Hyaluronan-mediated CD 44 Interaction with p 300 and SIRT 1 Regulates-Catenin Signaling and NF B-specific Transcription Activity Leading to MDR 1 and Bcl-xL Gene Expression and Chemoresistance in Breast Tumor Cells *
Hyaluronan-mediated CD 44 Interaction with p 300 and SIRT 1 Regulates-Catenin Signaling and NF B-specific Transcription Activity Leading to MDR 1 and Bcl-xL Gene Expression and Chemoresistance in Breast Tumor Cells *
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2009
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L. Bourguignon;W. Xia;G. Wong
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L. Bourguignon;W. Xia;G. Wong
In this study we have investigated hyaluronan (HA)-mediated CD44 (anHA receptor) interactionswith p300 (a histone acetyltransferase) and SIRT1 (a histone deacetylase) in human breast tumor cells (MCF-7 cells). Specifically, our results indicate that HA binding to CD44 up-regulates p300 expression and its acetyltransferase activity that, in turn, promotes acetylation of -catenin and NF B-p65 leading to activation of -catenin-associated T-cell factor/lymphocyte enhancer factor transcriptional co-activation andNF B-specific transcriptional up-regulation, respectively. These changes then cause the expression of the MDR1 (P-glycoprotein/P-gp) gene and the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-xL resulting in chemoresistance in MCF-7 cells. Our data also show that down-regulation of p300, -catenin, or NF B-p65 in MCF-7 cells (by transfecting cells with p300-, -catenin-, orNF B-p65-specific small interfering RNA) inhibits the HA/CD44-mediated -catenin/NF B-p65 acetylation and abrogates the aforementioned transcriptional activities. Subsequently, there is a significant decrease in bothMDR1 and Bcl-xL gene expression and an enhancement in caspase-3 activity and chemosensitivity in the breast tumor cells. Further analyses indicate that activation of SIRT1 (deacetylase) by resveratrol (a natural antioxidant) induces SIRT1-p300 association and acetyltransferase inactivation, leading to deacetylation of HA/CD44-induced -catenin and NF B-p65, inhibition of -catenin-T-cell factor/lymphocyte enhancer factor andNF Bspecific transcriptional activation, and the impairment of MDR1 and Bcl-xL gene expression. All these multiple effects lead to an activation of caspase-3 and a reduction of chemoresistance. Together, these findings suggest that the interactions betweenHA/CD44-stimulated p300 (acetyltransferase) and resveratrol-activated SIRT1 (deacetylase) play pivotal roles in regulating the balance between cell survival versus apoptosis, and multidrug resistance versus sensitivity in breast tumor cells. Multidrug resistance and disease relapse are challenging clinical problems in the treatment of breast cancers (1–3). Because little is known regarding the molecular basis of breast tumor cell signaling and chemotherapeutic responses, it is important to identifymolecule(s) that can be used to predict the oncogenic potential and possible chemoresistance of breast carcinoma-derived cancer cells. During the search for cellular regulators that correlate with breast tumor cell functions and possible chemoresistance, hyaluronan (HA)2 (a major component in the extracellular matrix of most mammalian tissues) was identified as a prime candidate (4, 5). HA is a nonsulfated, unbranched glycosaminoglycan consisting of repeating disaccharide units, D-glucuronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (6, 7). HA is synthesized by specific HA synthases (7, 8) and digested into various smaller molecules by hyaluronidases (9). HA is clearly enriched in stem cell niches and in breast tumors (10, 11). In breast cancer patients, HA concentrations are often higher in malignant tumors than in benign or normal tissues, and in some tumor types the level of HA is predictive of malignancy (11). Furthermore, elevatedHA levels have been found in the serum of breast cancer patients (12). CD44 denotes a family of cell-surface glycoproteins that are expressed in a variety of cells and tissues, including breast tumor cells and carcinoma tissues (5, 13–16). Nucleotide sequence analyses reveal that there exist numerous CD44 isoforms (derived by alternative splicingmechanisms), all of which are variants of the standard form, CD44s (17, 18). All CD44 isoforms contain an HA-binding site in their extracellular domain and thereby serve as major cell surface receptors for HA (19). The CD44 isoforms expressed in breast cancer stem cells display a unique ability to initiate tumor cell-specific properties (20–22). Recent studies indicate that breast cancer tumors contain a subpopulation of highly tumorigenic cancer stem cells characterized by high CD44 expression and low (or no) CD24 expression (CD44 CD24 /low) (20–22). Purified CD44 CD24 /low breast tumor cells are capable of generating phenotypically distinct cells resulting in heterogeneous tumors in immunodeficient mice (20–22). These findings indicate that * This work was supported, in whole or in part, by National Institutes of Health Grants R01 CA66163, R01 CA 78633, and P01 AR39448 (USPHS). This work was also supported by a Veterans Affairs merit review grant and a Department of Defense grant. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. 1 Veterans Affairs Research Career Scientist. To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed: Endocrine Unit (111N), Dept. of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. Tel.: 415-2214810, ext. 3321; Fax: 415-383-1638; E-mail: lilly.bourguignon@ucsf.edu. 2 The abbreviations used are: HA, hyaluronan; HAT, histone acetyltransferase; HDAC, histone deacetylase; TCF/LEF, T-cell factor/lymphocyte enhancer factor; siRNA, small interfering RNA; Z, benzyloxycarbonyl; FMK, fluoromethyl ketone; Q-PC, quantitative PCR; IKK, inhibitor of B kinase; MDR, multidrug resistance. THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY VOL. 284, NO. 5, pp. 2657–2671, January 30, 2009 Printed in the U.S.A.