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Estrogen receptor ? can selectively repress dioxin receptor-mediated gene expression by targeting DNA methylation.

ABSTRACT: Selective inhibitory crosstalk has been known to occur within the signaling pathways of the dioxin (AhR) and estrogen (ER?) receptors. More specifically, ER? represses a cytochrome P450-encoding gene (CYP1A1) that converts cellular estradiol into a metabolite that inhibits the cell cycle, while it has no effect on a P450-encoding gene (CYP1B1) that converts estrodiol into a genotoxic product. Here we show that ER? represses CYP1A1 by targeting the Dnmt3B DNA methyltransferase and concomitant DNA methylation of the promoter. We also find that histone H2A.Z can positively contribute to CYP1A1 gene expression, and its presence at that gene is inversely correlated with DNA methylation. Taken together, our results provide a framework for how ER? can repress transcription, and how that impinges on the production of an enzyme that generates genotoxic estradiol metabolites, and potential breast cancer progression. Finally, our results reveal a new mechanism for how H2A.Z can positively influence gene expression, which is by potentially competing with DNA methylation events in breast cancer cells.

SUBMITTER: Marques M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3783176 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Estrogen receptor α can selectively repress dioxin receptor-mediated gene expression by targeting DNA methylation.

Marques Maud M Laflamme Liette L Gaudreau Luc L

Nucleic acids research 20130704 17

Selective inhibitory crosstalk has been known to occur within the signaling pathways of the dioxin (AhR) and estrogen (ERα) receptors. More specifically, ERα represses a cytochrome P450-encoding gene (CYP1A1) that converts cellular estradiol into a metabolite that inhibits the cell cycle, while it has no effect on a P450-encoding gene (CYP1B1) that converts estrodiol into a genotoxic product. Here we show that ERα represses CYP1A1 by targeting the Dnmt3B DNA methyltransferase and concomitant DNA ...[more]

PMID: 23828038

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Estrogen receptor ? can selectively repress dioxin receptor-mediated gene expression by targeting DNA methylation.

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Estrogen receptor α can selectively repress dioxin receptor-mediated gene expression by targeting DNA methylation.

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