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Epigenetic regulator Smarcd3 is required for established tumor growth in pancreatic cancer

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease characterized by aggressive metastasis and resistance to therapy, making clinical management a significant challenge. As cancer progresses, developmental signals are often aberrantly re-activated, driving the self-renewal of cancer cells and malignant features of disease. Given the central role for epigenetic regulation in development, we hypothesized that epigenetic factors may be required to sustain the self-renewal of pancreatic cancer cells. Here, we used a functional screen to identify Smarcd3, a component of the SWI/SNF (BAF) nucleosome remodeling complex, as a novel functional dependency in PDAC. SWI/SNF coordinates context-specific gene regulation in development and is frequently dysregulated in cancer. However, Smarcd3 has not been linked to functions in PDAC and represents a new epigenetic mediator of cancer function. We found that Smarcd3 was uniquely up-regulated in PDAC stem cells and was required for the in vivo propagation of mouse and patient-derived tumors. Furthermore, using integrated RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, and network analysis we showed that Smarcd3 regulates global SWI/SNF binding and histone acetylation, driving the epigenetic regulation of lipid metabolic programs. Specifically, we found that Smarcd3 regulated genes converging on fatty acid metabolism, which has been directly implicated in stem signaling in PDAC. Collectively, these data identify Smarcd3 as a critical novel dependency and epigenetic regulator of lipid metabolism pancreatic cancer.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE168490 | GEO | 2022/11/18

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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