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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2018

SUMOylation Regulates Transcription by the Progesterone Receptor A Isoform in a Target Gene Selective Manner.

Hany A Abdel-Hafiz, Michelle L Dudevoir, Daniel Perez, Mohamed Abdel-Hafiz, Kathryn B Horwitz

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Progesterone and Breast Cancer.Endocrine reviews · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hany A Abdel-HafizDepartment of Surgery, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. hany.abdel-hafiz@ucdenver.edu.
Michelle L DudevoirDepartment of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. michelle.dudevoir@ucdenver.edu.
Daniel PerezDepartment of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Daniel.Perez@ucdenver.edu.
Mohamed Abdel-HafizDepartment of Bioengineering, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Mohamed.abdel-hafiz@ucdenver.edu.
Kathryn B HorwitzDepartment of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, 12801 E 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Kate.horwitz@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN BREAST CANCERR01CA026869 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HORWITZ, KATHRYN B · 1985 to 2014
$5.6M
PROGESTERONE RECEPTORS IN BREAST CANCERR37CA026869 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HORWITZ, KATHRYN B · 1993 to 1999
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA026869NCI NIH HHS R37 CA026869
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Luminal breast cancers express estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors, and respond to endocrine therapies. However, some ER+PR+ tumors display intrinsic or acquired resistance, possibly related to PR. Two PR isoforms, PR-A and PR-B, regulate distinct gene subsets that may differentially influence tumor fate. A high PR-A:PR-B ratio is associated with poor prognosis and tamoxifen resistance. We speculate that excessive PR-A marks tumors that will relapse early. Here we address mechanisms by which PR-A regulate transcription, focusing on SUMOylation. We use receptor mutants and synthetic promoter/reporters to show that SUMOylation deficiency or the deSUMOylase SENP1 enhance transcription by PR-A, independent of the receptors' dimerization interface or DNA binding domain. De-SUMOylation exposes the agonist properties of the antiprogestin RU486. Thus, on synthetic promoters, SUMOylation functions as an independent brake on transcription by PR-A. What about PR-A SUMOylation of endogenous human breast cancer genes? To study these, we used gene expression profiling. Surprisingly, PR-A SUMOylation influences progestin target genes differentially, with some upregulated, others down-regulated, and others unaffected. Hormone-independent gene regulation is also PR-A SUMOylation dependent. Several SUMOylated genes were analyzed in clinical breast cancer database. In sum, we show that SUMOylation does not simply repress PR-A. Rather it regulates PR-A activity in a target selective manner including genes associated with poor prognosis, shortened survival, and metastasis.

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breast cancerprogesterone receptorsSUMOylationtamoxifen resistance

Identifiers

PMID29301281
PMCPMC5871951
OpenAlexW2781683247

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