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ArticlePloS one2016

Inverse Relationship between Progesterone Receptor and Myc in Endometrial Cancer.

Tamar Kavlashvili, Yichen Jia, Donghai Dai, Xiangbing Meng, Kristina W Thiel, Kimberly K Leslie, Shujie Yang

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tamar KavlashviliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Yichen JiaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Donghai DaiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Xiangbing MengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Kristina W ThielDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Kimberly K LeslieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
Shujie YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Targeted Therapy for Endometrial CancerR01CA099908 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI LESLIE, KIMBERLY K. · 2002 to 2023
$5.8M
The Iowa Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development CenterK12HD063117 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LESLIE, KIMBERLY K. · 2009 to 2013
$2.3M
MTDH regulates Fanconi anemia repair pathway to mediate drug resistanceR01CA184101 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LESLIE, KIMBERLY K., MENG, XIANGBING · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA099908NCI NIH HHS R01 CA184101NCI NIH HHS R01CA184101NCI NIH HHS R01CA99908NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD063117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic malignancy, is a hormonally-regulated disease. Response to progestin therapy positively correlates with hormone receptor expression, in particular progesterone receptor (PR). However, many advanced tumors lose PR expression. We recently reported that the efficacy of progestin therapy can be significantly enhanced by combining progestin with epigenetic modulators, which we term "molecularly enhanced progestin therapy." What remained unclear was the mechanism of action and if estrogen receptor α (ERα), the principle inducer of PR, is necessary to restore functional expression of PR via molecularly enhanced progestin therapy. Therefore, we modeled advanced endometrial tumors that have lost both ERα and PR expression by generating ERα-null endometrial cancer cell lines. CRISPR-Cas9 technology was used to delete ERα at the genomic level. Our data demonstrate that treatment with a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) was sufficient to restore functional PR expression, even in cells devoid of ERα. Our studies also revealed that HDACi treatment results in marked downregulation of the oncogene Myc. We established that PR is a negative transcriptional regulator of Myc in endometrial cancer in the presence or absence of ERα, which is in contrast to studies in breast cancer cells. First, estrogen stimulation augmented PR expression and decreased Myc in endometrial cancer cell lines. Second, progesterone increased PR activity yet blunted Myc mRNA and protein expression. Finally, overexpression of PR by adenoviral transduction in ERα-null endometrial cancer cells significantly decreased expression of Myc and Myc-regulated genes. Analysis of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database of endometrial tumors identified an inverse correlation between PR and Myc mRNA levels, with a corresponding inverse correlation between PR and Myc downstream transcriptional targets SRD5A1, CDK2 and CCNB1. Together, these data reveal a previously unanticipated inverse relationship between the tumor suppressor PR and the oncogene Myc in endometrial cancer.

Indexed as

Blotting, WesternCell Line, TumorEndometrial NeoplasmsEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockout TechniquesGenes, mycHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHumansHydroxamic AcidsIndolesPanobinostatReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReceptors, ProgesteroneUp-RegulationEstrogen Receptor alphaHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHydroxamic AcidsIndolesPanobinostatReceptors, Progesterone

Identifiers

PMID26859414
PMCPMC4747472
OpenAlexW2267939324

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