Gene expression data from human breast cancer MCF7 cells treated with siRNAs targeting estrogen-inducible long non-coding RNA BNAT1 (breast cancer natural antisense transcript 1)

Endocrine therapy resistance is a clinical problem for the management of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. The elucidation of factors that modulate ER signaling will provide useful information for understanding the pathophysiology of ER-positive and endocrine-resistant breast cancers. In the screen of estrogen-inducible lncRNAs transcribed from ER alpha-associated active promoters/enhancers, a novel estrogen-inducible lncRNA BNAT1 (breast cancer natural antisense transcript 1), which is transcribed from the proximal promoter region of COL18A1, was identified in ER+ MCF7 cells. siRNA-mediated BNAT1 silencing significantly inhibited the in vitro and in vivo growth of tamoxifen-resistant MCF7 cells.To examine the role of long non-coding RNA BNAT1 (alias gene name COL18AS was used in this dataset) in ER+ breast cancer, MCF7 cells were treated with siRNAs targeting BNAT1 (siCOL18AS, or siBNAT1) or control siRNA (siCtrl, or siControl). The microarray study showed that BNAT1 was closely associated with estrogen signaling pathway. Gene expression data from human breast cancer MCF7 cells treated with siRNAs targeting estrogen-inducible long non-coding RNA BNAT1 (breast cancer natural antisense transcript 1)