Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Epigenetic reprogramming at estrogen-receptor binding sites alters 3D chromatin landscape in endocrine-resistant breast cancer

  • Joanna Achinger-Kawecka,
  • Fatima Valdes-Mora,
  • Phuc-Loi Luu,
  • Katherine A. Giles,
  • C. Elizabeth Caldon,
  • Wenjia Qu,
  • Shalima Nair,
  • Sebastian Soto,
  • Warwick J. Locke,
  • Nicole S. Yeo-Teh,
  • Cathryn M. Gould,
  • Qian Du,
  • Grady C. Smith,
  • Irene R. Ramos,
  • Kristine F. Fernandez,
  • Dave S. Hoon,
  • Julia M. W. Gee,
  • Clare Stirzaker,
  • Susan J. Clark

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14098-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Endocrine therapy resistance occurs often in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. Here, the authors find that 3D epigenome remodelling at ER-bound enhancer-promoter interactions is a key mechanism underlying endocrine resistance.