title: Cooperativity of the MUC1 oncoprotein and STAT1 pathway in poor prognosis human breast cancer.
abstract: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) is activated in the inflammatory response to interferons. The MUC1 oncoprotein is overexpressed in human breast cancers. Analysis of genes differentially expressed in MUC1-transformed cells has identified a network linking MUC1 and STAT1 that is associated with cellular growth and inflammation. The results further show that the MUC1-C subunit associates with STAT1 in cells and the MUC1-C cytoplasmic domain binds directly to the STAT1 DNA-binding domain. The interaction between MUC1-C and STAT1 is inducible by IFNgamma in non-malignant epithelial cells and constitutive in breast cancer cells. Moreover, the MUC1-STAT1 interaction contributes to the activation of STAT1 target genes, including MUC1 itself. Analysis of two independent databases showed that MUC1 and STAT1 are coexpressed in about 15% of primary human breast tumors. Coexpression of MUC1 and the STAT1 pathway was found to be significantly associated with decreased recurrence-free and overall survival. These findings indicate that (i) MUC1 and STAT1 function in an auto-inductive loop, and (ii) activation of both MUC1 and the STAT1 pathway in breast tumors confers a poor prognosis for patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khodarev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rajabi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kufe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McClary
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacDermed
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weichselbaum
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: C060192:MUC1 protein, human; D018396:Mucin-1; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D007371:Interferon-gamma