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Cancer Research 67, 6760, July 15, 2007. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-0026
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Cell, Tumor, and Stem Cell Biology

Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 Mediates Mammary Epithelial Cell Tumorigenesis through the ErbB4 Receptor

Conor C. Lynch1, Tracy Vargo-Gogola2, Michelle D. Martin1, Barbara Fingleton1, Howard C. Crawford3 and Lynn M. Matrisian1

1 Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; 2 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and 3 Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Requests for reprints: Lynn M. Matrisian, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, 771 PRB, 23rd and Pierce Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232-6840. Phone: 615-322-0375; Fax: 615-343-4539; E-mail: lynn.matrisian{at}vanderbilt.edu.

To delineate the role of matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7) in mammary tumorigenesis, MMP7 was expressed in the normal murine mammary gland cell line, c57MG. MMP7 markedly enhanced the growth rate of the c57MG cells in three-dimensional culture and promoted tumor formation in vivo. Subsequent investigation showed that MMP7 (a) up-regulated ErbB4 receptor levels, (b) solubilized the ErbB4 receptor cognate ligand heparin-bound epidermal growth factor, and (c) mediated the proteolytic processing of ErbB4 to yield a soluble intracellular domain (ICD) that localized to the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Furthermore, overexpression of the ErbB4 ICD in the c57MG cell line recapitulated the proliferative effects of MMP7 in vitro and in vivo. These data indicate a novel mechanism for mammary epithelial cell transformation by MMP7. [Cancer Res 2007;67(14):6760–7




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