Molecular Mechanism for Loss of Cell Adhesion in HER-2/neu Overexpressing Tumor Cells

Abstract

The HER-2/neu proto-oncogene is amplified and overexpressed in approximately 25% of breast cancers. Amplification and overexpression of HER-2/neu is correlated with poor patient prognosis, lack of responsiveness to tamoxifen treatment, responsiveness to adriamycin chemotherapy and responsiveness to Herceptin anti-HER-2/neu immunotherapy. In this proposal we are characterizing changes in cell adhesion related to HER-2/neu overexpression. We have engineered two human cell lines to overexpress HER-2/neu Relative to parental control cell lines HER-2/neu overexpressing cell lines showed a loss of cell adhesion on selected extracellular matrix proteins, especially denatured collagen type I and vitronectin. The findings suggest that the alphavbeta3 integrin receptor may he involved in this process since alphavbeta3 integrin receptor mediates binding to these extracellular matrix proteins.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA400616

Entities

People

  • Michael F. Press

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Albumins
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Membrane Structures
  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Cell Physiology
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Chemotherapy
  • Collagen
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Integrins
  • Neoplasms
  • Proteins
  • Therapy
  • Tyrosine

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Oncology (Cancer Research).

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech