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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 98, 期 17, 页码 9587-9592出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.171174298
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- NCI NIH HHS [P01 CA030195, P01 CA081020, P01CA30195, P01CA81020] Funding Source: Medline
Mutational inactivation of BRCA1 confers a cumulative lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancers. However, the underlying basis for the tissue-restricted tumor-suppressive properties of BRCA1 remains poorly defined. Here we show that BRCA1 mediates ligand-independent transcriptional repression of the estrogen receptor a (ER alpha), a principal determinant of the growth, differentiation, and normal functional status of breasts and ovaries. In Brca1-null mouse embryo fibroblasts and BRCA1-deficient human ovarian cancer cells, ER alpha exhibited ligand-independent transcriptional activity that was not observed in Brca1-proficient cells. Ectopic expression in Brca1-deficient cells of wild-type BRCA1, but not clinically validated BRCA1 missense mutants, restored ligand-independent repression of ER alpha in a manner dependent upon apparent histone deacetylase activity. In estrogen-dependent human breast cancer cells, chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis revealed the association of BRCA1 with ER alpha at endogenous estrogen-response elements before, but not after estrogen stimulation. Collectively, these results reveal BRCA1 to be a ligand-reversible barrier to transcriptional activation by unliganded promoter-bound ER alpha and suggest a possible mechanism by which functional inactivation of BRCA1 could promote tumorigenesis through inappropriate hormonal regulation of mammary and ovarian epithelial cell proliferation.
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