Estradiol-17β regulates vascular endothelial growth factor and Bcl-2 expression in HHUA cells
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- Published online on: December 1, 2007 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.31.6.1333
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Abstract
HHUA, a rare endometrial cancer cell line expressing the estrogen receptor (ER), was adopted to investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), erythropoietin (Epo), Bcl-2 and p53 under the administration of estradiol-17β (E2). Based on quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays, both VEGF and Bcl-2 mRNA levels decreased in a dose-dependent manner, although VEGF levels were increased in a time-dependent manner; no significant change was found for Epo and p53. An immunocytochemical study also showed the suppressed expression of VEGF and Bcl-2 under E2 induction. Both ERα and ERβ mRNAs were detected in HHUA cells with ERβ expression being predominantly higher than that of ERα, which is the converse of the pattern seen in normal endometria. The present study shows the E2-downregulated expression of VEGF and Bcl-2, and reveals a disrupted balance of ERα and ERβ expression, which should be taken into consideration to understand the particularity of E2-regulated gene expression in HHUA cells.