title: MTA1, a transcriptional activator of breast cancer amplified sequence 3.
abstract: Here we define a function of metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1), a presumed corepressor of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha), as a transcriptional activator of Breast Cancer Amplified Sequence 3 (BCAS3), a gene amplified and overexpressed in breast cancers. We identified BCAS3 as a MTA1 chromatin target in a functional genomic screen. MTA1 stimulation of BCAS3 transcription required ERalpha and involved a functional ERE half-site in BCAS3. Furthermore, we discovered that MTA1 is acetylated on lysine 626, and that this acetylation is necessary for a productive transcriptional recruitment of RNA polymerase II complex to the BCAS3 enhancer sequence. BCAS3 expression was elevated in mammary tumors from MTA1 transgenic mice and 60% of the human breast tumors, and correlated with the coexpression of MTA1 as well as with tumor grade and proliferation of primary breast tumor samples. These findings reveal a previously unrecognized function of MTA1 in stimulating BCAS3 expression and suggest an important role for MTA1-BCAS3 pathway in promoting cancerous phenotypes in breast tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Anupama E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gururaj
authors.forename: Rajesh R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rayala
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: den Hollander
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Seetharaman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balasenthil
authors.forename: Amjad H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Talukder
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landberg
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C470217:BCAS3 protein, human; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; C089320:MTA1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D004958:Estradiol; D006655:Histone Deacetylases