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From: New role for nuclear hormone receptors and coactivators in regulation of BRCA1-mediated DNA repair in breast cancer cell lines

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BRCA1 depletion decreases DNA damage repair and cell survival in human breast cancer cell lines. (a) Reduced BRCA1 expression in human breast cancer cell lines transfected with siRNA. T47D and MDA-MB-468 cells were transiently transfected with BRCA1 siRNA or an unrelated siRNA (mock). Protein extracts from these clones were subjected to western blotting with anti-BRCA1 antibody. Anti-β-actin antibody was used to determine relative amounts of protein in each lane. Representative blots are shown. (b) Decreased BRCA1 expression results in increased DNA damage when treated with etoposide. T47D and MDA-MB-468 lines transfected with BRCA1 or unrelated siRNA (mock) were pretreated with 17β-estradiol (E2) or all-trans retinoic acid (RA) alone or in combination (E2/RA) before exposure to etoposide. Vehicle-treated cultures were used as the negative control (con). Relative DNA damage was quantified as described in Materials and Methods. Error bars indicate SEM. (c) Decreased BRCA1 expression results in decreased DNA repair activity. T47D or MDA-MB-468 lines transfected with BRCA1 or unrelated siRNA (mock) were pretreated with E2 or RA alone or in combination (E2/RA). Vehicle-treated cultures were used as the negative control (con). The plasmid end-joining assay was used to quantify DNA repair activity. Error bars indicate SEM. (d) Decreased BRCA1 expression results in decreased cell survival in etoposide-treated T47D and MDA-MB-468 lines transfected with BRCA1 siRNA. Cultures transfected with unrelated siRNA (mock) were used as controls. Cultures were pretreated with E2 or RA alone or in combination (E2/RA). Vehicle-treated cultures were used as the negative control (con). Cell death was quantified by TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labelling assay. These experiments were repeated three times with similar results. Error bars indicate SEM.

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