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Title: An estrogen receptor-alpha/p300 complex activates the BRCA-1 promoter at an AP-1 site that binds Jun/Fos transcription factors: repressive effects of p53 on BRCA-1 transcription.

Authors: Jeffy, Brandon D; Hockings, Jennifer K; Kemp, Michael Q; Morgan, Sherif S; Hager, Jill A; Beliakoff, Jason; Whitesell, Luke J; Bowden, G Timothy; Romagnolo, Donato F

Published In Neoplasia, (2005 Sep)

Abstract: One of the puzzles in cancer predisposition is that women carrying BRCA-1 mutations preferentially develop tumors in epithelial tissues of the breast and ovary. Moreover, sporadic breast tumors contain lower levels of BRCA-1 in the absence of mutations in the BRCA-1 gene. The problem of tissue specificity requires analysis of factors that are unique to tissues of the breast. For example, the expression of estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) is inversely correlated with breast cancer risk, and 90% of BRCA-1 tumors are negative for ER alpha. Here, we show that estrogen stimulates BRCA-1 promoter activity in transfected cells and the recruitment of ER alpha and its cofactor p300 to an AP-1 site that binds Jun/Fos transcription factors. The recruitment of ER alpha/p300 coincides with accumulation in the S-phase of the cell cycle and is antagonized by the antiestrogen tamoxifen. Conversely, we document that overexpression of wild-type p53 prevents the recruitment of ER alpha to the AP-1 site and represses BRCA-1 promoter activity. Taken together, our findings support a model in which an ER alpha/AP-1 complex modulates BRCA-1 transcription under conditions of estrogen stimulation. Conversely, the formation of this transcription complex is abrogated in cells overexpressing p53.

PubMed ID: 16229810 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: BRCA1 Protein/genetics; BRCA1 Protein/metabolism*; Cell Line, Tumor; DNA, Neoplasm/metabolism; E1A-Associated p300 Protein/metabolism*; Estrogen Receptor alpha/metabolism*; Estrogens/pharmacology; HCT116 Cells; HeLa Cells; Humans; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/metabolism; Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism*; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism*

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