The RNA-mediated estrogen receptor α interactome of hormone-dependent human breast cancer cell nuclei

Sci Data. 2019 Sep 16;6(1):173. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0179-2.

Abstract

Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERα) is a ligand-inducible transcription factor that mediates estrogen signaling in hormone-responsive cells, where it controls key cellular functions by assembling in gene-regulatory multiprotein complexes. For this reason, interaction proteomics has been shown to represent a useful tool to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying ERα action in target cells. RNAs have emerged as bridging molecules, involved in both assembly and activity of transcription regulatory protein complexes. By applying Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) before and after RNase digestion in vitro, we generated a dataset of nuclear ERα molecular partners whose association with the receptor involves RNAs. These data provide a useful resource to elucidate the combined role of nuclear RNAs and the proteins identified here in ERα signaling to the genome in breast cancer and other cell types.

Publication types

  • Dataset
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Cell Nucleus / genetics
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha / genetics
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Proteomics
  • RNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • RNA, Neoplasm / metabolism*

Substances

  • ESR1 protein, human
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha
  • RNA, Neoplasm