title: Expression of the steroid receptor RNA activator in human breast tumors.
abstract: The expression of the recently described steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA) was measured by semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR within 27 independent breast tumors, spanning a wide spectrum of grade and estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) levels. Subgroup analysis showed that SRA expression was similar in ER+/PR+ (median = 65.5, n = 8) and in ER-/PR- (median = 94.6, n = 5) tumors. Interestingly, SRA expression in these two subgroups was significantly (Mann-Whitney rank-sum test, P < 0.05) lower than that observed in ER+/PR- (median = 156.4, n = 6) and ER-/PR+ (median = 144.8, n = 8) tumors. A variant form of SRA, presenting a deletion of 203 bp within the SRA core sequence, was also observed in breast tumor tissues. The relative expression of this new SRA isoform correlated with tumor grade (Spearman coefficient r = 0.53, n = 27, P = 0.004). These data suggest that changes in the expression of SRA-related molecules occur during breast tumor progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg, Canada. eleygue@cc.umanitoba.ca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leygue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dotzlaw
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D005260:Female; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D056920:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000032:analysis*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; C538859:NCOA1 protein, human; D056920:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1