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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 353-358Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11403
Keywords
estrogens; estrogen receptors; VEGF; HDACI; proliferation; breast cancer
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- NCI NIH HHS [1R01CA096805-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The interaction between 17beta-estradiol and estrogen receptor alpha (ER-alpha) plays an important role in breast carcinogenesis and breast cancer treatment. ER-alpha is a critical growth regulatory gene in breast cancer and its expression level is tightly linked to the prognosis and treatment outcomes of breast cancer patients. Loss of ER-alpha expression in breast epithelial cells is critical for breast cancer progression. The underlying molecular mechanisms for this loss, however, are poorly defined. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are implicated in the alteration of chromatin assembly and tumorigenesis. We show that histone deacetylase I (HDAC 1) interacts with ER-alpha in vitro and in vivo and suppresses ER-alpha transcription activity. The interaction of HDAC I with ER-alpha was mediated by the AF-2 and DBD domains of ER-alpha. We observed an endogenous interaction of HDAC I with ER-alpha in breast cancer cells, which was decreased in the presence of estrogen. Interestingly, overexpression of HDACI in stable transfected MCF-7 clones induced loss of ER-alpha and significantly increased cell proliferation and colony formation, as compared to the control MCF-7 cells, whereas treatment of stable MCF-7 clones with the HDAC specific inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) induced re-expression of ER-alpha mRNA and protein. Our findings strongly suggest that HDAC I affects breast cancer progression by promoting cellular proliferation in association with a reduction in both ER-a protein expression and transcriptional activity. Thus, HDAC I may be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in the treatment of a subset of ER-negative breast cancers. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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