A network of clinically and functionally relevant genes is involved in the reversion of the tumorigenic phenotype of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells after transfer of human chromosome 8

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Title:	A network of clinically and functionally relevant genes is involved in the reversion of the tumorigenic phenotype of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells after transfer of human chromosome 8
Creators Name:	Seitz, S., Frege, R., Jacobsen, A., Weimer, J., Arnold, W., Haefen, C.v., Niederacher, D., Schmutzler, R., Arnold, N. and Scherneck, S.
Abstract:	Several investigations have supposed that tumor suppressor genes might be located on human chromosome 8. We used microcell-mediated transfer of chromosome 8 into MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and generated independent hybrids with strongly reduced tumorigenic potential. Loss of the transferred chromosome results in reappearance of the malignant phenotype. Expression analysis identified a set of 109 genes (CT8-ps) differentially expressed in microcell hybrids as compared to the tumorigenic MDA-MB-231 and rerevertant cells. Of these, 44.9% are differentially expressed in human breast tumors. The expression pattern of CT8-ps was associated with prognostic factors such as tumor size and grading as well as loss of heterozygosity at the short arm of chromosome 8. We identified CT8-ps networks suggesting that these genes act cooperatively to cause reversion of tumorigenicity in MDA-MB-231 cells. Our findings provide a conceptual basis and experimental system to identify and evaluate genes and gene networks involved in the development and/or progression of breast cancer.
Keywords:	Breast Tumorigenesis, Expression Difference Analysis, Microcell-Mediated Chromosome Transfer
Source:	Oncogene
ISSN:	0950-9232
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	24
Number:	5
Page Range:	869-879
Date:	1 January 2005
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1208260
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