Rat mammary extracellular matrix composition and response to ibuprofen treatment during postpartum involution by differential GeLC-MS/MS analysis

J Proteome Res. 2012 Oct 5;11(10):4894-905. doi: 10.1021/pr3003744. Epub 2012 Aug 30.

Abstract

Breast cancer patients diagnosed within five years following pregnancy have increased metastasis and decreased survival. A hallmark of postpartum biology that may contribute to this poor prognosis is mammary gland involution, involving massive epithelial cell death and dramatic stromal remodeling. Previous studies show pro-tumorigenic properties of extracellular matrix (ECM) isolated from rodent mammary glands undergoing postpartum involution. More recent work demonstrates systemic ibuprofen treatment during involution decreases its tumor-promotional nature. Utilizing a proteomics approach, we identified relative differences in the composition of mammary ECM isolated from nulliparous rats and those undergoing postpartum involution, with and without ibuprofen treatment. GeLC-MS/MS experiments resulted in 20327 peptide identifications that mapped to 884 proteins with a <0.02% false discovery rate. Label-free quantification yielded several ECM differences between nulliparous and involuting glands related to collagen-fiber organization, cell motility and attachment, and cytokine regulation. Increases in known pro-tumorigenic ECM proteins osteopontin, tenascin-C, and laminin-α1 and pro-inflammatory proteins STAT3 and CD68 further identify candidate mediators of breast cancer progression specific to the involution window. With postpartum ibuprofen treatment, decreases in tenascin-C and three laminin chains were revealed. Our data suggest novel ECM mediators of breast cancer progression and demonstrate a protective influence of ibuprofen on mammary ECM composition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basement Membrane / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Extracellular Matrix / drug effects
  • Extracellular Matrix / metabolism*
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins / chemistry
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins / metabolism
  • Female
  • Ibuprofen / pharmacology*
  • Laminin / chemistry
  • Laminin / isolation & purification
  • Laminin / metabolism
  • Mammary Glands, Animal / drug effects
  • Mammary Glands, Animal / metabolism*
  • Mammary Glands, Animal / physiology
  • Postpartum Period / metabolism*
  • Postpartum Period / physiology
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Laminin
  • Ibuprofen