Comparison of the effects of differentially sulphated bovine kidney- and porcine intestine-derived heparan sulphate on breast carcinoma cellular behaviour

  • Authors:
    • Chun-Hua Guo
    • Chuay-Yeng Koo
    • Boon-Huat Bay
    • Puay-Hoon Tan
    • George W. Yip
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  • Published online on: December 1, 2007     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.31.6.1415
  • Pages: 1415-1423
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Abstract

Heparan sulphate is a sulphated glycosaminoglycan and is able to bind to and regulate the activity of many growth and signalling factors. We have previously shown that its expression is correlated with tumour grade and cell proliferation in breast phyllodes tumours. In this study, we examined the use of heparan sulphate as a biomarker of invasive ductal carcinoma and the effects of differentially sulphated heparan species on breast cancer cell behaviour. Immunohistochemistry using the 10E4 monoclonal antibody was carried out on 32 paraffin-embedded breast cancer specimens and paired non-cancerous breast tissues to compare the expression patterns of heparan sulphate. Upregulated expression of the sulphated 10E4 epitope in heparan sulphate was detected in both epithelial and stromal compartments of breast cancer compared with normal mammary tissues, with a 2.8X increase in immunoreactivity score. To determine the effects of differentially sulphated heparan sulphate molecules on breast cancer behaviour, cultured breast carcinoma cells were treated with chlorate, a competitive inhibitor of glycosaminoglycan sulphation, and two different heparan sulphate species. Inhibition of glycosaminoglycan sulphation resulted in a significant increase in cancer cell adhesion and a reduction in cell migration, together with upregulated expression of focal adhesion kinase and paxillin. Both porcine intestine- and bovine kidney-derived heparan sulphate species could block the change in cell adhesion. However, the former heparan sulphate species completely abolished, while the latter exacerbated, the chlorate-induced decrease in cell migration. The results show that heparan sulphate is a useful biomarker of breast invasive ductal carcinoma. Different sulphation patterns of heparan sulphate residues have differential effects in regulating breast cancer cellular behaviour, and this may be exploited to develop heparan sulphate into a useful target for treatment of breast carcinoma.

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Guo C, Koo C, Bay B, Tan P and Yip GW: Comparison of the effects of differentially sulphated bovine kidney- and porcine intestine-derived heparan sulphate on breast carcinoma cellular behaviour. Int J Oncol 31: 1415-1423, 2007
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Guo, C., Koo, C., Bay, B., Tan, P., & Yip, G.W. (2007). Comparison of the effects of differentially sulphated bovine kidney- and porcine intestine-derived heparan sulphate on breast carcinoma cellular behaviour. International Journal of Oncology, 31, 1415-1423. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.31.6.1415
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Guo, C., Koo, C., Bay, B., Tan, P., Yip, G. W."Comparison of the effects of differentially sulphated bovine kidney- and porcine intestine-derived heparan sulphate on breast carcinoma cellular behaviour". International Journal of Oncology 31.6 (2007): 1415-1423.
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Guo, C., Koo, C., Bay, B., Tan, P., Yip, G. W."Comparison of the effects of differentially sulphated bovine kidney- and porcine intestine-derived heparan sulphate on breast carcinoma cellular behaviour". International Journal of Oncology 31, no. 6 (2007): 1415-1423. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.31.6.1415