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  • Title: Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid cross-talk with progesterone receptor to induce focal adhesion and growth inhibition in breast cancer cells.
    Author: Leo JC, Guo C, Woon CT, Aw SE, Lin VC.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 2004 Mar; 145(3):1314-21. PubMed ID: 14617569.
    Abstract:
    Progesterone receptor (PR), glucocorticoid receptor, and mineralocorticoid receptor belong to a subfamily of nuclear receptor superfamily with similar sequence and structural characteristics. Many reports have documented glucocorticoid-like effects of progesterone in various tissues. This study addresses the issue of cross-talk between corticosteroids and PR using PR-transfected MDA-MB-231 cells ABC28 and vector-transfected control cells CTC15. At physiological concentrations, dexamethasone, cortisol, and aldosterone mimic the effects of progesterone by inducing significant growth inhibition, cell spreading, and focal adhesions in PR-positive ABC28 cells. These hormones also induce progesterone-like effects in increasing the expression of p21(CIP1/WAF1) protein and decreasing the level of phospho-p42/p44 mAPK. Two lines of evidence suggest that these effects are mediated by cross-talk with PR. First, these compounds do not exhibit the same progesterone-like effects in PR-negative CTC15 cells. Second, PR blocker ZK98299 abolishes their effect on cell spreading and focal adhesion in ABC28 cells. The cross-talk is corticosteroid specific because estradiol and thyroid hormone triiodothyronine have no effect on PR-transfected cells ABC28. It is also interesting to note that dexamethasone induces a small but detectable increase of focal adhesions and limited growth stimulation in vector-transfected cells CTC15. In contrast, progesterone exhibits no detectable effect on CTC15 cells. This study provides evidence that glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid cross-talk with PR to produce progesterone-like effects in breast cancer cells. Glucocorticoid receptor and PR share some overlapping activity in mediating focal adhesion but not in regulating cell proliferation.
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