PMID- 28404976 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180607 LR - 20181113 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 24 DP - 2017 Jun 13 TI - Estrogen enhances mismatch repair by induction of MLH1 expression via estrogen receptor-beta. PG - 38767-38779 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.16351 [doi] AB - Epidemiological data demonstrated that hormone replace treatment has protective effect against colorectal cancer (CRC). Our previous studies showed that this effect may be associated with DNA mismatch repair. This study aims to investigate the mechanism of estrogen induction of MLH1, and whether colorectal tumor proliferation can be inhibited through induction of MLH1 by estrogen signal pathway. Human CRC cell lines were used to examine the regulation of MLH1 expression by over-expression and depletion of estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta), under the treatment with 17beta-estradiol or beta-Estradiol 6-(O-carboxy-methyl)oxime:BSA, followed by a real-time Q-PCR and Western blotting analysis. Luciferase reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays were used to identify the estrogen response elements in the proximal promoter of MLH1 gene. Then, the influence of estrogen-induced MLH1 on CRC tumor growth were determined in vitro and in vivo. We found that mismatch repair ability and microsatellite stability of cells were enhanced by estrogen via induction of MLH1 expression, which was mediated by ERbeta, through a transcriptional activation process. Furthermore, we identified that ERbeta exerted an inhibitory effect on CRC tumor proliferation in vitro and in vivo, combined with 5-FU, through up-regulation of MLH1 expression. Finally, we concluded that estrogen enhances mismatch repair ability and tumor inhibition effect in vitro and in vivo, via induction of MLH1 expression mediated by ERbeta. FAU - Lu, Jun-Yu AU - Lu JY AD - Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, 400038. AD - Department of Gastroenterology, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China, 100700. FAU - Jin, Peng AU - Jin P AD - Department of Gastroenterology, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China, 100700. FAU - Gao, Wei AU - Gao W AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 116044. FAU - Wang, De-Zhi AU - Wang DZ AD - Department of Gastroenterology, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China, 100700. FAU - Sheng, Jian-Qiu AU - Sheng JQ AD - Department of Gastroenterology, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China, 100700. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor beta) RN - 0 (Estrogens) RN - 0 (MLH1 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (MutL Protein Homolog 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - DNA Mismatch Repair/*genetics MH - Estrogen Receptor beta/genetics/*metabolism MH - Estrogens/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Nude MH - MutL Protein Homolog 1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Response Elements MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC5503570 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MLH1 OT - colorectal cancer OT - estrogen OT - estrogen receptor beta OT - mismatch repair COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/08 06:00 PMCR- 2017/06/13 CRDT- 2017/04/14 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/06/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 16351 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.16351 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 13;8(24):38767-38779. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.16351.