Hirsch Rebecca M, Premsankar Sunthoshini, Kurnit Katherine C, Chiou Lilly F, Rabjohns Emily M, Lee Hannah N, Broaddus Russell R, Vaziri Cyrus, Bowser Jessica L
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Curriculum in Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 18:2024.11.18.624183. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.18.624183.
Missense mutations in exon 3 of , the gene encoding β-catenin, are associated with poor outcomes in endometrial carcinomas (EC). Clinically, mutation status has been difficult to use as a predictive biomarker as β-catenin oncogenic activity is modified by other factors, and these determinants are unknown. Here we reveal that CD73 restrains the oncogenic activity of exon 3 β-catenin mutants, and its loss associates with recurrence. Using 7 patient-specific mutants, with genetic deletion or ectopic expression of CD73, we show that CD73 loss increases β-catenin-TCF/LEF transcriptional activity. In cells lacking CD73, membrane levels of mutant β-catenin decreased which corresponded with increased levels of nuclear and chromatin-bound mutant β-catenin. These results suggest CD73 sequesters mutant β-catenin to the membrane to limit its oncogenic activity. Adenosine A1 receptor deletion phenocopied increased β-catenin-TCF/LEF activity seen with deletion, suggesting that the effect of CD73 loss on mutant β-catenin is mediated via attenuation of adenosine receptor signaling. RNA-seq analyses revealed that deletion alone drives pro-tumor Wnt/β-catenin gene expression and, with CD73 loss, β-catenin mutants dysregulate zinc-finger and non-coding RNA gene expression. We identify CD73 as a novel regulator of oncogenic β-catenin and help explain variability in patient outcomes in mutant EC.
编码β-连环蛋白的基因的外显子3中的错义突变与子宫内膜癌(EC)的不良预后相关。在临床上,由于β-连环蛋白的致癌活性会受到其他因素的影响,而这些决定因素尚不清楚,因此很难将该基因突变状态用作预测性生物标志物。在这里,我们发现CD73可抑制外显子3β-连环蛋白突变体的致癌活性,其缺失与复发相关。使用7种患者特异性突变体,通过基因敲除或异位表达CD73,我们发现CD73的缺失会增加β-连环蛋白-TCF/LEF转录活性。在缺乏CD73的细胞中,突变型β-连环蛋白的膜水平降低,这与核内和染色质结合的突变型β-连环蛋白水平升高相对应。这些结果表明,CD73将突变型β-连环蛋白隔离在膜上,以限制其致癌活性。腺苷A1受体缺失模拟了CD73缺失时观察到的β-连环蛋白-TCF/LEF活性增加,这表明CD73缺失对突变型β-连环蛋白的影响是通过腺苷受体信号传导的减弱介导的。RNA测序分析表明,单独的CD73缺失会驱动促肿瘤的Wnt/β-连环蛋白基因表达,并且在CD73缺失的情况下,β-连环蛋白突变体会使锌指和非编码RNA基因表达失调。我们将CD73鉴定为致癌性β-连环蛋白的新型调节因子,并有助于解释CD73突变型EC患者预后的变异性。