PMID- 20581058 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110125 LR - 20220317 IS - 1525-2191 (Electronic) IS - 0002-9440 (Print) IS - 0002-9440 (Linking) VI - 177 IP - 2 DP - 2010 Aug TI - Loss of estrogen receptor 1 enhances cervical cancer invasion. PG - 884-95 LID - 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091166 [doi] AB - If left untreated, some cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions will progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), but the molecular events conferring invasive potential remain poorly defined. In prior work, we identified 48 genes that were down-regulated in SCCs compared with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and normal squamous epithelia. In this study, a functional screening strategy was used to identify which of these genes regulate cervical cancer cell invasion. Two independent squamous epithelial cell lines were transduced with a library of short hairpin RNAs targeting the differentially expressed genes and tested for invasion of the chick chorioallantoic membrane. PCR was used to recover specific short hairpin RNAs from cells that invaded the chorioallantoic membrane. Constructs targeting estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) were highly enriched in the invasive cells. The short hairpin RNA-mediated inhibition of ESR1 in SCC- and precancer-derived cell lines increased invasiveness in both in vivo and in vitro assays. Conversely, restoration of ESR1 expression in ESR1-negative cervical cancer cells reduced cell invasiveness. Loss of ESR1 expression was found to accompany cervical cancer progression in an analysis of primary normal cervix, low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, and SCC specimens. Molecular mechanisms underlying down-regulation of ESR1 in invasive cervical carcinomas appear to be complex and likely heterogeneous. Our findings indicate that loss of ESR1 has a major role in mediating cervical cancer invasion and progression. FAU - Zhai, Yali AU - Zhai Y AD - Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA. FAU - Bommer, Guido T AU - Bommer GT FAU - Feng, Ying AU - Feng Y FAU - Wiese, Alexandra B AU - Wiese AB FAU - Fearon, Eric R AU - Fearon ER FAU - Cho, Kathleen R AU - Cho KR LA - eng GR - P50 CA098252/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100625 PL - United States TA - Am J Pathol JT - The American journal of pathology JID - 0370502 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.1.1.43 (EZH2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.1.1.43 (Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein) RN - EC 2.1.1.43 (Polycomb Repressive Complex 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics/metabolism/*pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chick Embryo MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha/*genetics/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - *Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Papillomaviridae/genetics/metabolism MH - Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/*pathology PMC - PMC2913367 EDAT- 2010/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2011/01/28 06:00 PMCR- 2011/08/01 CRDT- 2010/06/29 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/01/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0002-9440(10)60144-7 [pii] AID - 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091166 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Pathol. 2010 Aug;177(2):884-95. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091166. Epub 2010 Jun 25.