| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-139 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Silencing of HSulf-2 expression in MCF10DCIS.com cells attenuate ductal carcinoma in situ progression to invasive ductal carcinoma in vivo. |
| T2 |
145-302 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
DUCTION: Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is a heterogeneous group of proliferative cellular lesions that have the potential to become invasive. |
| T3 |
303-429 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Very little is known about the molecular alterations involved in the progression from DCIS to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). |
| T4 |
430-636 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Heparan endosulfatase (HSulf-2) edits sulfate moieties on heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) and has been implicated in modulating heparin binding growth factor signaling, angiogenesis and tumorigenesis. |
| T5 |
637-716 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
However, the role of HSulf-2 in breast cancer progression is poorly understood. |
| T6 |
717-935 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
MCF10DCIS.com cells (referred as MCF10DCIS) express HSulf-2 and form comedo type DCIS and progress to IDC when transplanted in immune-deficient mice and, therefore, is an ideal model to study breast cancer progression. |
| T7 |
936-1040 |
DRI_Approach |
denotes |
We evaluated the role of HSulf-2 in progression from DCIS to IDC using mouse fat pad mammary xenografts. |
| T8 |
1050-1174 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Non-target control (NTC) and HSulf-2 knockdown in MCF10DCIS breast cancer cells were achieved by NTC shRNA and two different |
| T9 |
1175-1191 |
Token_Label.OUTSIDE |
denotes |
lentiviral shRNA |
| T10 |
1192-1221 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
against HSulf-2 respectively. |
| T11 |
1222-1331 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Xenografts were established by injecting NTC and HSulf-2 deficient MCF10DCIS cells in mouse mammary fat pads. |
| T12 |
1332-1515 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Xenografts were subjected to H&E staining for morphological analysis, TUNEL and Propidium iodide staining (to determine the extent of apoptosis), Western blot analysis and zymography. |
| T13 |
1525-1740 |
DRI_Approach |
denotes |
Using a mouse mammary fat pad derived xenograft model, we observed that compared to control treated xenografts, down-regulation of HSulf-2 was associated with significant delays in growth at Week 7 (P-value < 0.05). |
| T14 |
1741-1977 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Histological examination of the tumors demonstrated substantial differences in comedo necrosis, with marked luminal apoptosis and up-regulation of apoptotic markers Bim, cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase 3 in HSulf-2 depleted xenografts. |
| T15 |
1978-2229 |
DRI_Outcome |
denotes |
Furthermore, HSulf-2 depleted xenografts retained the basement membrane integrity with decreased activity and expression of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), an enzyme critical for degradation of extracellular matrix compared to nontargeted control. |
| T16 |
2242-2335 |
DRI_Outcome |
denotes |
Our data suggest that HSulf-2 expression may be critical for human breast cancer progression. |
| T17 |
2336-2444 |
DRI_Background |
denotes |
Down-regulation of HSulf-2 leads to retention of comedo type DCIS and delays the progression of DCIS to IDC. |
| T18 |
2445-2578 |
DRI_Approach |
denotes |
Further studies are necessary to determine if therapeutic targeting of HSulf-2 expression might delay the progression of DCIS to IDC. |