Inhibition of breast cancer growth and invasion by single-minded 2s. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Single-minded 2 (SIM2) is a member of the bHLH-PAS family of transcription factors. SIM2 was initially identified by positional cloning on chromosome 21 and is thought to contribute to the etiology of trisomy-21 [Down syndrome (DS)]. In addition to the physical and mental deficiencies associated with this genetic disease, it has become apparent that women with DS are 10-25 times less likely to die from breast cancer in comparison with age-matched normal populations. This is thought to be a result of gene dosage effect of tumor suppressor genes on chromosome 21. Here, we report that a splice variant of SIM2, SIM2 short (SIM2s), is differentially expressed in normal breast and breast cancer-derived cell lines and is downregulated in human breast cancer samples. Re-establishment of SIM2s in MDA-MB-435 breast cancer cells significantly reduced proliferation, anchorage-independent growth and invasive potential. Consistent with its role as a transcriptional repressor, SIM2s directly decreased expression of matrix metalloprotease-3, a known mediator of breast cancer metastasis. These results suggest that SIM2s has breast tumor suppressive activity.

published proceedings

  • Carcinogenesis

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Kwak, H., Gustafson, T., Metz, R. P., Laffin, B., Schedin, P., & Porter, W. W.

citation count

  • 43

complete list of authors

  • Kwak, Hyeong-Il||Gustafson, Tanya||Metz, Richard P||Laffin, Brian||Schedin, Pepper||Porter, Weston W

publication date

  • February 2007