抑癌基因 Polycomb 丢失诱导的表观基因组重排驱动肿瘤发生,但导致恶性外周神经鞘瘤的治疗弱点。
Epigenomic Reordering Induced by Polycomb Loss Drives Oncogenesis but Leads to Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.
机构信息
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Penn Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
出版信息
Cancer Res. 2019 Jul 1;79(13):3205-3219. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-3704. Epub 2019 Mar 21.
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is an aggressive sarcoma with recurrent loss-of-function alterations in polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2), a histone-modifying complex involved in transcriptional silencing. To understand the role of PRC2 loss in pathogenesis and identify therapeutic targets, we conducted parallel global epigenomic and proteomic analysis of archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human MPNST with and without PRC2 loss (MPNST vs. MPNST). Loss of PRC2 resulted in increased histone posttranslational modifications (PTM) associated with active transcription, most notably H3K27Ac and H3K36me2, whereas repressive H3K27 di- and trimethylation (H3K27me2/3) marks were globally lost without a compensatory gain in other repressive PTMs. Instead, DNA methylation globally increased in MPNST. Epigenomic changes were associated with upregulation of proteins in growth pathways and reduction in IFN signaling and antigen presentation, suggesting a role for epigenomic changes in tumor progression and immune evasion, respectively. These changes also resulted in therapeutic vulnerabilities. Knockdown of NSD2, the methyltransferase responsible for H3K36me2, restored MHC expression and induced interferon pathway expression in a manner similar to PRC2 restoration. MPNST were also highly sensitive to DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. Overall, these data suggest that global loss of PRC2-mediated repression renders MPNST differentially dependent on DNA methylation to maintain transcriptional integrity and makes them susceptible to therapeutics that promote aberrant transcription initiation. SIGNIFICANCE: Global profiling of histone PTMs and protein expression in archival human MPNST illustrates how PRC2 loss promotes oncogenesis but renders tumors vulnerable to pharmacologic modulation of transcription..
恶性外周神经鞘瘤(MPNST)是一种侵袭性肉瘤,其多梳抑制复合物 2(PRC2)反复出现功能丧失改变,PRC2 是一种参与转录沉默的组蛋白修饰复合物。为了了解 PRC2 缺失在发病机制中的作用并确定治疗靶点,我们对具有和不具有 PRC2 缺失的存档福尔马林固定、石蜡包埋(FFPE)人类 MPNST 进行了平行的全基因组表观基因组和蛋白质组分析(MPNST 与 MPNST)。PRC2 的缺失导致与活跃转录相关的组蛋白翻译后修饰(PTM)增加,尤其是 H3K27Ac 和 H3K36me2,而抑制性 H3K27 二甲基和三甲基(H3K27me2/3)标记则全局丢失,而其他抑制性 PTM 没有补偿性增加。相反,MPNST 中 DNA 甲基化全局增加。表观基因组变化与生长途径中蛋白质的上调以及 IFN 信号和抗原呈递的减少有关,这表明表观基因组变化分别在肿瘤进展和免疫逃逸中起作用。这些变化也导致了治疗上的脆弱性。负责 H3K36me2 的甲基转移酶 NSD2 的敲低以类似于 PRC2 恢复的方式恢复了 MHC 表达并诱导了干扰素途径表达。MPNST 也对 DNA 甲基转移酶和组蛋白去乙酰化酶(HDAC)抑制剂高度敏感。总的来说,这些数据表明,PRC2 介导的抑制作用的全面丧失使 MPNST 在维持转录完整性方面对 DNA 甲基化有不同的依赖性,并使它们易受促进异常转录起始的治疗药物的影响。意义:对存档的人类 MPNST 中组蛋白 PTM 和蛋白质表达的全基因组分析说明了 PRC2 缺失如何促进肿瘤发生,但使肿瘤易受药物调节转录的影响。