4.8 Article

Loss of function of GATA3 induces basal-like mammary tumors

Journal

THERANOSTICS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 720-733

Publisher

IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/thno.65796

Keywords

Gata3 loss; p18(INK4c); mammary tumor; basal differentiation

Funding

  1. Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program [2019B030301009]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81972637]
  3. Shenzhen University [860-00000210]
  4. Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen City [JCYJ20190808115603580, JCYJ20190808165803558]
  5. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2019A1515011343, 2021A1515011145]
  6. DOD Idea Expansion Award [W81XWH-13-1-0282]
  7. Shenzhen University

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This study provides the first genetic evidence demonstrating that loss-of-function of GATA3 directly induces basal-like breast cancer, suggesting that basal-like breast cancer may also originate from other types of cancer.
Purpose: GATA3 is a transcription factor essential for mammary luminal epithelial cell differentiation. Expression of GATA3 is absent or significantly reduced in basal-like breast cancers. Gata3 loss-of-function impairs cell proliferation, making it difficult to investigate the role of GATA3 deficiency in vivo. We previously demonstrated that CDK inhibitor p18(INK4c )(p18) is a downstream target of GATA3 and restrains mammary epithelial cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. Whether and how loss-of-function of GATA3 results in basal-like breast cancers remains elusive. Methods: We generated mutant mouse strains with heterozygous germline deletion of Gata3 in p18 deficient backgrounds and developed a Gata3 depleted mammary tumor model system to determine the role of Gata3 loss in controlling cell proliferation and aberrant differentiation in mammary tumor development and progression. Results: Haploid loss of Gata3 reduced mammary epithelial cell proliferation with induction of p18, impaired luminal differentiation, and promoted basal differentiation in mammary glands. p18 deficiency induced luminal type mammary tumors and rescued the proliferative defect caused by haploid loss of Gata3. Haploid loss of Gata3 accelerated p18 deficient mammary tumor development and changed the properties of these tumors, resulting in their malignant and luminal-to-basal transformation. Expression of Gata3 negatively correlated with basal differentiation markers in MMTV-PyMT mammary tumor cells. Depletion of Gata3 in luminal tumor cells also reduced cell proliferation with induction of p18 and promoted basal differentiation. We confirmed that expression of GATA3 and basal markers are inversely correlated in human basal-like breast cancers. Conclusions: This study provides the first genetic evidence demonstrating that loss-of-function of GATA3 directly induces basal-like breast cancer. Our finding suggests that basal-like breast cancer may also originate from luminal type cancer.

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