Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
Division of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mol Cancer Res. 2024 Aug 2;22(8):711-720. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-23-0930.
Wilms tumor, the most common pediatric kidney cancer, resembles embryonic renal progenitors. Currently, there are no ways to therapeutically target Wilms tumor driver mutations, such as in the microRNA processing gene DROSHA. In this study, we used a "multiomics" approach to define the effects of DROSHA mutation in Wilms tumor. We categorized Wilms tumor mutations into four mutational subclasses with unique transcriptional effects: microRNA processing, MYCN activation, chromatin remodeling, and kidney developmental factors. In particular, we find that DROSHA mutations are correlated with de-repressing microRNA target genes that regulate differentiation and proliferation and a self-renewing, mesenchymal state. We model these findings by inhibiting DROSHA expression in a Wilms tumor cell line, which led to upregulation of the cell cycle regulator cyclin D2 (CCND2). Furthermore, we observed that DROSHA mutations in Wilms tumor and DROSHA silencing in vitro were associated with a mesenchymal state with aberrations in redox metabolism. Accordingly, we demonstrate that Wilms tumor cells lacking microRNAs are sensitized to ferroptotic cell death through inhibition of glutathione peroxidase 4, the enzyme that detoxifies lipid peroxides. Implications: This study reveals genotype-transcriptome relationships in Wilms tumor and points to ferroptosis as a potentially therapeutic vulnerability in one subset of Wilms tumor.
Wilms 肿瘤是最常见的小儿肾细胞癌,类似于胚胎肾祖细胞。目前,尚无方法可以针对 Wilms 肿瘤的驱动突变进行治疗,例如 microRNA 加工基因 DROSHA 的突变。在这项研究中,我们使用了一种“多组学”方法来定义 DROSHA 突变在 Wilms 肿瘤中的作用。我们将 Wilms 肿瘤突变分为四个具有独特转录效应的突变亚类:microRNA 加工、MYCN 激活、染色质重塑和肾脏发育因子。特别是,我们发现 DROSHA 突变与去抑制 microRNA 靶基因有关,这些靶基因调节分化和增殖以及自我更新的间质状态。我们通过在 Wilms 肿瘤细胞系中抑制 DROSHA 表达来模拟这些发现,这导致细胞周期调节剂 cyclin D2 (CCND2) 的上调。此外,我们观察到 Wilms 肿瘤中的 DROSHA 突变和体外 DROSHA 沉默与氧化还原代谢异常的间质状态有关。因此,我们证明缺乏 microRNAs 的 Wilms 肿瘤细胞通过抑制谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶 4(可解毒脂质过氧化物的酶)而对铁死亡细胞死亡敏感。意义:本研究揭示了 Wilms 肿瘤中的基因型-转录组关系,并指出铁死亡可能是 Wilms 肿瘤亚群的一种潜在治疗弱点。
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