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| Author(s): |
Mari Luminosa Muler
[1]
;
Fernanda Antunes
[2]
;
Gabriel Cicolin Guarache
[3]
;
Rafaela Brito Oliveira
[4]
;
Rodrigo Portes Ureshino
[5]
;
Claudia Bincoletto
[6]
;
Gustavo José da Silva Pereira
[7]
;
Soraya Soubhi Smaili
[8]
Total Authors: 8
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
[3] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
[4] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - Brasil
[5] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - Brasil
[6] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
[7] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
[8] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Farmacologia - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 8
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Einstein (São Paulo); v. 18, 2020-04-22. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate if ICI 182,780 (fulvestrant), a selective estrogen receptor alpha/beta (ERα/ERβ) antagonist, and G-1, a selective G-protein-coupled receptor (GPER) agonist, can potentially induce autophagy in breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and SKBr3, and how G-1 affects cell viability. Methods Cell viability in MCF-7 and SKBr3 cells was assessed by the MTT assay. To investigate the autophagy flux, MCF-7 cells were transfected with GFP-LC3, a marker of autophagosomes, and analyzed by real-time fluorescence microscopy. MCF-7 and SKBr3 cells were incubated with acridine orange for staining of acidic vesicular organelles and analyzed by flow cytometry as an indicator of autophagy. Results Regarding cell viability in MCF-7 cells, ICI 182,780 and rapamycin, after 48 hours, led to decreased cell proliferation whereas G-1 did not change viability over the same period. The data showed that neither ICI 182,780 nor G-1 led to increased GFP-LC3 puncta in MCF-7 cells over the 4-hour observation period. The cytometry assay showed that ICI 182,780 led to a higher number of acidic vesicular organelles in MCF-7 cells. G-1, in turn, did not have this effect in any of the cell lines. In contrast, ICI 182,780 and G-1 did not decrease cell viability of SKBr3 cells or induce formation of acidic vesicular organelles, which corresponds to the final step of the autophagy process in this cell line. Conclusion The effect of ICI 182,780 on increasing acidic vesicular organelles in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells appears to be associated with its inhibitory effect on estrogen receptors, and GPER does notseem to be involved. Understanding these mechanisms may guide further investigations of these receptors’ involvement in cellular processes of breast cancer resistance. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/11515-3 - Mechanisms of Intracellular Calcium Signaling int the Modulation of Apoptosis and Autophagy |
| Grantee: | Soraya Soubhi Smaili |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/20073-2 - Autophagy as a protective mechanism in senescent rats |
| Grantee: | Soraya Soubhi Smaili |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |