活跃的髓母细胞瘤增强子揭示了亚组特异性细胞起源。

Active medulloblastoma enhancers reveal subgroup-specific cellular origins.

作者信息

Lin Charles Y, Erkek Serap, Tong Yiai, Yin Linlin, Federation Alexander J, Zapatka Marc, Haldipur Parthiv, Kawauchi Daisuke, Risch Thomas, Warnatz Hans-Jörg, Worst Barbara C, Ju Bensheng, Orr Brent A, Zeid Rhamy, Polaski Donald R, Segura-Wang Maia, Waszak Sebastian M, Jones David T W, Kool Marcel, Hovestadt Volker, Buchhalter Ivo, Sieber Laura, Johann Pascal, Chavez Lukas, Gröschel Stefan, Ryzhova Marina, Korshunov Andrey, Chen Wenbiao, Chizhikov Victor V, Millen Kathleen J, Amstislavskiy Vyacheslav, Lehrach Hans, Yaspo Marie-Laure, Eils Roland, Lichter Peter, Korbel Jan O, Pfister Stefan M, Bradner James E, Northcott Paul A

机构信息

Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

出版信息

Nature. 2016 Feb 4;530(7588):57-62. doi: 10.1038/nature16546. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Abstract

Medulloblastoma is a highly malignant paediatric brain tumour, often inflicting devastating consequences on the developing child. Genomic studies have revealed four distinct molecular subgroups with divergent biology and clinical behaviour. An understanding of the regulatory circuitry governing the transcriptional landscapes of medulloblastoma subgroups, and how this relates to their respective developmental origins, is lacking. Here, using H3K27ac and BRD4 chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) coupled with tissue-matched DNA methylation and transcriptome data, we describe the active cis-regulatory landscape across 28 primary medulloblastoma specimens. Analysis of differentially regulated enhancers and super-enhancers reinforced inter-subgroup heterogeneity and revealed novel, clinically relevant insights into medulloblastoma biology. Computational reconstruction of core regulatory circuitry identified a master set of transcription factors, validated by ChIP-seq, that is responsible for subgroup divergence, and implicates candidate cells of origin for Group 4. Our integrated analysis of enhancer elements in a large series of primary tumour samples reveals insights into cis-regulatory architecture, unrecognized dependencies, and cellular origins.

摘要

髓母细胞瘤是一种高度恶性的儿童脑肿瘤,常常给发育中的儿童带来毁灭性后果。基因组研究已经揭示出四个不同的分子亚组,它们具有不同的生物学特性和临床行为。目前尚缺乏对调控髓母细胞瘤亚组转录图谱的调控回路以及其与各自发育起源之间关系的了解。在这里,我们利用H3K27ac和BRD4染色质免疫沉淀测序(ChIP-seq),结合组织匹配的DNA甲基化和转录组数据,描述了28个原发性髓母细胞瘤标本的活性顺式调控图谱。对差异调控的增强子和超级增强子的分析强化了亚组间的异质性,并揭示了关于髓母细胞瘤生物学的新的、与临床相关的见解。核心调控回路的计算重建确定了一组主要的转录因子,经ChIP-seq验证,它们负责亚组差异,并暗示了4组的候选起源细胞。我们对大量原发性肿瘤样本中的增强子元件进行的综合分析揭示了对顺式调控结构、未被认识的依赖性和细胞起源的见解。

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