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Genome-wide Screening Identifies SFMBT1 as an Oncogenic Driver in Cancer with VHL Loss

ABSTRACT: von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is a critical tumor suppres- sor in clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs). It is important to identify additional therapeutic targets in ccRCC downstream of VHL loss besides hypox- ia-inducible factor 2a (HIF2a). By performing a genome-wide screen, we identified Scm-like with four malignant brain tumor domains 1 (SFMBT1) as a candidate pVHL target. SFMBT1 was considered to be a transcriptional repressor but its role in cancer remains unclear. ccRCC patients with VHL loss-of- function mutations displayed elevated SFMBT1 pro- tein levels. SFMBT1 hydroxylation on Proline residue 651 by EglN1 mediated its ubiquitination and degra- dation governed by pVHL. Depletion of SFMBT1 abolished ccRCC cell proliferation in vitro and in- hibited orthotopic tumor growth in vivo. Integrated analyses of ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, and patient prog- nosis identified sphingosine kinase 1 (SPHK1) as a key SFMBT1 target gene contributing to its onco- genic phenotype. Therefore, the pVHL-SFMBT1- SPHK1 axis serves as a potential therapeutic avenue for ccRCC

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE141577 | GEO | 2020/02/04

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Patients with loss-of-function mutations of the von Hippel Lindau gene (“VHL-patients”) often develop clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Using archived, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples and a cohort of eight cases, we sought to determine global proteome alterations that distinguish ccRCC tissue from adjacent, non-malignant kidney tissue in VHL-patients. Our quantitative proteomic analysis clearly discriminated tumor and non-malignant tissue, yielding comparable proteome profiles for the eight ccRCC cases. Limma statistics was used to identify significantly dysregulated proteins in ccRCC. Functional classification of these proteins highlighted a decrease in proteins involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and an increase in proteins involved in glycolysis. This profile possibly represents a proteomic fingerprint of the “Warburg effect”, which is a molecular hallmark of ccRCC. Furthermore, we observed an increase in proteins involved in extracellular matrix organization. Of particular note were opposing alterations of Xaa-Pro Aminopeptidases-1 and -2 (XPNPEP-1 and -2): a strong decrease of XPNPEP-2 in ccRCC was accompanied by a strong increase of the related protease XPNPEP-1. In both cases, we corroborated the proteomic results by immunohistochemical analysis of ccRCC and adjacent, non-malignant kidney tissue of VHL patients. To functionally investigate the role of XPNPEP-1 in ccRCC, we performed small-hairpin RNA mediated XPNPEP-1 expression silencing in 786-O ccRCC cells harboring a mutated VHL gene. We found that XPNPEP-1 expression suppresses cellular proliferation and migration. These results suggest that XPNPEP-1 is rather an anti-target in VHL-driven ccRCC. Generally, we present one of the first proteomic profiling studies of ccRCC in VHL patients, comparing normal and tumor tissue, which are both deficient for the VHL tumor suppressor. Methodologically, our work further validates the robustness of using FFPE material for quantitative proteomics.

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Genome-wide Screening Identifies SFMBT1 as an Oncogenic Driver in Cancer with VHL Loss

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