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The p53-binding Protein MDM2 Gene Is Differentially Expressed in Human Breast Carcinoma

M. Saeed Sheikh, Zhi-Ming Shao, Arif Hussain and Joseph A. Fontana
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The human p53-binding protein murine double minute 2 (MDM2) is believed to function as a negative regulator of p53. The MDM2 gene was cloned and sequenced only recently and was found to be amplified in a variety of sarcomas. Although mutations in the p53 gene have been shown to occur in human breast carcinoma (HBC), no information is available on MDM2 gene expression in HBC. In this study we report for the first time that the MDM2 gene is differentially expressed in HBC. Our results demonstrate a correlation between the estrogen receptor (ER) status and the MDM2 mRNA levels. In contrast to the ER-negative cell lines, all the ER-positive cell lines were found to express higher levels of MDM2 mRNA. ER-positive ZR-75 cells express 30-fold higher levels of MDM2 mRNA than does the ER-negative cell line Hs578T. Estrogen enhanced albeit modestly the MDM2 mRNA levels in ER-positive MCF-7 cells. Estrogen enhancement of MDM2 mRNA levels was also observed in ER-negative MDA-MB-231 cells transfected with functional ERs. Our data thus suggest that estrogen may play an important role in HBC growth stimulation by modulating the expression of MDM2, which in turn may inactivate the p53 function.

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  • ↵1 Supported in part by the Medical Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs (J. A. F.).

  • ↵2 To whom request for reprints should be addressed, at University of Maryland at Baltimore, Cancer Center, Rm. S9D05, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

  • Received February 19, 1993.
  • Accepted June 3, 1993.
  • ©1993 American Association for Cancer Research.
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M. Saeed Sheikh, Zhi-Ming Shao, Arif Hussain and Joseph A. Fontana
Cancer Res July 15 1993 (53) (14) 3226-3228;

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