title: Proliferation-associated Brn-3b transcription factor can activate cyclin D1 expression in neuroblastoma and breast cancer cells.
abstract: Brn-3b transcription factor enhances proliferation of neuroblastoma (NB) and breast cancer cell lines in vitro and increases the rate and size of in vivo tumour growth, whereas reducing Brn-3b slows growth, both in vitro and in vivo. Brn-3b is elevated in >65% of breast cancer biopsies, and here we demonstrate that Brn-3b is also elevated in NB tumours. We show a significant correlation between Brn-3b and cyclin D1 (CD1) in breast cancers and NB tumours and cell lines. Brn-3b directly transactivates the CD1 promoter in co-transfection experiments, whereas electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays demonstrate that Brn-3b protein binds to an octamer sequence located in the proximal CD1 promoter. Site-directed mutagenesis of this sequence resulted in loss of transactivation of the CD1 promoter by Brn-3b. Thus, Brn-3b may act to alter growth properties of breast cancer and NB cells by enhancing CD1 expression in these cells.
authors.affiliation: Medical Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK. v.mahadeo@ich.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Budhram-Mahadeo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irshad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Samady
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tonini
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Latchman
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D050820:Transcription Factor Brn-3B / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050820:Transcription Factor Brn-3B; D019938:Cyclin D1