MAT2A promotes reprogramming of the androgen response pathway in association with ERG and EZH2
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ABSTRACT: To date there are very few tools to reverse the induced dedifferentiation program in CRPC and to improve the response to the androgen deprivation therapy. Here we report that MAT2A is an important oncogenic cofactor of ERG/EZH2 transcriptional reprogramming impacting significantly the androgenic pathway. Using RNA sequencing coupled with ATAC, here we reveal an important link between ERG/MAT2A and EZH2 that impact on AR signaling pathway. This aberrant epigenetic program can be reversed by MAT2A inhibition which establish a near physiologic AR transcriptional program. Targeting MAT2A alone or in combination with EZH2 inhibitors reverse stemness in multiple models including prostatospheres from human PDX and GEM models of aggressive prostate cancer. Targeting MAT2A enhance the sensitivity to the androgenic blockade by Enzalutamide and to EZH2 inhibitors.
Project description:To date there are very few tools to reverse the induced dedifferentiation program in CRPC and to improve the response to the androgen deprivation therapy. Here we report that MAT2A is an important oncogenic cofactor of ERG/EZH2 transcriptional reprogramming impacting significantly the androgenic pathway. Using RNA sequencing coupled with ATAC, here we reveal an important link between ERG/MAT2A and EZH2 that impact on AR signaling pathway. This aberrant epigenetic program can be reversed by MAT2A inhibition which establish a near physiologic AR transcriptional program. Targeting MAT2A alone or in combination with EZH2 inhibitors reverse stemness in multiple models including prostatospheres from human PDX and GEM models of aggressive prostate cancer. Targeting MAT2A enhance the sensitivity to the androgenic blockade by Enzalutamide and to EZH2 inhibitors
Project description:To date there are very few tools to reverse the induced dedifferentiation program in CRPC and to improve the response to the androgen deprivation therapy. Here we report that MAT2A is an important oncogenic cofactor of ERG/EZH2 transcriptional reprogramming impacting significantly the androgenic pathway. Using RNA sequencing coupled with ATAC, here we reveal an important link between ERG/MAT2A and EZH2 that impact on AR signaling pathway. This aberrant epigenetic program can be reversed by MAT2A inhibition which establish a near physiologic AR transcriptional program. Targeting MAT2A alone or in combination with EZH2 inhibitors reverse stemness in multiple models including prostatospheres from human PDX and GEM models of aggressive prostate cancer. Targeting MAT2A enhance the sensitivity to the androgenic blockade by Enzalutamide and to EZH2 inhibitors
Project description:To date there are very few tools to reverse the induced dedifferentiation program in CRPC and to improve the response to the androgen deprivation therapy. Here we report that MAT2A is an important oncogenic cofactor of ERG/EZH2 transcriptional reprogramming impacting significantly the androgenic pathway. Using RNA sequencing coupled with ATAC, here we reveal an important link between ERG/MAT2A and EZH2 that impact on AR signaling pathway. This aberrant epigenetic program can be reversed by MAT2A inhibition which establish a near physiologic AR transcriptional program. Targeting MAT2A alone or in combination with EZH2 inhibitors reverse stemness in multiple models including prostatospheres from human PDX and GEM models of aggressive prostate cancer. Targeting MAT2A enhance the sensitivity to the androgenic blockade by Enzalutamide and to EZH2 inhibitors.
Project description:To date there are very few tools to reverse the induced dedifferentiation program in CRPC and to improve the response to the androgen deprivation therapy. Here we report that MAT2A is an important oncogenic cofactor of ERG/EZH2 transcriptional reprogramming impacting significantly the androgenic pathway. Using RNA sequencing coupled with ATAC, here we reveal an important link between ERG/MAT2A and EZH2 that impact on AR signaling pathway. This aberrant epigenetic program can be reversed by MAT2A inhibition which establish a near physiologic AR transcriptional program. Targeting MAT2A alone or in combination with EZH2 inhibitors reverse stemness in multiple models including prostatospheres from human PDX and GEM models of aggressive prostate cancer. Targeting MAT2A enhance the sensitivity to the androgenic blockade by Enzalutamide and to EZH2 inhibitors
Project description:Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a frequently occurring disease with adverse clinical outcomes and limited therapeutic options. Here, we identify a novel role of methionine adenosyltransferase 2a (MAT2A) as a driver of the androgen-indifferent state in ERG fusion-positive CRPC. We show that MAT2A is upregulated in CRPC and cooperates with ERG in promoting cell plasticity, stemness and tumorigenesis. RNA, ATAC and ChIP sequencing coupled with mass spectrometry analysis of histone post-translational modifications show that MAT2A broadly impacts the transcriptional and epigenetic landscape. MAT2A enhances H3K4me2 at multiple genomic sites promoting the expression of pro-tumorigenic non-canonical AR target genes in CRPC models. Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of MAT2A in preclinical models reversed this transcriptional and epigenetic remodeling, promoting luminal differentiation and improving the response to AR and EZH2 inhibitors. This data reveals a previously unrecognized function of MAT2A in epigenetic reprogramming and a synthetic vulnerability to MAT2A inhibitors in ERG fusion-positive CRPC.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE28948: TMPRSS2-ERG, HDACs and EZH2 are involved in an AR-centric transcriptional circuitry that calibrates androgenic response for prostate cancer progression (gene expression data) GSE28950: TMPRSS2-ERG, HDACs and EZH2 are involved in an AR-centric transcriptional circuitry that calibrates androgenic response for prostate cancer progression (ChIP-Seq data) GSE35540: TMPRSS2-ERG, HDACs and EZH2 are involved in an AR centric transcriptional circuitry that calibrates androgenic response for prostate cancer progression (gene expression after ERG KD) Refer to individual Series
Project description:Deregulation of the Androgen Receptor (AR) transcriptional network is a common hallmark in prostate cancers. To achieve its precise transcriptional role, AR needs to co-operate specifically with a plethora of cofactors. In prostate cancers, AR transcription collaborators are frequently aberrantly over-expressed, altering the AR signaling pathway to one that promotes oncogenesis. Recently, the prostate cancer recurrent fusion gene, ERG, was shown to promote tumor progression by acting as a repressor of AR signaling. However, the exact mechanics and the functional consequences associated with this crosstalk between ERG and AR still remains relatively unknown. Interestingly, through chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with massively parallel sequencing, we discover that ERG and other commonly over-expressed transcriptional co-repressors (HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3 and EZH2) are wired into an AR-centric transcriptional network via a spectrum of distal enhancers and/or proximal promoters. We show that ERG represses several AR target genes involved in epithelial differentiation. Furthermore, we demonstrated that suppression of the androgen-induced gene, Vinculin, by ERG and histone deacetylases increases cancer cell invasiveness. From our results, we propose that ERG, histone deactelyases and the histone methyltransferase, EZH2, could impede epithelial differentiation and contribute to prostate cancer progression, in part through modulating the transcriptional output of AR. Genome-wide binding analysis of AR, ERG, HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3 and EZH2 in VCaP with and without DHT (dihydrotestosterone) stimulation using ChIP-Seq. 15 samples including 1 control (input).