Chronic cadmium exposure decreases the dependency of MCF7 breast cancer cells on ERα.

ABSTRACT: Cadmium is an environmental contaminant that can activate estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and contribute to the development and progression of breast cancer. Our lab previously demonstrated that chronic cadmium exposure alters the expression of several ERα-responsive genes and increases the malignancy of breast cancer cells. Although these studies support cadmium's function as a hormone disrupter, the role of ERα in cadmium-induced breast cancer progression remains unclear. To address this, we modulated the expression of ERα and found that while the loss of ERα significantly impaired cancer cell growth, migration, invasion and anchorage-independent growth in both MCF7 and MCF7-Cd cells, cadmium-exposed cells retained a significant advantage in cell growth, migration, and invasion, and partia

SUBMITTER: Bloomfield M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702212 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature