title: AP-2 transcription factors in the regulation of ERBB2 gene transcription by oestrogen.
abstract: Transcription of the ERBB2 oncogene is repressed by oestrogen in human breast cancer cells. We show that a 218 bp fragment of the human ERBB2 gene promoter is responsive to oestrogen in transient transfection in ZR75.1 and SKBR.3 cells when the oestrogen receptor is expressed. Deletion analysis of this fragment shows that a sequence located at the 5' end, which is known to mediate ERBB2 overexpression in breast cancer, is also responsible for the oestrogen response. This sequence binds AP-2 transcription factors and appears functionally identical to an element of the oestrogen-dependent enhancer described in the first intron of human ERBB2. We observed that oestrogen treatment down-regulates expression of AP-2 proteins but does not affect the DNA binding activity of AP-2. Constitutive expression of AP-2beta or AP-2gamma, but not AP-2alpha, abrogates the estrogenic repression. Our results demonstrate that AP-2 transcription factors are implicated in the oestrogenic regulation of ERBB2 gene expression and suggest a complex interplay involving the different AP-2 isoforms and other unidentified factors.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), Str. Prov. 142, Km. 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perissi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cottone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montaldo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Bortoli
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018734:Genes, erbB-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000235:genetics; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004967:Estrogens; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; C493673:TFAP2A protein, human; C493677:TFAP2B protein, human; C493679:TFAP2C protein, human; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors