BETs abet Tam-R in ER-positive breast cancer

Cell Res. 2014 Aug;24(8):899-900. doi: 10.1038/cr.2014.90. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications such as histone acetylation play a central role in the transcriptional regulation of many oncogenic drivers. Accumulating evidence suggests that pharmacological modulation of certain key epigenetic reader proteins such as BRD2/3/4 may serve as an attractive strategy for treatment of many cancers, including tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Azepines / therapeutic use
  • Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Epigenesis, Genetic
  • Female
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / metabolism
  • Histones / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Nuclear Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Receptors, Estrogen / metabolism*
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism
  • Tamoxifen / therapeutic use
  • Transcription Factors / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use

Substances

  • (+)-JQ1 compound
  • Azepines
  • BRD2 protein, human
  • BRD3 protein, human
  • BRD4 protein, human
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Histones
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Triazoles
  • Tamoxifen
  • Benzodiazepines
  • molibresib
  • Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
  • NSD2 protein, human
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases