Project description:EP300, a transcriptional co-activator of E-cadherin, has been recently found by our group to regulate doxorubicin resistance via by-pass of senescence and paclitaxel resistance by overcoming apoptosis in a minimally transformed mammary epithelial cells (MTMEC). Moreover, EP300 deleted MTMEC cells exhibit an multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotype independent of P-glycoprotein (ABCB1), an efflux pump or ABC drug transporter. This whole transcriptome array study was undertaken in order to explore the downstream targets in the EP300-mediated drug resistance, epidermal-to-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell phenotypes in breast cancer cell line MCF7.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify genes that were differentially regulated by ATF2 in TAMR cells (tamoxifen-resistant MCF7 derivatives) when compared to the tamoxifen-sensitive MCF7.