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Series GSE267914 Query DataSets for GSE267914
Status Public on Apr 09, 2025
Title Estrogen Intracellular Retention is Augmented by GRAM Domain Containing Protein ASTER-B in Breast Cancer Cells
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Estrogen is the primary mitogen for ER+ BC cells, but how the hormone is retained intracellularly is poorly understood. We found that the ER+ BC cell line MCF-7 retains a substantial amount of hormone even upon removal of the hormone from the culture medium. The effect of acute E2 treatment followed by washout on gene regulation was determined by RNA-seq over an E2 treatment timecourse. In agreement with intracellular hormone levels, gene exprssion was also sustained over hours after removal of the hormone. We next identified that ASTER-B, a cholesterol-binding protein, was mislocalized into the nucleus of MCF-7 cells, and was associated with retained E2. By knocking down GRAMD1B (ASTER-B), both E2 retention and its associated gene regulatory programs (ER binding and gene expression) were significantly abrogated. Taken together, this shows E2 retention is required for sustained E2 induction, and that ASTER-B supports accumulation and retention of intracellular E2.
 
Overall design RNA-seq of MCF-7 cells treated either continuously or acutely with a time course of E2 treatments.
 
Contributor(s) Hyung Bum K, Tulip N, Anusha N, W Lee K
Citation(s)
  • Kim HB, Kraus WL. Intracellular Retention of Estradiol Is Mediated by GRAM Domain-Containing Protein ASTER-B in Breast Cancer Cells. Mol Cancer Res 2025 Apr 1;23(4):313-326. PMID: 39804053
Submission date May 20, 2024
Last update date Apr 09, 2025
Contact name W. Lee Kraus
E-mail(s) lee.kraus@utsouthwestern.edu
Organization name UT Southwestern Medical Center
Street address 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
City Dallas
State/province TX
ZIP/Postal code 75390-8511
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL18573 Illumina NextSeq 500 (Homo sapiens)