Regulatory Crosstalk of Doxorubicin, Estradiol and TNF? Combined Treatment in Breast Cancer-derived Cell Lines.
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ABSTRACT: We present a new model of ESR1 network regulation based on analysis of Doxorubicin, Estradiol, and TNF? combination treatment in MCF-7. We used Doxorubicin as a therapeutic agent, TNF? as marker and mediator of an inflammatory microenvironment and 17?-Estradiol (E2) as an agonist of Estrogen Receptors, known predisposing factor for hormone-driven breast cancer, whose pharmacological inhibition reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Based on the results of transcriptomics analysis, we found 71 differentially expressed genes that are specific for the combination treatment with Doxorubicin?+?Estradiol?+?TNF? in comparison with single or double treatments. The responsiveness to the triple treatment was examined for seven genes by qPCR, of which six were validated, and then extended to four additional cell lines differing for p53 and/or ER status. The results of differential regulation enrichment analysis highlight the role of the ESR1 network that included 36 of 71 specific differentially expressed genes. We propose that the combined activation of p53 and NF-kB transcription factors significantly influences ligand-dependent, ER-driven transcriptional responses, also of the ESR1 gene itself. These results provide a model of coordinated interaction of TFs to explain the Doxorubicin, E2 and TNF? induced repression mechanisms.
SUBMITTER: Nassiri I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811586 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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