Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 28, Issue 29, Pages 2634-2642Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.126
Keywords
GATA3; breast cancer; lung metastasis
Funding
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research [MOP-84470]
- Canderel New Initiative Award
- Carlsberg Foundation fellowship [2006_01_0102]
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research Cancer Consortium Training Grant Fellowship Award
- National Cancer Institute of Canada
- Fonds de la Recherche en Sante ' du Que ' bec studentship
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The loss of expression of the transcription factor GATA3 in breast tumors has been linked to aggressive tumor development and poor patient survival. In the present work, we address potential roles for GATA3 in breast tumor lung metastasis and progression. Using an aggressive breast cancer cell line, which metastasizes specifically to the lung, we show that GATA3 expression results in reduced tumor outgrowth in the mammary fat pad and lower lung metastatic burden in nude mice. Specifically, GATA3 expression inhibits breast cancer cell expansion inside the lung parenchyma. This phenotype correlates with the ability of GATA3 to negatively regulate the expression of several genes that promote breast cancer lung metastasis (ID1/-3, KRTHB1, LY6E and RARRES3). Conversely, the expression of genes encoding known inhibitors of lung metastasis (DLC1 (deleted in liver cancer 1) and PAEP (progestagen-associated endometrial protein)) is upregulated by GATA3. These data correlate with microarray data from human breast cancer patients, showing a strong correlation between high GATA3 expression and absence of metastases specifically to the lungs. We conclude that GATA3 inhibits primary breast tumor outgrowth and reduces lung metastatic burden by regulating key genes involved in metastatic breast tumor progression. Oncogene (2009) 28, 2634-2642; doi: 10.1038/onc.2009.126; published online 1 June 2009
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