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Series GSE45643 Query DataSets for GSE45643
Status Public on Mar 15, 2015
Title Progesterone receptor-B enhances estrogen responsiveness of breast cancer cells via scaffolding PELP1- and estrogen receptor-containing transcription complexes
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Progesterone and estrogen are important drivers of breast cancer proliferation. Herein, we probed estrogen receptor-α (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) cross-talk in breast cancer models. Stable expression of PR-B in PR-low/ER+ MCF7 cells increased cellular sensitivity to estradiol and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), as measured in growth assays performed in the absence of exogenous progestin; similar results were obtained in PR-null/ER+ T47D cells stably expressing PR-B. Genome-wide microarray analyses revealed that unliganded PR-B induced robust expression of a subset of estradiol-responsive ER target genes, including cathepsin-D (CTSD). Estradiol-treated MCF7 cells stably expressing PR-B exhibited enhanced ER Ser167 phosphorylation and recruitment of ER, PR and the proline-, glutamate- and leucine-rich protein 1 (PELP1) to an estrogen response element in the CTSD distal promoter; this complex co-immunoprecipitated with IGF1 receptor (IGFR1) in whole-cell lysates. Importantly, ER/PR/PELP1 complexes were also detected in human breast cancer samples. Inhibition of IGF1R or phosphoinositide 3-kinase blocked PR-B-dependent CTSD mRNA upregulation in response to estradiol. Similarly, inhibition of IGF1R or PR significantly reduced ER recruitment to the CTSD promoter. Stable knockdown of endogenous PR or onapristone treatment of multiple unmodified breast cancer cell lines blocked estradiol-mediated CTSD induction, inhibited growth in soft agar and partially restored tamoxifen sensitivity of resistant cells. Further, combination treatment of breast cancer cells with both onapristone and IGF1R tyrosine kinase inhibitor AEW541 was more effective than either agent alone. In summary, unliganded PR-B enhanced proliferative responses to estradiol and IGF1 via scaffolding of ER-α/PELP1/IGF1R-containing complexes. Our data provide a strong rationale for targeting PR in combination with ER and IGF1R in patients with luminal breast cancer.
 
Overall design The study contains 4 different sample groups measured in triplicate, for a total of 12 individual samples (12 arrays). From parental MCF7 human breast cancer cell lines, we created two stable clones expressing either (1) an empty vector (pSG5) or (2) the wild type progesterone receptor isoform B (pSG5-PR-B). These two cell lines were treated with either (1) vehicle control (ethanol) or (2) estradiol 10e-7 M (E2) for 6 hours before total RNA harvest. Thus, the experiment contains two cell lines, and two treatments (4 sample groups) treated and analyzed in triplicate (12 microarrays). Standard Illumina HT-12v4 chip controls were used during hybridization.
 
Contributor(s) Daniel AR, Knutson TP, Lange CA
Citation(s) 24469035
Submission date Mar 29, 2013
Last update date Aug 13, 2018
Contact name Todd P Knutson
E-mail(s) knut0297@umn.edu
Phone 612-626-8911
Organization name University of Minnesota
Department Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Street address 117 Pleasant St SE
City Minneapolis
State/province MN
ZIP/Postal code 55455
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL10558 Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Samples (12)
GSM1111213 MCF7_vector_vehicle_6h, rep1
GSM1111214 MCF7_vector_vehicle_6h, rep2
GSM1111215 MCF7_vector_vehicle_6h, rep3
Relations
BioProject PRJNA195464

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Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource
GSE45643_RAW.tar 26.2 Mb (http)(custom) TAR
GSE45643_non-normalized_full.txt.gz 16.7 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT
GSE45643_non-normalized_signals_pVals.txt.gz 3.6 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT
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