Coactivation of liver receptor homologue-1 by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha on aromatase promoter II and its inhibition by activated retinoid X receptor suggest a novel target for breast-specific antiestrogen therapy

Aromatase inhibitors target the production of estrogen in breast adipose tissue, but in doing so, also decrease estrogen formation in bone and other sites, giving rise to deleterious side effects, such as bone loss and arthralgia. Thus, it would be clinically useful to selectively inhibit aromatase production in breast. In this regard, we have determined that the orphan nuclear receptor liver receptor homologue-1 (LRH-1) is a specific transcriptional activator of aromatase gene expression in human breast preadipocytes but not in other tissues of postmenopausal women. In this study, we show that the coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) is a physiologically relevant modulator of LRH-1, and that its transcriptional activity can be inhibited effectively using receptor-interacting peptide antagonists that prevent PGC-1alpha recruitment. Interestingly, we note that all of these peptides also interact in an agonist-dependent manner with retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha), suggesting that these two receptors may compete for limiting cofactors within target cells. In support of this hypothesis, we show that 9-cis-retinoic acid, acting through RXR, inhibits both the basal and PGC-1alpha-induced transcriptional activity of LRH-1. The importance of this finding was confirmed by showing that LRH-1-dependent, PGC-1alpha-stimulated regulation of aromatase gene expression in primary human breast preadipocytes was effectively suppressed by RXR agonists. We infer from these data that LRH-1 is a bona fide target whose inhibition would selectively block aromatase expression in breast, while sparing other sites of expression.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Cancer research - 65(2005), 24 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 11762-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Safi, Rachid [VerfasserIn]
Kovacic, Agnes [VerfasserIn]
Gaillard, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Murata, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Simpson, Evan R [VerfasserIn]
McDonnell, Donald P [VerfasserIn]
Clyne, Colin D [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

1UA8E65KDZ
5688UTC01R
Alitretinoin
Antineoplastic Agents
Aromatase
DNA-Binding Proteins
EC 1.14.14.1
Estrogens
Heat-Shock Proteins
Journal Article
NR5A2 protein, human
Nr5a2 protein, mouse
PPARGC1A protein, human
Peptide Fragments
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Retinoid X Receptor alpha
Transcription Factors
Tretinoin

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Date Completed 23.02.2006

Date Revised 03.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM159587387