Cat#H7904) and 17β-estradiol (E2; Cat#E2257) were purchased from
Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO, USA). CCN5 human recombinant protein (hrCCN5;
Cat#120–16) was purchased from PeproTech (Rocky Hill, NJ, USA).
Doxycycline (Dox) was purchased from Takara Bio (Mountain View, CA, USA, Cat #
631311). Antibodies for western blot analysis, immunofluorescence,
immunohistochemical staining were purchased from following vendors: Anti-ERα
(Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, USA; Cat#13258 and Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA;
Cat#ab32063), anti-p-ER-α (Cell Signaling, Cat#9924), Anti-CCN5
(Abcam, Cat#ab38317), anti-Akt (Cell Signaling, Cat#4691), anti-p-Akt
(Cell Signaling, Cat # 9271), mouse Anti-FLAG/DDK (Origene, Rockville, MD,
USA, Cat#TAG0011), mouse anti-β-actin (Sigma, Cat#A3853),
anti-Integrins α6 (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA, Cat#MAB1378) and
anti-Integrins β1 (Millipore, Cat#MAB1987Z). The authentication
certificates for all these chemicals, drugs and antibodies were provided by these
companies. The fresh working solutions of the chemicals and drugs were prepared
once a month to guarantee effectivity.