Breast Tumor Kinase (Brk/PTK6) Is Induced by HIF, Glucocorticoid Receptor, and PELP1-Mediated Stress Signaling in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

©2016 American Association for Cancer Research..

Cancer cells use stress response pathways to sustain their pathogenic behavior. In breast cancer, stress response-associated phenotypes are mediated by the breast tumor kinase, Brk (PTK6), via the hypoxia-inducible factors HIF-1α and HIF-2α. Given that glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is highly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), we investigated cross-talk between stress hormone-driven GR signaling and HIF-regulated physiologic stress. Primary TNBC tumor explants or cell lines treated with the GR ligand dexamethasone exhibited robust induction of Brk mRNA and protein that was HIF1/2-dependent. HIF and GR coassembled on the BRK promoter in response to either hypoxia or dexamethasone, indicating that Brk is a direct GR/HIF target. Notably, HIF-2α, not HIF-1α, expression was induced by GR signaling, and the important steroid receptor coactivator PELP1 was also found to be induced in a HIF-dependent manner. Mechanistic investigations showed how PELP1 interacted with GR to activate Brk expression and demonstrated that physiologic cell stress, including hypoxia, promoted phosphorylation of GR serine 134, initiating a feed-forward signaling loop that contributed significantly to Brk upregulation. Collectively, our findings linked cellular stress (HIF) and stress hormone (cortisol) signaling in TNBC, identifying the phospho-GR/HIF/PELP1 complex as a potential therapeutic target to limit Brk-driven progression and metastasis in TNBC patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Cancer research - 76(2016), 6 vom: 15. März, Seite 1653-63

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Regan Anderson, Tarah M [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Shi Hong [VerfasserIn]
Raj, Ganesh V [VerfasserIn]
Cidlowski, John A [VerfasserIn]
Helle, Taylor M [VerfasserIn]
Knutson, Todd P [VerfasserIn]
Krutilina, Raisa I [VerfasserIn]
Seagroves, Tiffany N [VerfasserIn]
Lange, Carol A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1B37H0967P
7S5I7G3JQL
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Co-Repressor Proteins
Dexamethasone
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 2.7.10.2
Endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
Journal Article
Neoplasm Proteins
PELP1 protein, human
PTK6 protein, human
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 25.07.2016

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-2510

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM256976848