{"database":"GEO","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Genomics"],"species":["Homo sapiens"],"gds_type":["Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE316009"],"repository":["GEO"],"entry_type":["GSE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Destabilization of the noncanonical PRC1.1 complex via USP7 inhibition induces neuronal differentiation in neuroblastoma","description":"Pediatric cancers are frequently driven by genomic alterations that result in impaired differentiation during tissue development. To identify protein complex-level dependencies required for differentiation in neuroblastoma, a pediatric cancer of the developing peripheral nervous system, we curated a list of protein complexes using the CORUM database and mined the Dependency Map (DepMap) using single sample gene set enrichment analysis. This analysis identified the non-canonical PRC1.1 complex, which represses transcriptional activity through ubiquitination of histone 2A, lysine 119 (H2AK119Ub), as a selectively enriched dependency in neuroblastoma. Knockout of several PRC1.1 subunits reduced neuroblastoma growth, arrested the cell cycle, and induced a neuronal differentiation program. While no known direct inhibitors of PRC1.1 exist, co-dependency analysis of PRC1.1 subunits against all other genes in DepMap identified that the deubiquitinase USP7 strongly correlated with PRC1.1 dependency. Treatment with XL177A, a small molecule inhibitor of USP7, significantly reduced neuroblastoma growth in both cellular and animal models. Integrated RNA- and ChIP-sequencing showed that both PRC1.1 knockout and USP7 inhibition resulted in highly correlated transcriptional alterations and reduced H2AK119Ub deposition on chromatin, suggesting that USP7 inhibition reduced neuroblastoma growth through a PRC1.1-dependent mechanism. Mechanistically, global proteomics and ubiquitinomics revealed that USP7 inhibition disrupted non-canonical PRC1 complex assembly, resulting in destabilization of PRC1.1 and subsequent proteolysis. Our findings expand our understanding of the chromatin complexes required to maintain a de-differentiated state in neuroblastoma and suggest the therapeutic potential for USP7 inhibitors in the treatment of this disease.","dates":{"publication":"2026/02/26"},"accession":"GSE316009","cross_references":{"GSM":["GSM9443256","GSM9443257","GSM9443252","GSM9443253","GSM9443254","GSM9443255","GSM9443251"],"GPL":["34284"],"GSE":["316009"],"taxon":["Homo sapiens"],"PMID":["[41855552]"]}}