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Wolff, C.* ; Malinowsky, K.* ; Berg, D.* ; Schragner, K.* ; Schuster, T:* ; Walch, A.K. ; Bronger, H.* ; Höfler, H. ; Becker, K.F.*

Signalling networks associated with urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its inhibitor PAI-1 in breast cancer tissues: New insights from protein microarray analysis.

J. Pathol. 223, 54-63 (2011)
DOI PMC
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The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and the main uPA inhibitor PAI-1 play important roles in cell migration and invasion in both physiological and pathological contexts. Both factors are clinically applicable predictive markers in node-negative breast cancer patients that are used to stratify patients for adjuvant chemotherapy. In addition to their classical functions in plasmin regulation, both factors are key components in cancer-related cell signalling. Such signalling cascades are well described in cell culture systems, but a better understanding of uPA- and PAI-1-associated signalling networks in clinical tissues is needed. We examined the expression of uPA, PAI-1, and 21 signalling molecules in 201 primary breast cancer tissues using protein microarrays. Expression of uPA was significantly correlated with the expression of ERK and Stat3, while expression of PAI-1 was correlated with the uPA receptor and Akt activation, presumably via integrin and HER-receptor signalling. Analysis of uPA expression did not reveal any significant correlation with staging, grading or age of the patients. The PAI-1 expression was correlated with nodal stage. Network monitoring for uPA and PAI-1 in breast cancer reveals interactions with main signalling cascades and extends the findings from cell culture experiments. Our results reveal possible mechanisms underlying cancer development.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA); Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1); Migration; Invasion; Formalin-fixed; Paraffin-embedded tissue (FFPE); Cell signalling; Protein microarray; Reverse phase protein microarray
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0022-3417
e-ISSN 1096-9896
Journal Journal of Pathology, The
Quellenangaben Volume: 223, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-63 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Pathology (PATH)
Research Unit Analytical Pathology (AAP)