title: Suppression of estrogen receptor-alpha transactivation by thyroid transcription factor-2 in breast cancer cells.
abstract: Estrogen receptors (ERs), which mediate estrogen actions, regulate cell growth and differentiation of a variety of normal tissues and hormone-responsive tumors through interaction with cellular factors. In this study, we show that thyroid transcription factor-2 (TTF-2) is expressed in mammary gland and acts as ERα co-repressor. TTF-2 inhibited ERα transactivation in a dose-dependent manner in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. In addition, TTF-2 directly bound to and formed a complex with ERα, colocalizing with ERα in the nucleus. In MCF-7/TTF-2 stable cell lines, TTF-2 repressed the expression of endogenous ERα target genes such as pS2 and cyclin D1 by interrupting ERα binding to target promoters and also significantly decreased cell proliferation. Taken together, these data suggest that TTF-2 may modulate the function of ERα as a corepressor and play a role in ER-dependent proliferation of mammary cells.
authors.affiliation: Hormone Research Center, School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eunsook
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun-Yeung
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: Keesook
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D019556:COS Cells; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; C106894:FOXE1 protein, human; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors