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Cancer Research 68, 4910-4918, June 15, 2008. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-0303
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Endocrinology

Genome-Wide Analysis of Aromatase Inhibitor-Resistant, Tamoxifen-Resistant, and Long-Term Estrogen-Deprived Cells Reveals a Role for Estrogen Receptor

Selma Masri1, Sheryl Phung1, Xin Wang1, Xiwei Wu2, Yate-Ching Yuan2, Lawrence Wagman3 and Shiuan Chen1

1 Department of Surgical Research, 2 Division of Information Sciences, and 3 Department of General Oncologic Surgery, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California

Requests for reprints: Shiuan Chen, Department of Surgical Research, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1500 E Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010. Phone: 626-359-8111, ext. 63454; Fax: 626-301-8972; E-mail: schen{at}coh.org.

Key Words: endocrine resistance • aromatase inhibitors • estrogen receptor • microarray

Acquired resistance to either tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors (AI) develops after prolonged treatment in a majority of hormone-responsive breast cancers. In an attempt to further elucidate mechanisms of acquired resistance to AIs, MCF-7aro cells resistant to letrozole (T+LET R), anastrozole (T+ANA R), and exemestane (T+EXE R), as well as long-term estrogen deprived (LTEDaro) and tamoxifen-resistant (T+TAM R) lines were generated. This is the first complete panel of endocrine therapy–resistant cell lines, which were generated as multiple independent biological replicates for unbiased genome-wide analysis using affymetrix microarrays. Although similarities are apparent, microarray results clearly show gene signatures unique to AI-resistance were inherently different from LTEDaro and T+TAM R gene expression profiles. Based on hierarchical clustering, unique estrogen-responsive gene signatures vary depending on cell line, with some genes up-regulated in all lines versus other genes up-regulated only in the AI-resistant lines. Characterization of these resistant lines showed that LTEDaro, T+LET R, and T+ANA R cells contained a constitutively active estrogen receptor (ER){alpha} that does not require estrogen for activation. This ligand-independent activation of ER was not observed in the parental cells, as well as T+EXE R and T+TAM R cells. Further characterization of these resistant lines was performed using cell cycle analysis, immunofluorescence experiments to visualize ER subcellular localization, as well as cross-resistance studies to determine second-line inhibitor response. Using this well-defined model system, our studies provide important information regarding differences in resistance mechanisms to AIs, TAM, and LTEDaro, which are critical in overcoming resistance when treating hormone-responsive breast cancers. [Cancer Res 2008;68(12):4910–8]







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