BRD3 has been implicated in nucleosome remodeling in the context of transcription.[7]
BRD2 and BRD3 perform overlapping cellular functions.[8]
Clinical significance
Chromosomal translocation of BRD3 with the NUT gene has been implicated in NUT midline carcinoma.[9] BRD3-NUT driven cancers are histopathologically indistinguishable from BRD4-NUT driven cancers, likely because these translocations involve the N-terminal portion bromodomain-containing portion of these proteins which are highly conserved.
Depletion of BRD3 slows growth in cancer models including prostate cancer and medulloblastoma. The effect of BRD3 depletion is milder than that of other BET proteins BRD2 and BRD4 when each is tested in isolation.[10][11]BET inhibitors target highly conserved BET bromodomains and displace BRD2, BRD3, and BRD4 from chromatin simultaneously. Functional redundancy between BRD2 and BRD3 suggests that their simultaneous disruption of these proteins may be more important than is appreciated by depletion of these proteins individually.[12]
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