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Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology High Levels of Hsp90 Cochaperone p23 Promote Tumor Progression and Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer by Increasing Lymph Node Metastases and Drug Resistance Natalie E. Simpson 1 , W. Marcus Lambert 2 , Renecia Watkins 2 , Shah Giashuddin 5 , S. Joseph Huang 6 , Ellinor Oxelmark 2 , Rezina Arju 2 , Tsivia Hochman 3 , Judith D. Goldberg 3 , Robert J. Schneider 2 , Luiz Fernando Lima Reiz 7 , Fernando Augusto Soares 8 , Susan K. Logan 1,4 , and Michael J. Garabedian 2,4 Abstract p23 is a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) cochaperone located in both the cytoplasm and nucleus that stabi- lizes unliganded steroid receptors, controls the catalytic activity of certain kinases, regulates protein-DNA dynamics, and is upregulated in several cancers. We had previously shown that p23-overexpressing MCF-7 cells (MCF-7+p23) exhibit increased invasion without affecting the estrogen-dependent proliferative response, which suggests that p23 differentially regulates genes controlling processes linked to breast tumor metastasis. To gain a comprehensive view of the effects of p23 on estrogen receptor (ER)-dependent and -independent gene expression, we profiled mRNA expression from control versus MCF-7+p23 cells in the absence and presence of estrogen. A number of p23-sensitive target genes involved in metastasis and drug resistance were identified. Most striking is that many of these genes are also misregulated in invasive breast cancers, including PMP22, ABCC3, AGR2, Sox3, TM4SF1, and p8 (NUPR1). Upregulation of the ATP-dependent transporter ABCC3 by p23 conferred resistance to the chemotherapeutic agents etoposide and doxorubicin in MCF-7+p23 cells. MCF-7+p23 cells also displayed higher levels of activated Akt and an expanded phosphoproteome relative to control cells, suggesting that elevated p23 also enhances cytoplasmic signaling pathways. For breast cancer patients, tumor stage together with high cytoplasmic p23 expression more accurately predicted disease recur- rence and mortality than did stage alone. High nuclear p23 was found to be associated with high cytoplasmic p23, therefore both may promote tumor progression and poor prognosis by increasing metastatic potential and drug resistance in breast cancer patients. Cancer Res; 70(21); 844656. ©2010 AACR. Introduction p23 is a ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved protein first characterized as a component of unliganded progester- one receptor complexes (1, 2). p23 acts as a cochaperone, stabilizing the ATP-bound form of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), thereby stabilizing Hsp90 interactions with steroid receptors (3) and assisting Hsp90 in increasing the hormone-binding affinities of many steroid receptors (46). p23 is required for survival in mammals because p23-null mice die perinatally and fail to undergo proper lung develop- ment due in part to decreased activity of the glucocorticoid receptor (7). p23 regulates steroid receptors and telomerase recruitment to DNA (811), and stabilizes some kinases, including PKR, FAK-2, Flt3, and Raf (1215). In addition to Hsp90-dependent events, p23 might also regulate client pro- teins autonomously via its innate chaperone activity (16). There is also evidence that mammalian p23 is a cytoplasmic prostaglandin E synthetase (17), although this function is controversial because p23 knockout mice do not exhibit reduced prostaglandin E synthetase activity (18). p23 has many implicated roles in cancer. We have pre- viously shown that p23 overexpression increases ligand binding to the estrogen receptor α (ER) and enhances ER- dependent transcriptional activation (19, 20). We have also shown that p23 overexpression in human ER-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells promotes a transition from noninvasive into migratory and invasive cells, without affecting cell pro- liferation (10). Mechanistically, p23 selectively increases ER- target gene transcription and ER recruitment to the estrogen response element (ERE) of the metastasis-associated gene TFF1 (pS2), rather than to that of proliferative genes like c-myc (10). Authors' Affiliations: Departments of 1 Pharmacology, 2 Microbiology, 3 Environmental Medicine, and 4 Urology, and NYU Cancer Institute, NYU School of Medicine, and 5 Department of Medicine, New York Hospital Queens and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; 6 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 7 Instituto de ensino e pesquisa, Hospital Sirio Libanes, and 8 Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital AC Camargo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Research Online (http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/). Corresponding Author: Michael J. Garabedian, Department of Microbi- ology, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Phone: 212-263-7662; Fax: 212-263-8276; E-mail: michael.garabedian@ nyumc.org. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-1590 ©2010 American Association for Cancer Research. 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required for survival in mammals because p23-nullie perinatally and fail to undergo proper lung develop-due in part to decreased activity of the glucocorticoidor (7). p23 regulates steroid receptors and telomerasetment to DNA (8–11), and stabilizes some kinases,ing PKR, FAK-2, Flt3, and Raf (12–15). In addition to-dependent events, p23 might also regulate client pro-autonomously via its innate chaperone activity (16).is also evidence that mammalian p23 is a cytoplasmicglandin E synthetase (17), although this function isversial because p23 knockout mice do not exhibitd prostaglandin E synthetase activity (18).has many implicated roles in cancer. We have pre-y shown that p23 overexpression increases ligandg to the estrogen receptor α (ER) and enhances ER-dent transcriptional activation (19, 20). We have alsothat p23 overexpression in human ER-positive MCF-7cancer cells promotes a transition from noninvasiveigratory and invasive cells, without affecting cell pro-ion (10). Mechanistically, p23 selectively increases ER-gene transcription and ER recruitment to the estrogense element (ERE) of the metastasis-associated gene

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protein expression increases with breast tumor stagend is upregulated in metastatic cancers (21, 22). p23egulates the binding and activity of the oncoproteinrase (11, 23, 24), known to impact both early and lateof tumorigenesis, including epithelial cell transfor-

n (25), human mammary epithelial cell immortaliza-6), and metastasis in ER-negative breast cancer cells). In addition, p23 desensitizes mammalian cells toent with the Hsp90 inhibitor and chemotherapeuticgeldanamycin, thereby protecting Hsp90 from gel-ycin inhibition and stabilizing Hsp90 client oncopro-15).n the implicated role of p23 in cancer and the fact thatest increase in p23 protein expression causes suchestrogen-dependent and -independent transcriptionalnctional effects on migration and invasion in MCF-70), we further characterized the effect of p23 on globalxpression in MCF-7 cells, and examined the expression

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nesF-7 control and p23-overexpressing MCF-7 cells-7+p23) were cultured and hormone-starved as pre-y described (10). A single MCF-7+p23 overexpressing(clone 7) was used in the experiments. Validation ofd p23-sensitive genes was performed using an inde-nt, previously described MCF-7+p23 clone (clone 8)imilar results (Supplementary Fig. S1; ref. 10).

array analysisal RNA was isolated using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen) fromcontrol and MCF-7+p23 cells treated 16 hours withethanol vehicle or 1 nmol/L 17-β-estradiol (E2). Totalwas reverse transcribed into cDNA and in vitroribed to cRNA. The cRNA was fragmented, labeled,ized to the human U133A 2.0 Affymetrix GeneChip,d, and scanned. Data are representative of four dif-conditions performed in duplicate (a total of eight)ormalized using Robust Multichip Average Express.rimary data were analyzed using MultiExperimentr to determine hierarchical clustering, and the ANOVAas performed on each of the conditions to find thosesets that were considered significant (P < 0.05). Genesonsidered significant if they passed the ANOVA testisplayed a fold-change of >2.0 when the logarithmicin MCF-7+p23 and control cells were compared. Thenline microarray data analysis tool (http://depts.gton.edu/l2l/) was used to analyze the gene sets forntology.

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ce of 1 nmol/L E2 or 100 nmol/L 4-hydroxy-tamoxifenfor 16 hours before harvesting. Total RNA from MCF-7

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ol and MCF-7+p23 cells was extracted with TRIzologen) as described by the manufacturer. cDNA wasesized from 1 μg of RNA using the Superscript IIIe transcriptase (Invitrogen) and random primer hex-(Amersham Biosciences) following the manufacturer'sctions. cDNAs were amplified with the SYBR Greeneady Mix (USB) or Fast Start Universal SYBR Masteroche) using MyiQ Single-Color Real-Time PCR Detec-ystem from Bio-Rad. The primers used for quantitativeme PCR are listed in Supplementary Table S1.

atin immunoprecipitation experimentss were hormone-starved for 3 days and treated withhanol vehicle or 10 nmol/L E2 for 45 minutes and thenldehyde cross-linked, lysed, washed, and pelleted priorication according to methods described (10). Sonica-f chromatin, preparation of protein A beads, immuno-itation of chromatin, and semiquantitative PCR wereied from methods described (29). Chromatin (125 μg)bjected to immunoprecipitation with 6 μg ER antibody, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), 2 μg acetyl-histone H3-antibody (Millipore, Inc.), or equivalent amount ofIgG (I-8140, Sigma). Following cross-link reversal,as purified using Qiagen PCR purification kit. Primersor PCR are listed in Supplementary Table S2.

nterference-TARGET plus Non-Targeting (D-001810-10-05), ER401-00-0005), and ABCC3 (L-007312-00-0005) SMARTiRNA were purchased from Thermo Scientific. PriorsiER and siABCC3 RNA transfections, cells werene-starved for 1 and 3 days, respectively. Cells wereected using oligofectamine (Invitrogen) according toanufacturer's instructions. For ER RNA interference) experiments, RNA and protein were isolated 36 hourshe transfection. mRNA expression levels were deter-by quantitative real-time PCR, and protein levels wereed following extraction from cells using radioimmuno-itation assay buffer (10) and immunoblotting usingdies for ER (1:1,000; HC20, Santa Cruz Biotechnology),lin (1:2,000; MMS-489P, Covance), and p23 (1:2,000; JJ3;14, Thermo Fisher). For ABCC3 RNAi experiments,urs posttransfection cells were dissociated usingne-EDTA and plated at the same density. Two dayslating, cells were treated for 24 hours with 100 ng/mLubicin. Percent survival was determined by cell count-ells in each condition. RNA was extracted from theted cells and knockdown of ABCC3 mRNA expressionnfirmed.

otherapeutic resistance assaysls were hormone-starved for three days. Media weremented with 0.01 to 1 μg/mL doxorubicin hydrochlo-driamycin; D1515, Sigma), 0.02 to 20 μmol/L etoposide, Sigma), or 0.04 to 40 μmol/L camptothecin (C9911,) for 48 hours and percent survival was determined

druplicate for each condition using the sulphorhoda-B assay (30).

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nohistochemistry and tissuearray analysisue arrays contained tissue specimens from individualsad undergone surgical removal of breast tumors atg Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil, between 1983993 with a 12-year follow up. Representative tissue0.6 mm in diameter were extracted from each speci-nd mounted in paraffin blocks and stained for p23A3-414, Thermo Fisher). Two board-certified patholo-cored the specimens from the breast tissue microarrayinded fashion. Each was scored for intensity of stainingin the nucleus and in the cytoplasm. For intensity, no staining above background was scored as 0, weaknvincing staining as 1, moderate staining as 2, andstaining as 3. Spearman correlation coefficients wereo determine associations between variables. Age ande characteristics were compared between cytoplasmicvels using χ2 tests, t-tests, and Fisher's exact test.iate and multivariable Cox proportional hazards mod-re developed to predict recurrence or mortality. Mod-re selected using stepwise procedures in SAS with

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r p23 protein levels cause changes in genession in MCF-7 cells that are also observedasive breast cancersprevious study showed that a small increase in thet of p23 protein expression caused specific estrogen-dent and -independent changes in MCF-7 cell genesion and function favoring tumor progression (10).ofiled genes globally regulated by p23 using Affymetrixarray technology (Fig. 1A) on RNA extracted fromne-starved control or MCF-7 cells stably expressingmore p23 protein (MCF-7+p23; ref. 10). The analysisfied 359 known human genes sensitive to p23 levelsabsence of estrogen treatment. Of these genes, 179

upregulated and 180 were downregulated by >2-foldand corresponding probe sets are listed in Supple-ry Tables S5 and S6).act, 50% of the genes most upregulated and 61% of themost downregulated by p23 overexpression (i.e., thoseexhibiting >5-fold changes in expression between-control and MCF-7+p23 cells in the microarray) wereisregulated in invasive breast cancers (Supplementary2). Many of these genes were validated, including2, AGR2, and ABCC3 (upregulated in the microarrayld, 5.2-fold, and 5.1-fold, respectively, in MCF-7+p23and p8/NUPR1, TM4SF1, and Sox3 (downregulatedld, 9.2-fold, and 7.9-fold, respectively) from indepen-CF-7+p23 lines (Fig. 1B and Supplementary Fig. S1).

2 is an integral membrane protein known to play a role-cell and cell-matrix interactions in multiple cell types,

implicated in hereditary human neuropathies such asot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (31). ABCC3 (MRP3) is an

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ransporter with specificity for cellular export of eto-s and antifolates, both of which are used as chemo-eutic agents (32). AGR2 is a secretory protein, p53tor, and late-stage breast cancer marker (33, 34). AsF-7+p23 cells, PMP22, ABCC3, and AGR2 have also beento be upregulated in advanced cancers (32–35).

regulation of p8, TM4SF1, and Sox3, similar to what ised in MCF-7+p23 cells, is also associated with breastr progression (36, 37). p8 is a nuclear phosphoprotein,F1 is a tetraspanin family member implicated in cellty, and studies in Xenopus allude to Sox3 as a tumoressor through its ability to bind to β-catenin and inhibitfactor signaling (38).gene expression changes observed in the microarrayalidated by quantitative real-time PCR. PMP22, ABCC3,GR2 were upregulated 33-fold, 3.5-fold, and 1.5-fold,ctively, in MCF-7+p23 cells compared with controlp8, TM4SF1, and Sox3 were reduced by 8.6-fold, 30.8-nd 6.1-fold, respectively (Fig. 1C). Interestingly, genesulated by p23 overexpression also displayed varyinges of dependency on Hsp90. As expected for a genedent upon Hsp90-p23 complexes, disruption of Hsp90-teractions in MCF-7+p23 cells with either geldanamycinAAG, the geldanamycin analogue with lower toxicitysed in chemotherapeutic regimens, decreased expres-f ABCC3 (Supplementary Fig. S3). The same held true2 and c-myc, both well characterized ER target genes.ntrast, expression of AGR2 was not reduced, butwas enhanced upon inhibition of Hsp90. This sug-that an Hsp90-sensitive pathway may repress AGR2ssion. Surprisingly, geldanamycin or 17-AAG treat-had no effect on the expression of PMP22, despitetion of Hsp90-p23 interaction by geldanamycin (Sup-ntary Fig. S3). Thus, the effect of p23 on PMP22 genession seems Hsp90 independent. Collectively, thesehow that p23 protein levels can modulate the expres-f genes misregulated in advanced breast cancers andertain p23-sensitive changes in gene expression areindependent.also found that 357 genes were sensitive to the ERt E2 in MCF-7 cells, many of which became more orsponsive to E2 by p23 overexpression (Fig. 1D, Supple-ary Fig. S4, Supplementary Table S7). Heat mapsed functional similarities between these genes. For ex-, cluster A (Fig. 1D, yellow bar) represents genes thated from E2 responsive to E2 unresponsive as a resultoverexpression and can be divided into two sub-

rs based on function. In cluster A1, 23% of genes areed in transcriptional regulation, including Sox11, andter A2, 61% of genes are involved in migration and cellion. Cluster B (red bar) represents genes involved in aof biological processes that changed from E2 unre-ive to E2 responsive. Cluster C (green bar) representsp of genes also involved in a variety of biological pro-that are inversely regulated by p23 and E2, includingansport (16%) and regulation of transcription (13%).

gh they did not fall into specific clusters, other genesteristically involved in migration and invasion are also

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ive to p23 overexpression, and include cell adhesionule 1 (CADM1), laminin B1 (LAMB1), and metastasisssor 1 (MTSS1; Fig. 1B).e ontology of the genes induced by p23 revealed thatverexpression particularly affects the expression ofinvolved in metabolism (Supplementary Table S3) withghest significance attributed to kynureninase (KYNU),yme involved in tryptophan metabolism. KYNU is alsoulated in ER-negative breast cancer cells that havetasized to the lung (39), further supporting a role of

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r p23 protein levels result in increased histoneetylation at PMP22 and ABCC3 gene promoterstest whether the mechanism of the p23-mediatedse in PMP22 or ABCC3 gene expression is throughtion of transcription at corresponding promoters,atin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments weremed to detect acetylation of histone H3 lysines 94 (H3-AcK9/14), marks of transcriptional activation.MP22 locus encodes two transcripts that contain al-ive exons 1A and 1B (Fig. 2A). Because the 1B tran-

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2 locus in MCF-7+p23 cells relative to control cellsbe most likely to occur at the promoter of 1B (P2).e H3-AcK9/14 levels relative to input were higher atMP22 P2 in MCF-7+p23 cells than in control cellsB and C, top). A similar, albeit less robust increasetone H3-AcK9/14 was also observed at the ABCC3ter (Fig. 2B and C, bottom). The ABCC3 promoterasal levels of histone acetylation, which could beted above background (nonspecific IgG) levels inl cells (Fig. 2B). This suggests that a mechanism ofediated transcriptional activation is through in-d recruitment of chromatin-modifying enzymes thatcetylate histone H3-K9/14 and reinitiate gene tran-on from active promoters.

regulation of PMP22 and ABCC3 gene expressionis associated with ER recruitment to distal EREsmicroarray data revealed that many genes positivelyted by p23 overexpression (e.g., PMP22 and ABCC3)gatively regulated by E2 treatment. To further ex-the E2-mediated repression of genes upregulated bye treated MCF-7 control and MCF-7+p23 cells withthe selective estrogen receptor modulator TAM andred mRNA expression of PMP22 and ABCC3. E2ent repressed PMP22 and ABCC3 gene expressiony 2-fold in both control and MCF-7+p23 cells (Fig. 3A, left). Moreover, when comparing total expressionof PMP22 and ABCC3 between untreated control cells2-treated MCF-7+p23 cells, it is evident that E2

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with TAM increased expression of PMP22 and ABCC3h control and MCF-7+p23 cells (Fig. 3A and B, right).p23 overexpression furthers induces the expression ofgenes in the presence of TAM, whereas activationP22 and ABCC3 by p23 overexpression is partiallyed by E2.ent data suggest that repression by ER requires E2-dent recruitment of the receptor to the EREs of thegene (41). Therefore, we examined ER recruitment to2 and ABCC3 EREs predicted from ChIP-on-Chip datas well as to regions upstream of PMP22 and ABCC3 pro-s (UPS) that were not predicted to bind ER (Fig. 3C).F-7+p23 cells, E2-dependent ER recruitment to

2 and ABCC3 EREs is enriched relative to control cellsD, compare black with dark grey bars, and Supplemen-ig. S5, compare differences between columns 14 and 6e to respective inputs), but not to the PMP22 or ABCC3egions (Fig. 3D and Supplementary Fig. S5). In fact, noding could be detected above nonspecific IgG levels at2 and ABCC3 UPS regions (Supplementary Fig. S5), indi-both as suitable negative control regions for ER bind-hus, p23 overexpression increases E2-dependent ERtment specifically to the EREs of the E2-repressed genes2 and ABCC3. This trend of increased ER recruitment23 overexpression to PMP22 and ABCC3 EREs is similarat has been observed previously at the pS2 ERE (10).ver, for pS2, ER recruitment is associated with genetion, rather than repression.restingly, ER recruitment was evident at the PMP22

nd more so at the ABCC3 ERE, even in the absencegenously added E2 in MCF-7+p23 cells compared with

2. Increased histone H3 acetylation at genes upregulated by p23 overexpression. A, schematic of PMP22 and ABCC3 loci. Arrows, transcriptional startSS); white boxes, exons; black bars, DNA promoter regions amplified by PCR to determine the level of histone H3-AcK9/K14. ChIP assays wereed using specific antibodies against histone H3-AcK9/14 or negative control IgG. Relative levels of histone H3-AcK9/K14 were determined using

independent experiments, normalized to input, and presentedp23 over MCF-7 control cells, set to 1. Error bars, SD.

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l cells (Fig. 3D, compare light grey with white bars,upplementary Fig. S5, compare differences betweenns 10 and 2 relative to respective inputs). This suggestsR may also function as a repressor of PMP22 and3 gene expression under basal conditions when E2are very low. To assess whether ER represses “basal”and ABCC3 gene expression, we silenced ER expres-sing siRNA in both MCF-7 control and MCF-7+p23nd measured ABCC3 and PMP22 mRNA levels in thee of exogenous E2. Loss of ER resulted in a significantion of ABCC3 in both MCF-7 control and MCF-7+p23nder such basal conditions (Fig. 3E and F). Only ast effect was observed on PMP22 gene expression.

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ulation of ABCC3 in MCF-7+p23 cells impartsive chemotherapeutic resistanceause MCF-7+p23 cells express more ABCC3 mRNAB–D) compared with control cells, and ABCC3 overex-on confers multidrug resistance by exporting from cellstherapeutic agents including etoposide (43) and doxo-n (Adriamycin; ref. 44), we suspected that MCF-7+p23ould be more resistant than control cells to these che-rapeutic agents. Using a sulphorhodamine B dye toor surviving cells following treatment with chemother-c agents, MCF-7+p23 cells survived better than controln the presence of etoposide and doxorubicin (Fig. 4A). This resistance was selective in that MCF-7+p23 cells

3. ER recruitment to distalassociated with repression22 and ABCC3 geneion. MCF-7 control (whited MCF-7+p23 cells (blackere hormone-starved fortreated for 16 hours with

/L E2 (A and B, left) orol/L TAM (A and B, right),NA was analyzed byative real-time PCR. Dataans from six independentents and presented as in. C, schematic of PMP22CC3 loci containingiption start sites (arrows),ing elements asined by global ChIP-Chip(ERE, striped boxes), andupstream regions (UPS,oxes). Black bars, regionsd by PCR to determinel of ER recruitment.elative amount of ER, in the presence ore of E2, was determined, followed by quantitativee PCR. Data are shown asrages, with SE betweene experiments, normalizedt for each sample, anded relative to ERent at the correspondingMCF-7 control cells, setdepletion of ER protein bysing ER (siER) and control(siControl) verified byblotting. WB, Western blot.C3 and PMP22 geneion levels upon depletion ofe obtained by quantitativee PCR. Shown are thes obtained from threedent experimentszed to GAPDH anded as relative fold-changeetween siER (+) andol (-) transfected cells,

o more resistant than control cells to camptothecin,otherapeutic agent not exported by ABCC3 (Fig. 4B;

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). Resistance to etoposide and doxorubicin, but notothecin, was validated using clonogenic assays (dataown). To assess the requirement for ABCC3 in doxo-n resistance, because it is commonly used to treattatic and recurrent breast cancers, we silenced thesion of ABCC3 using siRNA and measured sensitivityF-7+p23 cells to doxorubicin. Our analysis revealedCF-7+p23 cells are nearly 50% more sensitive to doxo-n when ABCC3 expression is reduced by 80% (Fig. 4D),ting that doxorubicin resistance is mediated in part by. Lack of complete sensitization can be attributed tomultidrug resistance proteins capable of exportingbicin (43).

p23 expression correlates with shorter disease-urvival times in breast cancer patientsause breast cancer cells that express more p23 have ainvasive potential and are more drug resistant, weted that patients expressing high levels of p23 proteinhave shorter periods of disease-free survival. We ana-

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cale of 0 to 3, with 3 as the highest intensity staininglementary Fig. S6).g univariate analysis we determined associations be-cytoplasmic p23, nuclear p23, stage, and tumor sizedal involvement (N), and metastasis (M; TNM status).und that cytoplasmic p23 is significantly associatednuclear p23 expression (Spearman correlation ρ =as well as with stage (ρ = 0.23) and nodal involvement.26), but does not correlate significantly with tumor size.16) or metastasis (ρ = 0.12; Supplementary Table S4).h cytoplasmic p23 (3+) is also associated with later-tumors (68% are stage III/IV) compared with moder-3 (2+) expression (36% are stage III/IV; χ2, P < 0.01;1). Interestingly 73% of the high cytoplasmic p23–ssing tumors displayed nodal involvement, whereas1% of the moderate cytoplasmic p23–expressing can-re node positive (χ2, P < 0.01; Table 1). This is consis-ith our observation that MCF-7+p23 cells are moretory and invasive than control MCF-7 cells (10).used Cox proportional hazards models for each variable

ually to examine the association of that variable with

tensity of p23 staining in the nucleus and cytoplasm recurrence or death (Table 2). High levels of cytoplasmic p23,

4. Increased ABCC3 gene expression in MCF-7+p23 cells mediates doxorubicin resistance. A, MCF-7 control (blue) and MCF-7+p23 cells (pink) cellseated with the indicated concentrations of etoposide, camptothecin (Cpt; B); or doxorubicin (C). Percent survival upon increasing concentrationss was determined using the sulphorhodamine B dye, which coats cells evenly so optical density (OD) values are proportional to cell number. Data areed as averages of at least three independent experiments with untreated cells set at 100% survival. Error bars, SE. D, MCF-7+p23 cells wereted with siRNA against ABCC3 (siABCC3) or a control siRNA (siControl), and percent survival of doxorubicin treated relative to untreated cells

periments; error bars, SE. ABCC3 mRNA levels from siABCC3

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II/IV disease, and high T, N, and M were all individuallyated with increased recurrence and death. When theseles were considered jointly (multivariable), only cyto-ic p23 expression and stage were associated with diseaseence or death (from Cox models). Our findings indicatedividuals with stage I/II disease and high cytoplasmic+) expression (stage I/II-p23high) are 2.35 times moreto have recurrent disease or death than the same staget with low p23 (1+ or 2+) expression (stage I/II-p23low;2 and Fig. 5). Moreover, patients with stage III/IV diseasetoplasmic p23 1+ or 2+ expression (stage III/IV-p23low),ge III/IV disease and cytoplasmic p23 3+ expressionIII/IV-p23high) are 3.34 and 7.85 times more likely toisease recurrence than those stage I/II-p23low individuals2 and Fig. 5). At 150months postsurgery, the cumulativee-free survival for patients with stage I/II-p23low tumorsmated at 80%; the corresponding estimates are 50% of

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downregulated by E2 treatment. Functionally, ABCC3s selective resistance to chemotherapeutic agents in+p23 cells when compared with control cells, and weed preliminarily that siRNA-mediated or pharmacolog-letion of ER, using ICI 182,720 treatment, decreases theivity of MCF-7 control cells to doxorubicin (data not). Thus, both gene expression data and functionals show that p23 via ABCC3 may regulate chemothera-resistance acquired in metastatic and recurrent ER-ve breast tumors.might p23 selectively affect gene expression? p23 has

uggested to play a role in the binding and clearance ofreceptors at response elements (8–10). Our results alsote that p23 increases recruitment of ER to EREs ofressed genes ABCC3 and PMP22 (Fig. 3) as well as toivated genes pS2 and cathepsin D (10). Thus, certain tran-ion factors, like steroid receptors, may utilize p23 totly cycle on and off DNA tomodulate gene transcription.find that “active” histone modifications (H3-AcK9/14)esent at the promoters of p23-sensitive genes (Fig. 2B). The fact that these modifications are also present atomoters of some p23-sensitive genes in MCF-7 controlhere p23 is not overexpressed (Fig. 2B) indicates thatay not need to overcome the transcriptional barriers

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ref. 45) to raise the transcriptional output from alreadypromoters.eed, we observed a functional interaction between p23e HAT GCN5 by conducting a synthetic lethal screen insuggesting that p23 affects the activity of HAT path-in an overlapping fashion with GCN5.9 Histone H3-is a target for acetylation by GCN5 (39, 46, 47), whichr implicates GCN5 as a HAT-mediating hyperaceyla-t the promoters of p23-upregulated genes. Interestingly,etabolic genes regulated by p23, ACSL1 and KYNU,are upregulated in metastatic and recurrent breastrs, are also known to regulate the activity of HATsoly(ADP-ribose) polymerase chromatin remodelinges (39, 46, 47). Therefore, a plausible model for p23-ive gene regulation is that p23 may influence the DNAg dynamics of specific transcription factors to up-te or downregulate gene expression. p23 may also mod-the recruitment of coactivators necessary to reinitiate

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rs that display high p23 protein levels are more likelyibit lymph node involvement and experience diseaseence and mortality. This is consistent with our in vitrol that p23 overexpression elicits gene expression andtypic changes in MCF-7 cells akin to those that occurast tumors become invasive. Given that nodal status isost significant factor in predicting survival (49), it will betant to find ways to reduce p23 expression to decreasenode metastases. Lowering p23 expression shoulditigate p23-mediated chemotherapeutic resistance (eto-, doxorubicin). Recently, celastrol, the active compoundunder of God Vine root extracts used in traditionalse medicine, has been shown to bind and inactivatey triggering its oligomerization into fibers (50). Thus,ing p23 should reduce invasiveness and drug resistanceast cancer cells and prevent disease recurrence.

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otential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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hank Naoko Tanese, Keren Imberg, and ChaoweiWu for critically readinguscript, and Diego Acosta-Alvear for guidance with the ChIP assays.

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