transduction pathway.

• Authors: Marisol Quezada, Jorge Diaz, Soledad Henriquez, Maria Loreto Bravo, Evelyn Aranda, Barbara Oliva, Manuel Villalon, Sumie Kato, Mauricio A Cuello, Jan J Brosens, Carol A Lange, Gareth I Owen
• Journal: Hormones & cancer (Horm Cancer) Vol. 1 Issue 3 Pg. 117-26 (Jun 2010) ISSN: 1868-8500 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21761355 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Tubulin Modulators
• Progesterone
• Estradiol
• 2-Methoxyestradiol
• Thromboplastin

Topics

• 2-Methoxyestradiol
• Blotting, Western
• Breast Neoplasms (metabolism)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Estradiol (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic (drug effects)
• Humans
• MAP Kinase Signaling System (drug effects, physiology)
• Progesterone (metabolism)
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Thromboplastin (biosynthesis)
• Transcriptional Activation (drug effects)
• Transfection
• Tubulin Modulators (pharmacology)