PMID- 25176506 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151026 LR - 20211021 IS - 1791-2431 (Electronic) IS - 1021-335X (Print) IS - 1021-335X (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 5 DP - 2014 Nov TI - Targeting of the beta6 gene to suppress degradation of ECM via inactivation of the MAPK pathway in breast adenocarcinoma cells. PG - 1787-95 LID - 10.3892/or.2014.3419 [doi] AB - Integrin alphanubeta6 has emerged as a potential novel target for anticancer and plays a major role in promoting malignant tumor progression. Recent studies indicate that integrin alphanubeta6 occurs in many cancers. However, whether and how alphanubeta6 is regulated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in breast cancer remain unknown. In the present study, two different short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) targeting the beta6 gene were designed and constructed into pSUPER, respectively, which were transfected into the MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinoma cell line. The beta6-shRNA stably transfected cells were successfully established, and significant lower levels of alphanubeta6 mRNA and protein expression were confirmed. Furthermore, inhibition of integrin alphanubeta6 markedly downregulated the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) and urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) in tumor conditioned medium. Furthermore, beta6-shRNA-mediated silencing of the alphanubeta6 gene obviously decreased the expression of ERK1/2. In particular, supression of integrin alphanubeta6 caused significant downregulation of the degradation of basement membrane type IV collagen secretion via modulation of the plasminogen activation cascade. Our results thus indicate that alphanubeta6 plays a fundamental role in promoting invasion and growth of breast adenocarcinoma cells. Taken together, this study revealed that targeting of the beta6 gene by RNA interference (RNAi) could efficiently downregulate alphanubeta6 expression and suppress the ERK1/2-dependent extracellular matrix degradation in vitro, which is dependent upon inactivation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. These findings may offer a useful therapeutic approach to block invasion and migration of breast cancer cells. FAU - Zhang, Yuhua AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Wei, Lijing AU - Wei L AD - Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China. FAU - Yu, Jin AU - Yu J AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Li, Guang AU - Li G AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Xiuru AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Anliu AU - Wang A AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - He, Yanjiao AU - He Y AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Li, Hongli AU - Li H AD - Department of Pathology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China. FAU - Yin, Deling AU - Yin D AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140820 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Rep JT - Oncology reports JID - 9422756 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Integrin beta Chains) RN - 0 (Integrins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (integrin alphavbeta6) RN - 0 (integrin beta6) RN - EC 3.4.21.73 (Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (MMP9 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/genetics/*metabolism MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics/*metabolism MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism MH - Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Targeting/methods MH - Humans MH - Integrin beta Chains/*genetics/metabolism MH - Integrins/genetics/*metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/*metabolism MH - Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC4203328 EDAT- 2014/09/02 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/27 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/20 CRDT- 2014/09/02 06:00 PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - or-32-05-1787 [pii] AID - 10.3892/or.2014.3419 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Rep. 2014 Nov;32(5):1787-95. doi: 10.3892/or.2014.3419. Epub 2014 Aug 20.