Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 8, Issue 17, Pages 29328-29345Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16440
Keywords
Z-ligustilide; tamoxifen; ER alpha negative breast cancer; MTA1; histone modification
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- NSFC [81373903, 81202946]
- Chongqing Project of Science and technology talent cultivation [cstc2013kjrc-qnrc1002]
- Key Project of Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities [XDJK2016B040, XDJK2016D034]
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Emerging evidence indicates epigenetic modification represses estrogen receptor a (ER alpha) and contributes to the resistance to tamoxifen in aggressive ER alpha-negative (ER alpha-) breast cancer. Z-ligustilide is a major compound in Radix Angelica sinensis, an herb from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) most frequently prescribed for breast cancer. However, the role of Z-ligustilide in ER alpha-breast cancer and epigenetic modification remains largely unknown. Herein we showed, for the first time, that Z-ligustilide restored the growth inhibition of tamoxifen on ER alpha-breast cancer cells. Apoptosis and S and G2/M phases cell cycle arrest were induced by combinatorial Z-ligustilide and tamoxifen. Importantly, Z-ligustilide reactivated the ER alpha expression and transcriptional activity, which is proved to be indispensable for restoring the sensitivity to tamoxifen. Interestingly, Z-ligustilide increased Ace-H3 (lys9/14) enrichment in the ER alpha promoter. Moreover, Z-ligustilide dramatically reduced the enrichment of metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) as well as IFN-gamma-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) onto the ER alpha promoter. Meanwhile, Z-ligustilide downregulated MTA1, IFI16 and HDACs, which caused destabilization of the corepressor complex. Collectively, our study not only highlights Z-ligustilide as a novel epigenetic modulator, but also opens new possibilities from TCM for treating aggressive tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer.
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