The selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulator tamoxifen inhibits ER signaling in breast cancer cells, and it is used for the treatment of ER-positive breast cancer. However, this type of cancer often acquires resistance to tamoxifen, and a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying tamoxifen resistance is required. In this study, we established tamoxifen-resistant (TAM-R) breast cancer cells by long-term tamoxifen treatment of ER-positive breast cancer MCF7 cells. In TAM-R cells, expression of not only ERα, a major form of ER in breast cancer, but also its transcriptional partner forkhead box protein A1 (FOXA1) was found to be reduced. In contrast, activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and expression of its target IL6 were increased in these cells. Stable expression of FOXA1, but not ERα, reduced the expression of IL6 in the FOXA1- and ERα-negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells and TAM-R cells, without affecting the activation of the NF-κB signaling pathways. Conversely, FOXA1 knockdown induced IL6 expression in MCF7 cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that FOXA1 bound to the promoter region of IL6 and repressed recruitment of the NF-κB complex to this region. TAM-R cells were found to have high mammosphere-forming activity, characteristics of cancer stem cells, and this activity was suppressed by NF-κB and IL6 signaling inhibitors. Taken together, these results suggest that FOXA1 suppresses expression of IL6 through inhibition of NF-κB recruitment to the IL6 promoter in an ERα-independent manner and that reduction in FOXA1 expression induces IL6 expression and contributes to cancer stem cell-like properties in TAM-R cells.
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