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ArticleCancer genomics & proteomics

ARHGAP29 Is Involved in Increased Invasiveness of Tamoxifen-resistant Breast Cancer Cells and its Expression Levels Correlate With Clinical Tumor Parameters of Breast Cancer Patients.

Maike Kansy, Katharina Wert, Katharina Kolb, Julia Gallwas, Carsten Gründker

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Maike KansyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Katharina WertDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Katharina KolbDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Julia GallwasDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Carsten GründkerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany grundker@med.uni-goettingen.de.

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aimAggressive breast cancer (BC) cells show high expression of Rho GTPase activating protein 29 (ARHGAP29), a negative regulator of RhoA. In breast cancer cells in which mesenchymal transformation was induced, ARHGAP29 was the only one of 32 GTPase-activating enzymes whose expression increased significantly. Therefore, we investigated whether there is a correlation between expression of ARHGAP29 and tumor progression in BC. Since tamoxifen-resistant BC cells exhibit increased mesenchymal properties and invasiveness, we additionally investigated the relationship between ARHGAP29 and increased invasion rate in tamoxifen resistance. The question arises as to whether ARHGAP29 is a suitable prognostic marker for the progression of BC. MATERIALS AND

methodsTissue microarrays were used to investigate expression of ARHGAP29 in BC and adjacent normal breast tissues. Knockdown experiments using siRNA were performed to investigate the influence of ARHGAP29 and the possible downstream actors RhoC and pAKT1 on invasive growth of tamoxifen-resistant BC spheroids in vitro.

resultsExpression of ARHGAP29 was frequently increased in BC tissues compared to adjacent normal breast tissues. In addition, there was evidence of a correlation between high ARHGAP29 expression and advanced clinical tumor stage. Tamoxifen-resistant BC cells show a significantly higher expression of ARHGAP29 compared to their parental wild-type cells. After knockdown of ARHGAP29 in tamoxifen-resistant BC cells, expression of RhoC was significantly reduced. Further, expression of pAKT1 decreased significantly. Invasive growth of three-dimensional tamoxifen-resistant BC spheroids was reduced after knockdown of ARHGAP29. This could be partially reversed by AKT1 activator SC79.

conclusionExpression of ARHGAP29 correlates with the clinical tumor parameters of BC patients. In addition, ARHGAP29 is involved in increased invasiveness of tamoxifen-resistant BC cells. ARHGAP29 alone or in combination with its downstream partners RhoC and pAKT1 could be suitable prognostic markers for BC progression.

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Breast NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGTPase-Activating ProteinsNeoplasm InvasivenessTamoxifenAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisrhoC GTP-Binding ProteinAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalARHGAP29 protein, humanBiomarkers, TumorGTPase-Activating ProteinsrhoC GTP-Binding ProteinTamoxifenARHGAP29Breast cancerpAKT1RhoCtamoxifen resistance

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PMCPMC11215425

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