PMID- 25904072 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160216 LR - 20150527 IS - 1521-6551 (Electronic) IS - 1521-6543 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 4 DP - 2015 Apr TI - Involvement of Different networks in mammary gland involution after the pregnancy/lactation cycle: Implications in breast cancer. PG - 227-38 LID - 10.1002/iub.1365 [doi] AB - Early pregnancy is associated with a reduction in a woman's lifetime risk for breast cancer. However, different studies have demonstrated an increase in breast cancer risk in the years immediately following pregnancy. Early and long-term risk is even higher if the mother age is above 35 years at the time of first parity. The proinflammatory microenvironment within the mammary gland after pregnancy renders an "ideal niche" for oncogenic events. Signaling pathways involved in programmed cell death and tissue remodeling during involution are also activated in breast cancer. Herein, the major signaling pathways involved in mammary gland involution, signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3), nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB), transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta), and retinoid acid receptors (RARs)/retinoid X receptors (RXRs), are reviewed as part of the complex network of signaling pathways that crosstalk in a contextual-dependent manner. These factors, also involved in breast cancer development, are important regulatory nodes for signaling amplification after weaning. Indeed, during involution, p65/p300 target genes such as MMP9, Capn1, and Capn2 are upregulated. Elevated expression and activities of these proteases in breast cancer have been extensively documented. The role of these proteases during mammary gland involution is further discussed. MMPs, calpains, and cathepsins exert their effect by modification of the extracellular matrix and intracellular proteins. Calpains, activated in the mammary gland during involution, cleave several proteins located in cell membrane, lysosomes, mitochondria, and nuclei favoring cell death. Besides, during this period, Capn1 is most probably involved in the modulation of preadipocyte differentiation through chromatin remodeling. Calpains can be implicated in cell anchoring loss, providing a proper microenvironment for tumor growth. A better understanding of the role of any of these proteases in tumorigenesis may yield novel therapeutic targets or prognostic markers for breast cancer. CI - (c) 2015 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. FAU - Zaragoza, Rosa AU - Zaragoza R AD - Instituto INCLIVA, Facultad de Medicina/Hospital Clinico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Trevijano, Elena R AU - Garcia-Trevijano ER AD - Instituto INCLIVA, Facultad de Medicina/Hospital Clinico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. AD - Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. FAU - Lluch, Ana AU - Lluch A AD - Instituto INCLIVA, Facultad de Medicina/Hospital Clinico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. AD - Servicio Oncologia Medica, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain. FAU - Ribas, Gloria AU - Ribas G AD - Instituto INCLIVA, Facultad de Medicina/Hospital Clinico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. AD - Servicio Oncologia Medica, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain. FAU - Vina, Juan R AU - Vina JR AD - Instituto INCLIVA, Facultad de Medicina/Hospital Clinico, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. AD - Servicio Oncologia Medica, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20150421 PL - England TA - IUBMB Life JT - IUBMB life JID - 100888706 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - EC 3.4.- (Peptide Hydrolases) SB - IM MH - Breast Neoplasms/*pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Lactation MH - Mammary Glands, Human/*physiopathology MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Risk Factors MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Calpains OT - NF-kappaB OT - STATs OT - Tissue remodeling OT - programmed cell death EDAT- 2015/04/24 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/18 06:00 CRDT- 2015/04/24 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/18 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/iub.1365 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - IUBMB Life. 2015 Apr;67(4):227-38. doi: 10.1002/iub.1365. Epub 2015 Apr 21.