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Chromatin Modification of the Trefoil Factor 1 Gene in Human Breast Cancer Cells by the Ras/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway

Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Histone H3 phosphorylation is a downstream response to activation of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. This modification is thought to have a role in chromatin remodeling and in the initiation of gene transcription. In MCF-7 breast cancer cells, we observed that phosphorylated histone H3 (phospho-H3) at Ser¹⁰ but not Ser²⁸ increased with phorbol ester (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, TPA) treatment. Although phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 levels in these cells cultured under estradiol deplete and replete conditions displayed no change, a significant induction was observed after TPA treatment. Furthermore, whereas both estradiol and TPA increased trefoil factor 1 (TFF1) mRNA levels in these cells, only TPA-induced and not estradiol-induced TFF1 expression was inhibited by the H3 kinase mitogen and stress activated protein kinase (MSK) inhibitor H89 and MAPK kinase inhibitor UO126, showing the involvement of the Ras/MAPK following TPA induction. Mutation of the activator protein 1 (AP-1) binding site abrogated the TPA-induced transcriptional response of the luciferase reporter gene under the control of the TFF1 promoter, showing the requirement for the AP-1 site. In chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, estradiol treatment resulted in the association of the estrogen receptor- (ER) and acetylated H3 with the TFF1 promoter. The levels of phospho-H3 and MSK1 associated with the TFF1 promoter were moderately increased. In the presence of TPA, whereas ER was not bound to the promoter, a strong association of acetylated and/or phospho-H3, MSK1, and c-Jun was observed. These results show that although both stimuli lead to TFF1 gene activation, estradiol and TPA exert their effects on TFF1 gene expression by different mechanisms. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(9): 4610-6)

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