Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of gene expression levels of HFKS siRNA depleted for p53 or p63 in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment We analyzed RNA using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. Array data was processed using the AltAnalyze.
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of p63 and p53 binding sites in neonatal foreskin keratinocytes in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of gene expression levels of HFKS siRNA depleted for p53 or p63 in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment
Project description:Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with complex and monosomy karyotype (CK/MK) show high prevalence of TP53 mutations, poor response to induction chemotherapy and adverse patient outcome. These diseases may respond to decitabine but the mechanisms are presently unclear. MDS/AML patients were treated with decitabine for 10 days in a Phase II clinical study. In this study, we collected serial samples from patients before and at completion of decitabine treatment, morphologic remission and relapse. The samples were interrogated with targeted myeloid panel sequencing, nanopore DNA cytosine methylation sequencing and single-cell transcriptomics to investigate potential interactions between leukemic and immune populations. The integrative analysis allowed characterization of shifting dynamics within leukemic and immune cell populations in individual patients. Comparison of these trends between TP53 mutated MDS/AML patients who responded to treatment versus TP53 wildtype patients who were refractory to treatment highlighted the complex interplay of leukemic and immune compartments. Single cell transcriptomic analyses confirmed immune activation in TP53m responders after decitabine treatment. At relapse, leukemic populations showed up-regulation of MYC signaling and heat shock response while T-cells showed exhaustion signature. Our work highlighted the complex interplay between leukemic and immune populations in TP53m patients upon decitabine treatment that might account for clinical responses and subsequent relapses.
Project description:Mutation of TP53, a tumor suppressor in cancer, is common and leads to extremely poor prognosis. To identify vulnerabilities in TP53-mutated tumors, we performed genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens using isogenic Trp53 wild-type and knockout mouse acute myeloid leukemia (AML) lines. Here, we show that histone gene regulation governed by the XPO7-NPAT pathway is essential for survival of TP53-mutated AML cells. In TP53 wild-type cells, XPO7 enhances p53 nuclear localization and functions as a tumor suppressor, but in TP53-mutated cells, XPO7 promotes cell proliferation by retaining NPAT, a histone gene activator, in the nucleus. NPAT depletion led to genome-wide histone loss, enhancing vulnerability to genotoxic stress. Human AML cases show predominant expression of XPO7 and NPAT when TP53 is mutated, suggesting a potential therapeutic vulnerability.