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MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH
卷 17, 期 11, 页码 2184-2195出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-1194
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- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation [ZR2019MH001]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) [IRT_17R68]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019ZRJC004]
STAT3 is constitutively activated in many malignant tumor types and plays an important role in multiple aspects of cancer aggressiveness. In this study, we found that estrogen-related receptor a (ERR-alpha) correlating with STAT3 was highly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines and tissues, which was associated with both the pathologic stage and prognosis of patients with TNBC. In vitro studies showed that ERR-alpha promoted TNBC cell migration and invasion, which was regulated by STAT3. Phosphorylated STAT3 (p-STAT3, Tyr 705) could bind to the promotor of ERR-alpha, and activate its transcription, which was suggested by luciferase assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. We also found that ERR-alpha was the key target gene regulated by STAT3 in promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), migration, and invasion. ERR-alpha upregulated the expression of ZEB1, N-cadherin, and vimentin while downregulated the expression of E-cadherin. Furthermore, in vivo studies showed that ERR-alpha could increase the metastasis ability of TNBC. Our finding demonstrated that ERR-alpha was a direct regulatory gene target of p-STAT3, which was enriched for processes involving invasion and metastasis in TNBC and provided insight into TNBC pathogenesis, as well as a potential therapeutic option against TNBC metastasis.
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