SEL 1 L Expression Decreases Breast Tumor Cell Aggressiveness in Vivo and in Vitro 1

SEL1L, the human orthologue of the Caenorhabditis elegans sel-1 gene, is differentially expressed in breast primary tumors and in normal breast tissues. Analysis of a series of human primary breast carcinomas, using a monoclonal antibody raised against a SEL1L recombinant protein, revealed down-modulation or absence of SEL1L expression in about twothirds of the tumors as compared with normal breast epithelial cells. Overall survival analysis of breast carcinoma patients indicated a statistically significant correlation between SEL1L down-modulation and poor prognosis. MCF-7, human breast carcinoma cells, were transfected with a construct containing the entire SEL1L cDNA driven by an inducible promoter and showed a dramatic reduction in anchorage-dependent growth and colony formation in soft agar. Growth of the transfected cells in Matrigel, an extracellular matrix rich with laminin, restored colonyformation ability. These results point to the role for SEL1L in breast tumor growth and aggressiveness, possibly involving cell-matrix interactions.

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