<HashMap><database>GEO</database><file_versions><headers><Content-Type>application/xml</Content-Type></headers><body><files><Other>ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE316nnn/GSE316009/</Other></files><type>primary</type></body><statusCode>OK</statusCode><statusCodeValue>200</statusCodeValue></file_versions><scores/><additional><omics_type>Genomics</omics_type><species>Homo sapiens</species><gds_type>Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing</gds_type><full_dataset_link>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE316009</full_dataset_link><repository>GEO</repository><entry_type>GSE</entry_type></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>Destabilization of the noncanonical PRC1.1 complex via USP7 inhibition induces neuronal differentiation in neuroblastoma</name><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.</description><dates><publication>2026/02/26</publication></dates><accession>GSE316009</accession><cross_references><GSM>GSM9443256</GSM><GSM>GSM9443257</GSM><GSM>GSM9443252</GSM><GSM>GSM9443253</GSM><GSM>GSM9443254</GSM><GSM>GSM9443255</GSM><GSM>GSM9443251</GSM><GPL>34284</GPL><GSE>316009</GSE><taxon>Homo sapiens</taxon></cross_references></HashMap>