Retinoic acid treatment of human leiomyoma cells transformed the cell phenotype to one strongly resembling myometrial cells
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- 13 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 69 (3), 462-470
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03207.x
Abstract
Uterine leiomyomas are clinically significant tumours that may develop due to an altered differentiation pathway. We have previously identified a dysregulated retinoic acid (RA) pathway that reduced retinoic exposure in human leiomyoma surgical specimens, and have shown that the leiomyoma phenotype was characterized by excessive and disorganized extracellular matrix (ECM). The goal of this study was to determine the impact of RA exposure on the disrupted ECM phenotype of leiomyomas. Study of immortalized and molecularly confirmed cells generated from surgical specimens of spontaneous uterine leiomyoma and matched myometrium. Immortalized leiomyoma and myometrial cells retained the molecular characteristics of their progenitor tissue. Proliferation of leiomyoma cells was inhibited by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Furthermore, there was a dose-dependent decrease in soluble extracellular collagen protein in ATRA-treated leiomyoma cells. Exposure of leiomyoma cells to ATRA resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of templates for specific ECM protein production including collagen 1, collagen 4, fibronectin and versican. Notably, expression levels in treated leiomyoma cells approached those found in myometrial cells. These mRNA alterations translated into altered protein. Down-regulation was also observed among the RA pathway genes such as CYP26A1 with exposure to ATRA. Finally, ATRA down-regulated TGF-β3 mRNA expression and the TGF-β regulated genes in leiomyoma cells. Exposure of leiomyomas to ATRA down-regulated cell proliferation, ECM formation, RA metabolism and TGF-β regulation, suggesting that RA exposure can alter the leiomyoma phenotype to one that more closely approximates normal myometrium.Keywords
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