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The up regulation of CXCL12 expression by E2 was also observed in the ABT-888 Veliparib COUP cells treated with E2. However, the relative level of CXCL12 expression was per sistently and significantly 30% lower in the COUP cells com pared with the control cells. CXCR4 expression was constitutively enhanced in the COUP clones, and nei ther E2 nor ICI, alone or in combination, had an effect on this increased CXCR4 expression. This result suggests that the constitutive effect of COUP TFI overex pression on CXCR4 mRNA is independent of ER signaling. COUP TFI overexpression modulates the EGFR and MAPK signaling pathways The growth factor control of cell fate is a pivotal step in cancer progression, indeed, the high expression of epi dermal growth factor receptor in cancers has been associated with metastatic tumors and poor clinical outcomes.<br><br> Additionally, EGFR signaling was recently linked to CXCR4 signaling. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of COUP TFI on the expression of EGF and EGFR in MCF 7 clones and found that COUP TFI overexpression increased both EGF and EGFR expression by 1. 8 to 2 times, respectively, in com parison to the MCF 7 control cells. Moreover, our earlier studies have shown that AEB071 ic50 COUP TFI was able to interplay with the MAPK pathway, enhancing ERK activity. We confirmed this observation by analyzing ERK protein phosphorylation after the EGF stimulation of COUP cells in comparison to the control cells. To further investigate whether the up regulation of EGF signaling by COUP TFI could be linked to the changes in CXCL12 and CXCR4 gene expression, treatments with EGF and select ive inhibitors for EGFR and MEK sig naling were performed.<br><br> Interestingly, EGF treatment significantly decreased CXCL12 expression in both the control and COUP clones, whereas the inhib ition of EGFR signaling by AG1478 and U0126 led to a slight but significant elevation in CXCL12 expression in both cells. The expression profile of CXCL12 was lower under all conditions in the MCF AG-1478 Tyrphostin AG-1478 7 cells overex pressing COUP TFI. Furthermore, EGF treatment in creased CXCR4 mRNA expression in the control cells but had no effect on the increased CXCR4 expression in the COUP cells. Treatments with EGFR and MEK inhibitors decreased CXCR4 expression, reaching a lower level of expression than under the basal conditions. Indeed, the inhibition of EGFR and MAPK signaling abol ished the stimulation effect of COUP TFI on CXCR4 expression.<br><br> COUP TFI overexpression modifies cells response to CXCL12 signal The CXCL12 CXCR4 axis plays major roles in breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, thus, we analyzed the CXCL12 mediated growth and motility of MCF 7 cells overexpressing COUP TFI. First, we tested the control and COUP cells for a prolif erative response to CXCL12 treatment by exposing the cells to CXCL12 for 7 days and quantifying the total cell number. No significant differ ences were observed with regard to the basal growth of the control and COUP cells, however, when treated with CXCL12, both cells proliferated significantly more than under the control condition. Furthermore, the COUP cells displayed a significantly higher proliferative response to the CXCL12 treatment than the control cells.