Clinical Cancer Research, Vol 3, Issue 6 849-854, Copyright © 1997 by American Association for Cancer Research

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Inducible overexpression of cyclin D1 in breast cancer cells reverses the growth-inhibitory effects of antiestrogens

NR Wilcken, OW Prall, EA Musgrove and RL Sutherland
Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia.

The development of endocrine resistance in previously sensitive, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers is a major limitation in the treatment of breast cancer. Because antiestrogens have a cell cycle-specific action on breast cancer cells and influence the expression and activity of several cell cycle-regulatory molecules, the development of aberrant cell cycle control mechanisms is a potential mechanism by which cells might develop resistance to antiestrogens. We postulated that overexpression of cyclin D1, which is a common feature of breast cancer, may confer antiestrogen resistance. We addressed this question in vitro by testing the ability of ectopic cyclin D1 overexpression to overcome the growth-inhibitory effects of tamoxifen and the pure steroidal antiestrogens, ICI 164384 and ICI 182780, in T-47D and MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. In cells stably transfected with a human cyclin D1 cDNA under the control of a metal-inducible metallothionein promoter, cyclin D1 expression was increased 2-4-fold following treatment with zinc. Despite the continued presence of antiestrogen, cyclin D1 induction resulted in the formation of active cyclin D1/Cdk4 complexes, concurrent hyperphosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein, and entry into S phase of cells previously arrested in G1. Elevated cyclin D1 protein levels were first detected 3 h after treatment with zinc, and the proportion of cells in S phase began to increase 6 h later. The S-phase fraction increased 2-3-fold from 13 to 17% in cells treated with antiestrogen alone, to a peak of 33-38% 15 h after zinc treatment. Both the cyclin D1 protein level and the proportion of cells in S phase increased with increasing concentrations of zinc. We conclude that the ectopic overexpression of cyclin D1 reverses the growth-inhibitory effect of antiestrogens in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells, providing a potential mechanism for clinical antiestrogen resistance.

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