PMID- 12063559 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021202 LR - 20181130 IS - 1019-6439 (Print) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2002 Jul TI - Preventive efficacy of receptor class selective retinoids on HER-2/neu oncogene expressing preneoplastic human mammary epithelial cells. PG - 127-34 AB - Aberrant proliferation is an early-occurring event in vitro prior to tumorigenesis in vivo in the multistep process of carcinogenesis. Inhibition of aberrant proliferation therefore may represent a useful biomarker to evaluate the efficacy of chemopreventive agents. Retinoids have exhibited preventive efficacy in vitro and in vivo predominantly through the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and the retinoid X receptors (RXRs). Clinically relevant biochemical and cellular mechanistic endpoints for chemopreventive effects of retinoids should provide novel biomarkers. The present study was designed to examine the preventive efficacy of natural retinoids, all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and 9-cis-retinoic acid (9cisRA), and to identify the possible mechanisms for their effects using the HER-2/neu oncogene expressing preneoplastic human mammary epithelial 184-B5/HER cells. Seven-day treatment with ATRA and 9cisRA exhibited a dose-dependent growth inhibition. Long-term (21 days) treatment with IC20 doses of 50 nM ATRA and 100 nM 9cisRA inhibited anchorage-dependent colony forming efficiency by about 75.4% (p<0.01) and 84.9% (p<0.01), respectively. Cell cycle analysis revealed that a 24-h treatment with IC90 doses of 2 microM ATRA and 3 microM 9cisRA accumulates cells in the G0/G1 phase and inhibit S and/or G2/M phase of the cell cycle. ATRA and 9cisRA induced an 11-fold (p=0.03) and a 9-fold (p=0.04) increase in subG0/G1 (apoptotic) population relative to the solvent control, respectively. ATRA and 9cisRA induced 77% (p=0.01) and 51% (p=0.02) decrease in tyrosine kinase immunoreactivity, respectively. Similarly, the two retinoids caused almost a 50% (p=0.01) down-regulation of Bcl-2 immunoreactivity. Western blot analysis revealed that ATRA induced an increase in RARbeta expression and a decrease in RARgamma expression, while 9cisRA down-regulated RXRalpha expression. These data demonstrate that ATRA and 9cisRA may inhibit HER-2/neu induced aberrant proliferation in part by retarding cell cycle progression, down-regulating HER-2/neu-mediated signal transduction and inducing Bcl-2-dependent apoptosis through a retinoid receptor-mediated mechanism. FAU - Jinno, Hiromitsu AU - Jinno H AD - Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. jinno@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp FAU - Steiner, Melissa G AU - Steiner MG FAU - Nason-Burchenal, Kathryn AU - Nason-Burchenal K FAU - Osborne, Michael P AU - Osborne MP FAU - Telang, Nitin T AU - Telang NT LA - eng GR - P01CA29502/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 1UA8E65KDZ (Alitretinoin) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) SB - IM MH - Alitretinoin MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Blotting, Western MH - Breast/*metabolism/pathology MH - Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/*metabolism/*prevention & control MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Division/drug effects/genetics MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/pathology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism MH - Tretinoin/*pharmacology EDAT- 2002/06/14 10:00 MHDA- 2002/12/03 04:00 CRDT- 2002/06/14 10:00 PHST- 2002/06/14 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/12/03 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/06/14 10:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2002 Jul;21(1):127-34.