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EMBO Mol Med ; 15(12): e17737, 2023 Dec 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37902007

ABSTRACT

Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a transcription factor that plays a crucial role in cancer biology. In this study, we utilized an in silico-designed GR activity signature to demonstrate that GR relates to the proliferative capacity of numerous primary cancer types. In breast cancer, the GR activity status determines luminal subtype identity and has implications for patient outcomes. We reveal that GR engages with estrogen receptor (ER), leading to redistribution of ER on the chromatin. Notably, GR activation leads to upregulation of the ZBTB16 gene, encoding for a transcriptional repressor, which controls growth in ER-positive breast cancer and associates with prognosis in luminal A patients. In relation to ZBTB16's repressive nature, GR activation leads to epigenetic remodeling and loss of histone acetylation at sites proximal to cancer-driving genes. Based on these findings, epigenetic inhibitors reduce viability of ER-positive breast cancer cells that display absence of GR activity. Our findings provide insights into how GR controls ER-positive breast cancer growth and may have implications for patients' prognostication and provide novel therapeutic candidates for breast cancer treatment.


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Breast Neoplasms , Female , Humans , Breast Neoplasms/genetics , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Cell Line, Tumor , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Receptors, Estrogen/genetics , Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/genetics , Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
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