
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Human Cancer Biology |
1 Departments of Surgery, Saint Vincent's University Hospital and 2 Department of Statistics and the 3 Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Requests for reprints: Leonie S. Young, Department of Surgery, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. Phone: 353-1-7166728; Fax: 353-1-7161134; E-mail: leonie.young{at}ucd.ie.
Purpose: Associations between p160 coactivator proteins and the development of resistance to endocrine treatment have been described. We hypothesized that nuclear receptor coregulatory proteins may interact with nonsteroid receptors. We investigated the mitogen-activated protein kinaseactivated transcription factors, Ets, as possible interaction proteins for the coactivators SRC-1 and AIB1 and the corepressor NCoR in human breast cancer.
Experimental Design: Expression and coexpression of Ets and the coregulatory proteins was investigated using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence in a cohort of breast tumor patients (N = 134). Protein expression, protein-DNA interactions and protein-protein interactions were assessed using Western blot, electromobility shift, and coimmunoprecipitation analysis, respectively.
Results: Ets-1 and Ets-2 associated with reduced disease-free survival (P < 0.0292, P < 0.0001, respectively), whereas NCoR was a positive prognostic indicator (P < 0.0297). Up-regulation of Ets-1 protein expression in cell cultures derived from patient tumors in the presence of growth factors associated with tumor grade (P < 0.0013; n = 28). In primary breast tumor cell cultures and in the SKBR3 breast cell line, growth factors induced interaction between Ets and their DNA response element, induced recruitment of coactivators to the transcription factor-DNA complex, and up-regulated protein expression of HER2. Ets-1 and Ets-2 interacted with the coregulators under basal conditions, and growth factors up-regulated Ets-2 interaction with SRC-1 and AIB1. Coexpression of Ets-2 and SRC-1 significantly associated with the rate of recurrence and HER expression, compared with patients who expressed Ets-2 but not SRC-1 (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.0001, respectively).
Conclusions: These data describe associations and interactions between nonsteroid transcription factors and coregulatory proteins in human breast cancer.
Key Words: Endocrine resistance transcription factors disease recurrence
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
G. Leprivier, D. Baillat, A. Begue, B. Hartmann, and M. Aumercier Ets-1 p51 and p42 isoforms differentially modulate Stromelysin-1 promoter according to induced DNA bend orientation Nucleic Acids Res., May 21, 2009; (2009) gkp307v1. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. Qin, Z. Liu, H. Chen, and J. Xu The Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 Regulates Twist Expression and Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis Cancer Res., May 1, 2009; 69(9): 3819 - 3827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
H. KASHIMA, A. HORIUCHI, J. UCHIKAWA, T. MIYAMOTO, A. SUZUKI, T. ASHIDA, I. KONISHI, and T. SHIOZAWA Up-regulation of Nuclear Receptor Corepressor (NCoR) in Progestin-induced Growth Suppression of Endometrial Hyperplasia and Carcinoma Anticancer Res, April 1, 2009; 29(4): 1023 - 1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Wang, Y. Yuan, L. Liao, S.-Q. Kuang, J. C.-Y. Tien, B. W. O'Malley, and J. Xu Disruption of the SRC-1 gene in mice suppresses breast cancer metastasis without affecting primary tumor formation PNAS, January 6, 2009; 106(1): 151 - 156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. Qin, L. Liao, A. Redmond, L. Young, Y. Yuan, H. Chen, B. W. O'Malley, and J. Xu The AIB1 Oncogene Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis by Activation of PEA3-Mediated Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) and MMP9 Expression Mol. Cell. Biol., October 1, 2008; 28(19): 5937 - 5950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. Xu, J. Dwyer, H. Li, W. Duan, and J.-P. Liu Ets2 Maintains hTERT Gene Expression and Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation by Interacting with c-Myc J. Biol. Chem., August 29, 2008; 283(35): 23567 - 23580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. C-K. Chung, S. Zhou, L. Liao, J. C.-Y. Tien, N. M. Greenberg, and J. Xu Genetic Ablation of the Amplified-in-Breast Cancer 1 Inhibits Spontaneous Prostate Cancer Progression in Mice Cancer Res., June 15, 2007; 67(12): 5965 - 5975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. L. Duval, M. D. Jonsen, S. E. Diamond, P. Murapa, A. Jean, and A. Gutierrez-Hartmann Differential Utilization of Transcription Activation Subdomains by Distinct Coactivators Regulates Pit-1 Basal and Ras Responsiveness Mol. Endocrinol., January 1, 2007; 21(1): 172 - 185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. Li, A. S. L. Cheng, V. X. Jin, H. H. Paik, M. Fan, X. Li, W. Zhang, J. Robarge, C. Balch, R. V. Davuluri, et al. A mixture model-based discriminate analysis for identifying ordered transcription factor binding site pairs in gene promoters directly regulated by estrogen receptor-{alpha} Bioinformatics, September 15, 2006; 22(18): 2210 - 2216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. Y. Han, C. N. Landen, J. G. Trevino, J. Halder, Y. G. Lin, A. A. Kamat, T.-J. Kim, W. M. Merritt, R. L. Coleman, D. M. Gershenson, et al. Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Effects of Src Inhibition in Ovarian Carcinoma. Cancer Res., September 1, 2006; 66(17): 8633 - 8639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Baldwin, K.-W. Huh, and K. Munger Human papillomavirus e7 oncoprotein dysregulates steroid receptor coactivator 1 localization and function. J. Virol., July 1, 2006; 80(13): 6669 - 6677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Cancer Research | Clinical Cancer Research |
| Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention | Molecular Cancer Therapeutics |
| Molecular Cancer Research | Cancer Prevention Research |
| Cancer Prevention Journals Portal | Cancer Reviews Online |
| Annual Meeting Education Book | Meeting Abstracts Online |