Project description:Phenotypic plasticity has emerged as an important mechanism of therapy resistance in cancers, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Using an established breast cancer cellular model for endocrine resistance, we show that hormone resistance is associated with enhanced phenotypic plasticity, indicated by a general downregulation of luminal/epithelial differentiation markers and upregulation of basal/mesenchymal invasive markers. Our extensive omics studies, including GRO-seq on enhancer landscapes, demonstrate that the global enhancer gain/loss reprogramming driven by the differential interactions between ER-alpha and other oncogenic transcription factors (TFs), predominantly GATA3 and AP1, profoundly alters breast cancer transcriptional programs. Our functional studies in multiple biological systems support a coordinate role of GATA3 and AP1 in enhancer reprogramming that drives phenotypic plasticity to achieve endocrine resistance or cancer invasive progression. Thus, changes in TF-TF and TF-enhancer interactions can lead to genome-wide enhancer reprogramming, resulting in transcriptional dysregulations that promote plasticity and cancer therapy-resistance progression

2019-05-24 | MSV000083857 | MassIVE

Integrative Hi-C maps of pancreatic cancer

Project description:Pancreatic cancer's poor prognosis is caused by distal metastasis, which is associated with epigenomic changes. However, the roles of 3D epigenome in pancreatic cancer biology, especially its metastasis, remain unclear. Here we compare the 3D epigenomic and transcriptomic features among cells derived from pancreatic epithelial, primary and metastatic pancreatic cancer by integrated analysis of in situ Hi-C, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, and RNA-seq data. We found A/B compartments, topologically associated domains (TADs), chromatin loops changed significantly in metastatic pancreatic cancer cells, which is associated with epigenetic state alterations. Moreover, we identified upregulated genes, which are located in switched compartments, common TADs with epigenetic state changing, specific TAD boundaries, and metastasis-specific enhancer-promoter loops, are related to cancer metastasis. We also find that the transcription factors mediated specific enhancer-promoter loops formation are also associated with metastasis. Taken together, these results provide a 3D epigenomic map of pancreatic cancer metastasis, which expands our knowledge of the epigenetic mechanism of pancreatic cancer metastasis and enables a better understanding of pancreatic cancer pathobiology.

2021-08-11 | GSE149103 | GEO

Mus musculus

Project description:Arid1a promotes tumor initiation but restrains progression and metastasis in liver cancer [ATAC-seq]

| PRJNA377340 | ENA

Large-scale epigenetic reprogramming is punctuated late during the evolution of pancreatic cancer progression [BS-Seq]

Project description:During pancreatic cancer progression, heterogeneous subclonal populations evolve in the primary tumor that possess differing capacities to metastasize and cause patient death. However, the genetics of metastasis reflects that of the primary tumor, and PDAC driver mutations arise early. This raises the possibility than an epigenetic process could be operative late. Using an exceptional resource of paired patient samples, we found that different metastatic subclones from the same patient possessed remarkably divergent malignant properties and global epigenetic programs. Global reprogramming was targeted to thousands of large chromatin domains across the genome that collectively specified malignant divergence. This was maintained by a metabolic shift within the pentose phosphate pathway, independent of KRAS driver mutations. Analysis of paired primary and metastatic tumors from multiple patients uncovered substantial epigenetic heterogeneity in primary tumors, which resolved into a terminally reprogrammed state in metastatic lesions. This supports a model whereby driver mutations accumulate early to initiate pancreatic tumorigenesis, followed by a period of subclonal evolution that generates sufficient intra-tumor heterogeneity for selection of epigenetic programs that may increase fitness during malignant progression and metastatic spread. To map the epigenomic landscape of pancreatic cancer progression as it evolves within patients. BS-Seq of 4 patients (A13, A38, A124 and A125). Patient A38 included local peritoneal metastasis and 2 distant metastsis (liver and lung mets). Patient A13 included 2 primary tumors and 1 distant lung metastasis. Each sample has been done with replicates. Patient A124 included 2 primary tumors and 1 normal pancreas.

2016-10-24 | E-GEOD-63123 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Large-scale epigenetic reprogramming is punctuated late during the evolution of pancreatic cancer progression [RNA-Seq]

Project description:During pancreatic cancer progression, heterogeneous subclonal populations evolve in the primary tumor that possess differing capacities to metastasize and cause patient death. However, the genetics of metastasis reflects that of the primary tumor, and PDAC driver mutations arise early. This raises the possibility than an epigenetic process could be operative late. Using an exceptional resource of paired patient samples, we found that different metastatic subclones from the same patient possessed remarkably divergent malignant properties and global epigenetic programs. Global reprogramming was targeted to thousands of large chromatin domains across the genome that collectively specified malignant divergence. This was maintained by a metabolic shift within the pentose phosphate pathway, independent of KRAS driver mutations. Analysis of paired primary and metastatic tumors from multiple patients uncovered substantial epigenetic heterogeneity in primary tumors, which resolved into a terminally reprogrammed state in metastatic lesions. This supports a model whereby driver mutations accumulate early to initiate pancreatic tumorigenesis, followed by a period of subclonal evolution that generates sufficient intra-tumor heterogeneity for selection of epigenetic programs that may increase fitness during malignant progression and metastatic spread. To map the epigenomic landscape of pancreatic cancer progression as it evolves within patients. RNA-Seq of 2 patients (A13 and A38). Patient A38 included local peritoneal metastasis and 2 distant metastsis (liver and lung mets), and 6AN treated and DMSO control samples. Patient A13 included 2 primary tumors and 1 distant lung metastasis. Each sample has been done with replicates.

2016-10-24 | E-GEOD-63124 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Large-scale epigenetic reprogramming is punctuated late during the evolution of pancreatic cancer progression [ChIP-Seq]

Project description:During pancreatic cancer progression, heterogeneous subclonal populations evolve in the primary tumor that possess differing capacities to metastasize and cause patient death. However, the genetics of metastasis reflects that of the primary tumor, and PDAC driver mutations arise early. This raises the possibility than an epigenetic process could be operative late. Using an exceptional resource of paired patient samples, we found that different metastatic subclones from the same patient possessed remarkably divergent malignant properties and global epigenetic programs. Global reprogramming was targeted to thousands of large chromatin domains across the genome that collectively specified malignant divergence. This was maintained by a metabolic shift within the pentose phosphate pathway, independent of KRAS driver mutations. Analysis of paired primary and metastatic tumors from multiple patients uncovered substantial epigenetic heterogeneity in primary tumors, which resolved into a terminally reprogrammed state in metastatic lesions. This supports a model whereby driver mutations accumulate early to initiate pancreatic tumorigenesis, followed by a period of subclonal evolution that generates sufficient intra-tumor heterogeneity for selection of epigenetic programs that may increase fitness during malignant progression and metastatic spread. To map the epigenomic landscape of pancreatic cancer progression as it evolves within patients. Chip-Seq (K27Me3, K36Me3, K9Me2/3, K4Me3 and K27Ac) of 2 patients (A13 and A38) and HPDE cell line. Patient A38 included local peritoneal metastasis and 2 distant metastsis (liver and lung mets), and 6AN treated and DMSO samples for lung matastasis. Patient A13 included 2 primary tumors and 1 distant lung metastasis. Each sample has been done with replicates.

2016-10-24 | E-GEOD-63125 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Loss of the Wild-type KRAS Allele Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Progression through Functional Activation of YAP1

Project description:Loss of the Wild-type KRAS Allele Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Progression through Functional Activation of YAP1

| MSV000088107 | MassIVE