Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) promotes the epithelial mesenchymal transition of triple negative breast cancer cells via HDAC8/FOXA1 signals.

Abstract

Inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACIs) have great therapeutic value for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. Interestingly, our present study reveals that suberoyl anilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), one of the most advanced pan-HDAC inhibitor, can obviously promote in vitro motility of MDA-MB-231 and BT-549 cells via induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). SAHA treatment significantly down-regulates the expression of epithelial markers E-cadherin (E-Cad) while up-regulates the mesenchymal markers N-cadherin (N-Cad), vimentin (Vim) and fibronectin (FN). However, SAHA has no effect on the expression and nuclear translocation of EMT related transcription factors including Snail, Slug, Twist and ZEB. While SAHA treatment down-regulates the protein and mRNA expression of FOXA1 and then decreases its nuclear translocation. Over-expression of FOXA1 markedly attenuates SAHA induced EMT of TNBC cells. Further, silence of HDAC8, while not HDAC6, alleviates the down-regulation of FOXA1 and up-regulation of N-Cad and Vim in MDA-MB-231 cells treated with SAHA. Collectively, our present study reveals that SAHA can promote EMT of TNBC cells via HDAC8/FOXA1 signals, which suggests that more attention should be paid when SAHA is used as anti-cancer agent for cancer treatment.

• Authors: Shao Wu, Zhi Luo, Peng-Jiu Yu, Hui Xie, Yu-Wen He
• Journal: Biological chemistry (Biol Chem) Vol. 397 Issue 1 Pg. 75-83 (Jan 2016) ISSN: 1437-4315 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 26431101 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• FOXA1 protein, human
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha
• Hydroxamic Acids
• RNA, Messenger
• Repressor Proteins
• Vorinostat
• HDAC8 protein, human
• Histone Deacetylases

Topics

• Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (drug effects, genetics)
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha (genetics, metabolism)
• Histone Deacetylases (genetics, metabolism)
• Humans
• Hydroxamic Acids (pharmacology)
• RNA, Messenger (genetics, metabolism)
• Repressor Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Signal Transduction (drug effects)
• Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology)
• Tumor Cells, Cultured
• Vorinostat