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Induction of c-Jun Expression by Breast Cancer Anti-estrogen Resistance-3 (BCAR3) in Human Breast MCF-12A Cells

정상적인 인간유방상피세포인 MCF-12세포에서 유방암 항에스토젠 내성인자-3 (BCAR3)에 의한 c-Jun 발현 유도 연구

  • Oh, Myung-Ju (Hazardous Substances Analysis Division, Seoul Regional Food and Drug Administraion, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Hyun (College of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jhun, Byung Hak (College of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pusan National University)
  • 오명주 (서울식품의약청 유해물질분석과) ;
  • 김지현 (부산대학교 나노과학기술대학) ;
  • 전병학 (부산대학교 나노과학기술대학)
  • Received : 2016.10.15
  • Accepted : 2016.11.28
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

Anti-estrogen drugs such as tamoxifen have been used for treating patients with ER-positive, early breast cancer. However, resistance to anti-estrogen treatment is inevitable in most patients. Breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance-3 (BCAR3) has been identified as the protein responsible for the induction of tamoxifen resistance in estrogen-dependent human breast cancer. We have previously reported that BCAR3 regulates the cell cycle progression and the signaling pathway of EGF and insulin leading to DNA synthesis. In this study, we investigated the functional role of BCAR3 in regulating c-Jun transcription in non-tumorigenic human breast epithelial MCF-12A cells. A transient transfection of BCAR3 increased both the mRNA and protein of c-Jun expression, and stable expression of BCAR3 increased c-Jun protein expression. The overexpression of BCAR3 directly activated the promoter of c-jun, AP-1, and SRE but not that of $NF-{\kappa}B$. Furthermore, single-cell microinjection of BCAR3 expression plasmid in the cell cycle-arrested MCF-12A cells induced c-Jun protein expression, and co-injection of dominant negative mutants of Ras, Rac, and Rho suppressed the transcriptional activity of c-Jun in the presence of BCAR3. Furthermore, stable expression of BCAR3 increased the proliferation of MCF-12A cells. The microinjection of inhibitory materials such as anti-BCAR3 antibody and siRNA BCAR3 inhibited EGF-induced c-Jun expression but did not affect IGF-1 induced upregulation of c-Jun. Taken together, we propose that BCAR3 plays a crucial role in c-Jun protein expression and cell proliferation and that small GTPases (e.g., Ras, Rac, and Rho) are required for the BCAR3-mediated activation of c-Jun expression.

타목시펜과 같은 항에스트로젠은 ER 양성의 초기 유방암 환자에게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 환자에서 이 항에스트로젠에 대한 내성 발현은 불가피하게 발생한다. BCAR3 유전자는 사람의 에스트로젠 의존성 유방암에서 tamoxifen 내성유도를 야기하는 단백질로 발견되었다. 우리들은 이전에 이 BCAR3 유전자가 세포주기 진행과 EGF와 인슐린에 의한 DNA 합성 신호전달경로를 조절한다고 보고하였다. 본 연구에서는, 비종양성 정상적인 인간유방상피세포인 MCF-12A세포에서 c-Jun 전자의 조절에 대한 BCAR3유전자의 기능적인 역할을 조사하였다. BCAR3의 일시적인 발현 또는 지속적인 발현이 c-Jun mRNA와 단백질의 발현을 증가하는 것을 발견하였다. 또한 BCAR3 발현 유전자의 미세주사에 의해 세포 증식이 증가하였다. 이 c-Jun의 발현 증가는 promoter의 활성화를 통해 일어난다. 또한 BCAR3에 의한 c-Jun 발현 유도가 억제성 Ras, Rac, Rho에 의해 억제되었다. 다음으로 EGF 성장인자에 의한 c-Jun 발현 유도에 대한 BCAR3의 영향을 단일 세포 미세주사법에 의해 조사하였다. BCAR3 항체, BCAR3의 siRNA와 같은 BCAR3의 기능을 억제할 수 있는 물질들을 세포로 미세주사하면 EGF에 의한 c-Jun의 발현을 억제하였지만, IGF-1 성장인자에 의한 c-Jun 발현은 억제하지 않았다. 이러한 결과들로부터 BCAR3는 c-Jun 단백질 발현 유도와 세포 증식에 중요한 역할을 하며, 여기에는 Ras, Rac, Rho와 같은 GTPase들이 필요하다는 것을 발견하였다.

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