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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.15.6349

Insulin Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Breast Cancer Cells through the Extracellular Regulated Kinase Pathway  

Pan, Feng (Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University)
Hong, Li-Quan (Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.15, no.15, 2014 , pp. 6349-6352 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to determine the roles of insulin in the growth of transplanted breast cancer in nude mice, and the proliferation and migration of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and assess its influence on downstream signaling pathways. In a xenograft mouse model with injection of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells, tumor size was measured every other day. The insulin level and insulin receptor (IR) were increased in the breast cancer patient tissues. Insulin injected subcutaneously around the tumor site in mice caused increase in the size and weight of tumor masses, and promoted proliferation and migration of MCF-7 cells. The effects of insulin on the increase in the proliferation and migration of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells were abolished by pretreatment with the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor PD98059. Insulin increased the phosphorylation of ERK in the MCF-7 cells. These results indicate that insulin promotes the growth of breast cancer in nude mice, and increases the proliferation and migration of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells via the ERK pathway.
Keywords
Breast cancer; insulin; proliferation; migration; extracellular regulated kinase;
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