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ArticleCell death & disease2023

Loss of function of GATA3 regulates FRA1 and c-FOS to activate EMT and promote mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis.

Xiong Liu, Feng Bai, Yuchan Wang, Chuying Wang, Ho Lam Chan, Chenglong Zheng, Jian Fang, Wei-Guo Zhu, Xin-Hai Pei

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiong LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Feng BaiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China. baifeng@szu.edu.cn.
Yuchan WangGansu Dian Medical Laboratory, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Chuying WangDewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
Ho Lam ChanDewitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9799-0618
Chenglong ZhengGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Jian FangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0096-1146
Wei-Guo ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Cancer Center, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Xin-Hai PeiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, The First Affiliated Hospital, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518060, China. peixinhai@szu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6441-1691
Shenzhen University Health Science Center · CNUniversity of Miami · USDian Diagnostics (China) · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal-like breast cancers (BLBCs) are among the most aggressive cancers, partly due to their enrichment of cancer stem cells (CSCs). Breast CSCs can be generated from luminal-type cancer cells via epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). GATA3 maintains luminal cell fate, and its expression is lost or reduced in BLBCs. However, deletion of Gata3 in mice or cells results in early lethality or proliferative defects. It is unknown how loss-of-function of GATA3 regulates EMT and CSCs in breast cancer. We report here that haploid loss of Gata3 in mice lacking p18Ink4c, a cell cycle inhibitor, up-regulates Fra1, an AP-1 family protein that promotes mesenchymal traits, and downregulates c-Fos, another AP-1 family protein that maintains epithelial fate, leading to activation of EMT and promotion of mammary tumor initiation and metastasis. Depletion of Gata3 in luminal tumor cells similarly regulates Fra1 and c-Fos in activation of EMT. GATA3 binds to FOSL1 (encoding FRA1) and FOS (encoding c-FOS) loci to repress FOSL1 and activate FOS transcription. Deletion of Fra1 or reconstitution of Gata3, but not reconstitution of c-Fos, in Gata3 deficient tumor cells inhibits EMT, preventing tumorigenesis and/or metastasis. In human breast cancers, GATA3 expression is negatively correlated with FRA1 and positively correlated with c-FOS. Low GATA3 and FOS, but high FOSL1, are characteristics of BLBCs. Together, these data provide the first genetic evidence indicating that loss of function of GATA3 in mammary tumor cells activates FOSL1 to promote mesenchymal traits and CSC function, while concurrently repressing FOS to lose epithelial features. We demonstrate that FRA1 is required for the activation of EMT in GATA3 deficient tumorigenesis and metastasis.

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Breast NeoplasmsGATA3 Transcription FactorMammary Neoplasms, AnimalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosAnimalsCarcinogenesisCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFemaleFos-Related Antigen 1Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceTranscription Factor AP-1Fos-Related Antigen 1GATA3 protein, humanGATA3 Transcription FactorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosTranscription Factor AP-1

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PMID37353480
PMCPMC10290069
OpenAlexW4381800416

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