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Series GSE121379 Query DataSets for GSE121379
Status Public on Aug 19, 2019
Title Fulvestrant withdrawal from fulvestrant-resistant MCF-7/FR cells
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Estrogens have been shown to elicit anti-cancer effects against estrogen receptor alpha (ER)-positive breast cancer. We sought to determine the underlying mechanism of therapeutic response. Response to 17b-estradiol was assessed in ER+ breast cancer models with resistance to estrogen deprivation: WHIM16 patient-derived xenografts, C7-2-HI and C4-HI murine mammary adenocarcinomas, and long-term estrogen-deprived MCF-7 cells. As another means to reactivate ER, the anti-estrogen fulvestrant was withdrawn from fulvestrant-resistant MCF-7 cells. Transcriptional, growth, apoptosis, and molecular alterations in response to ER reactivation were measured. 17b-estradiol treatment and fulvestrant withdrawal induced transcriptional activation of ER, and cells adapted to estrogen deprivation or fulvestrant were hypersensitive to 17b-estradiol. ER transcriptional response was followed by an unfolded protein response and apoptosis. Such apoptosis was dependent upon the unfolded protein response, p53, and JNK signaling. Anti-cancer effects were most evident in models exhibiting genomic amplification of the gene encoding ER (ESR1), suggesting that engagement of ER at high levels is cytotoxic. These data indicate that long-term adaptation to estrogen deprivation or ER inhibition alters sensitivity to ER reactivation. In such adapted cells, 17b-estradiol treatment and anti-estrogen withdrawal hyperactivate ER, which drives an unfolded protein response activation and subsequent growth inhibition and apoptosis. 17b-estradiol treatment should be considered as an alternative therapy for anti-estrogen-resistant disease, particularly in patients with tumors harboring ESR1 amplification or overexpression. Furthermore, therapeutic strategies that enhance an unfolded protein response may enhance the therapeutic effects of ER reactivation.
 
Overall design MCF-7/FR cells were treated in triplicate with fulvestrant withdrawal for 0-14 days, and RNA was harvested in 2-day intervals.
 
Contributor(s) Miller TW, Hosford SR
Citation(s) 31180176
Submission date Oct 17, 2018
Last update date Aug 19, 2019
Contact name Todd Miller
E-mail(s) todd.w.miller@dartmouth.edu
Organization name Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Street address DHMC One Medical Center Dr, HB-7936
City Lebanon
State/province NH
ZIP/Postal code 03756
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL10558 Illumina HumanHT-12 V4.0 expression beadchip
Samples (24)
GSM3433554 MCF-7/FR cells_fulv-withdrawn for 2 days_replicate 1
GSM3433555 MCF-7/FR cells_fulv-withdrawn for 4 days_replicate 1
GSM3433556 MCF-7/FR cells_fulv-withdrawn for 6 days_replicate 1
Relations
BioProject PRJNA497213

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