Adrenoceptors: Non Conventional Target for Breast Cancer?

LUTHY IA; BRUZZONE A; PÉREZ C; CASTILLO LF; CHIESSA JI; VÁZQUEZ SM; SARAPPA MG

CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY.

Bentham Science Publishers

Lugar: Netherlands; Año: 2009 vol. 16 p. 1850 - 1862

0929-8673

Abstract: Epinephrine and Norepinephrine, typically released during stress bind to nine different adrenoceptors (AR) which classically control the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. New targets were described for the many agonists and antagonists developed for these AR, as the central nervous system. During the last three decades, AR expression and action on the mammary gland/breast were extensively investigated. In the cow mammary gland, good milkability was associated with low density of ��2-AR and high density of ��2-AR. In the rat normal mammary gland, ��-AR are expressed in the epithelial cells, alveoli, ducts, and adipocytes showing an exquisite regulation by steroid hormones and prolactin. In rat dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) tumors, a close correlation was observed between tumor growth and ��-AR concentration. ��2-AR were described in numerous human cell lines and breast tumors. The action of ��-adrenergic compounds on cell proliferation is contradictory. While some authors found that ��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.Epinephrine and Norepinephrine, typically released during stress bind to nine different adrenoceptors (AR) which classically control the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. New targets were described for the many agonists and antagonists developed for these AR, as the central nervous system. During the last three decades, AR expression and action on the mammary gland/breast were extensively investigated. In the cow mammary gland, good milkability was associated with low density of ��2-AR and high density of ��2-AR. In the rat normal mammary gland, ��-AR are expressed in the epithelial cells, alveoli, ducts, and adipocytes showing an exquisite regulation by steroid hormones and prolactin. In rat dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) tumors, a close correlation was observed between tumor growth and ��-AR concentration. ��2-AR were described in numerous human cell lines and breast tumors. The action of ��-adrenergic compounds on cell proliferation is contradictory. While some authors found that ��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��2-AR and high density of ��2-AR. In the rat normal mammary gland, ��-AR are expressed in the epithelial cells, alveoli, ducts, and adipocytes showing an exquisite regulation by steroid hormones and prolactin. In rat dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) tumors, a close correlation was observed between tumor growth and ��-AR concentration. ��2-AR were described in numerous human cell lines and breast tumors. The action of ��-adrenergic compounds on cell proliferation is contradictory. While some authors found that ��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��-AR concentration. ��2-AR were described in numerous human cell lines and breast tumors. The action of ��-adrenergic compounds on cell proliferation is contradictory. While some authors found that ��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��2-AR were described in numerous human cell lines and breast tumors. The action of ��-adrenergic compounds on cell proliferation is contradictory. While some authors found that ��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��-agonists significantly inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth in mice, others described a significant reduction in DNA synthesis by ��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��-blockers. Also, positive effects of ��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described.��-AR on human carcinoma cell migration have been described. ��2-AR are expressed in human breast cancer and non-cancer cell lines, their stimulation being associated with increased cell proliferation. In vivo clonidine increased tumor growth and ��2-adrenergic antagonists completely reversed this effect. When administered alone, rauwolscine inhibited tumor growth behaving as an inverse agonist. Therefore, the numerous adrenergic ��- and ��-AR agonists or antagonists could prove to be unexpected therapeutic options for mammary gland/ breast and mainly breast cancer2-AR are expressed in human breast cancer and non-cancer cell lines, their stimulation being associated with increased cell proliferation. In vivo clonidine increased tumor growth and ��2-adrenergic antagonists completely reversed this effect. When administered alone, rauwolscine inhibited tumor growth behaving as an inverse agonist. Therefore, the numerous adrenergic ��- and ��-AR agonists or antagonists could prove to be unexpected therapeutic options for mammary gland/ breast and mainly breast cancerIn vivo clonidine increased tumor growth and ��2-adrenergic antagonists completely reversed this effect. When administered alone, rauwolscine inhibited tumor growth behaving as an inverse agonist. Therefore, the numerous adrenergic ��- and ��-AR agonists or antagonists could prove to be unexpected therapeutic options for mammary gland/ breast and mainly breast cancer��- and ��-AR agonists or antagonists could prove to be unexpected therapeutic options for mammary gland/ breast and mainly breast cancer