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ArticleMolecular pharmacology2014

Defining the conformation of the estrogen receptor complex that controls estrogen-induced apoptosis in breast cancer.

Ifeyinwa Obiorah, Surojeet Sengupta, Ramona Curpan, V Craig Jordan

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Article in Molecular pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ifeyinwa ObiorahDepartment of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia (I.O., S.S., V.C.J.); and Institute of Chemistry, Romanian Academy, Timisoara, Romania (R.C.).
Surojeet Sengupta
Ramona Curpan
V Craig Jordan
Georgetown University Medical Center · USRomanian Academy · RO

Funding

Tissue Culture Shared ResourceP30CA051008 · NCI · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHEN W BYERS · 1990 to 2026
$71.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA051008NCI NIH HHS P30-CA051008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of acquired antihormone resistance exposes a vulnerability in breast cancer: estrogen-induced apoptosis. Triphenylethylenes (TPEs), which are structurally similar to 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OHT), were used for mechanistic studies of estrogen-induced apoptosis. These TPEs all stimulate growth in MCF-7 cells, but unlike the planar estrogens they block estrogen-induced apoptosis in the long-term estrogen-deprived MCF7:5C cells. To define the conformation of the TPE:estrogen receptor (ER) complex, we employed a previously validated assay using the induction of transforming growth factor α (TGFα) mRNA in situ in MDA-MB 231 cells stably transfected with wild-type ER (MC2) or D351G ER mutant (JM6). The assays discriminate ligand fit in the ER based on the extremes of published crystallography of planar estrogens or TPE antiestrogens. We classified the conformation of planar estrogens or angular TPE complexes as "estrogen-like" or "antiestrogen-like" complexes, respectively. The TPE:ER complexes did not readily recruit the coactivator steroid receptor coactivator-3 (SRC3) or ER to the PS2 promoter in MCF-7 and MCF7:5C cells, and molecular modeling showed that they prefer to bind to the ER in an antagonistic fashion, i.e., helix 12 not sealing the ligand binding domain (LBD) effectively, and therefore reduce critical SRC3 binding. The fully activated ER complex with helix 12 sealing the LBD is suggested to be the appropriate trigger to initiate rapid estrogen-induced apoptosis.

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ApoptosisBreast NeoplasmsCrystallography, X-RayDose-Response Relationship, DrugEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryStilbenesESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensStilbenestriphenylethylene

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PMID24608856
PMCPMC3990021
OpenAlexW2034284906

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