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First published online 11 October 2005
doi: 10.1242/jcs.02616

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CREB-binding protein regulates apoptosis and growth of HMECs grown in reconstituted ECM via laminin-5

¹ Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
² Division of Hematology and Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
³ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
⁴ RIKEN, Tsukuba Institute, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
⁵ Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: seewa001{at}mc.duke.edu)

Accepted 3 August 2005

Interactions between normal mammary epithelial cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) are important for mammary gland homeostasis. Loss of interactions between ECM and normal mammary epithelial cells are thought to be an early event in mammary carcinogenesis. CREB-binding protein (CBP) is an important regulator of proliferation and apoptosis but the role of CBP in ECM signaling is poorly characterized. CBP was suppressed in basal-cytokeratin-positive HMECs (CK5/6⁺, CK14⁺, CK8^–, CK18^–, CK19^–). Suppression of CBP resulted in loss of reconstituted ECM-mediated growth control and apoptosis and loss of laminin-5 3-chain expression. Suppression of CBP in normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) resulted in loss of CBP occupancy of the LAMA3A promoter and decreased LAMA3A promoter activity and laminin-5 -3 chain expression. Exogenous expression of CBP in CBP-negative HMECs that have lost reconstituted ECM-mediated growth regulation and apoptosis resulted in (1) CBP occupancy of the LAMA3A promoter, (2) increased LAMA3A activity and laminin-5 3-chain expression, and (3) enhancement of reconstituted ECM-mediated growth regulation and apoptosis. Similarly, suppression of laminin-5 3-chain expression in HMECs resulted in loss of reconstituted ECM-mediated growth control and apoptosis. These observations suggest that loss of CBP in basal-cytokeratin-positive HMECs results in loss of reconstituted ECM-mediated growth control and apoptosis through loss of LAMA3A activity and laminin-5 3-chain expression. Results in these studies may provide insight into early events in basal-type mammary carcinogenesis.

Key words: CBP, Basal cytokeratins, Basal-type breast cancer, Extracellular matrix, Apoptosis, Laminin-5

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