SMARCA4 deficient tumours are vulnerable to KDM6A/UTX and KDM6B/JMJD3 blockade


Por: Romero, OA, Vilarrubi, A, Alburquerque-Bejar, JJ, Gomez, A, Andrades, A, Trastulli, D, Pros, E, Setien, F, Verdura, S, Farre, L, Martin-Tejera, JF, Llabata, P, Oaknin, A, Saigi, M, Piulats, JM, Matias-Guiu, X, Medina, PP, Vidal, A, Villanueva, A and Sanchez-Cespedes, M

Publicada: 14 jul 2021 Ahead of Print: 14 jul 2021
Resumen:
Despite the genetic inactivation of SMARCA4, a core component of the SWI/SNF-complex commonly found in cancer, there are no therapies that effectively target SMARCA4-deficient tumours. Here, we show that, unlike the cells with activated MYC oncogene, cells with SMARCA4 inactivation are refractory to the histone deacetylase inhibitor, SAHA, leading to the aberrant accumulation of H3K27me3. SMARCA4-mutant cells also show an impaired transactivation and significantly reduced levels of the histone demethylases KDM6A/UTX and KDM6B/JMJD3, and a strong dependency on these histone demethylases, so that its inhibition compromises cell viability. Administering the KDM6 inhibitor GSK-J4 to mice orthotopically implanted with SMARCA4-mutant lung cancer cells or primary small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcaemic type (SCCOHT), had strong anti-tumour effects. In this work we highlight the vulnerability of KDM6 inhibitors as a characteristic that could be exploited for treating SMARCA4-mutant cancer patients. SMARCA4 is commonly inactivated in lung and ovarian cancers. Here the authors show that SMARCA4-deficient tumours have significantly reduced levels of the histone demethylases KDM6s and a strong dependency on these demethylases for tumour growth, so that they are vulnerable to KDM6s inhibition.

Filiaciones:
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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Gomez, A:
 Vall dHebron Res Inst, Rheumatol Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Andrades, A:
 Univ Granada, Fac Sci, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol 1, Granada, Spain

 Univ Granada, Andalusian Reg Govt, Ctr Genom & Oncol Res Pfizer, GENYO, Granada, Spain

Trastulli, D:
 Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Canc Epigenet & Biol Program PEBC, Genes & Canc Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Pros, E:
 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Verdura, S:
 Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Canc Epigenet & Biol Program PEBC, Genes & Canc Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Farre, L:
 Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Chemoresistance & Predict Factors Grp, Program Canc Therapeut Resistance ProCURE, Oncobell Program,Catalan Inst Oncol ICO, Barcelona, Spain

Martin-Tejera, JF:
 Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Chemoresistance & Predict Factors Grp, Program Canc Therapeut Resistance ProCURE, Oncobell Program,Catalan Inst Oncol ICO, Barcelona, Spain

Llabata, P:
 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

Oaknin, A:
 Vall dHebron Hosp, Dept Med Oncol, Barcelona, Spain

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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain

 Catalan Inst Oncol ICO, Dept Med Oncol, Barcelona, Spain

Piulats, JM:
 Catalan Inst Oncol ICO, Dept Med Oncol, Barcelona, Spain

Matias-Guiu, X:
 Univ Hosp Bellvitge, CIBERONC, IDIBELL, Dept Pathol, Barcelona, Spain

Medina, PP:
 Univ Granada, Fac Sci, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol 1, Granada, Spain

 Univ Granada, Andalusian Reg Govt, Ctr Genom & Oncol Res Pfizer, GENYO, Granada, Spain

Vidal, A:
 Univ Hosp Bellvitge, CIBERONC, IDIBELL, Dept Pathol, Barcelona, Spain

 Xenopat SL, Parc Cient Barcelona PCB, Barcelona, Spain

Villanueva, A:
 Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Chemoresistance & Predict Factors Grp, Program Canc Therapeut Resistance ProCURE, Oncobell Program,Catalan Inst Oncol ICO, Barcelona, Spain

 Xenopat SL, Parc Cient Barcelona PCB, Barcelona, Spain

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 Josep Carreras Leukaemia Res Inst IJC, Canc Genet Grp, Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 20411723





Nature Communications
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Nature Publishing Group, HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, BERLIN, 14197, GERMANY, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 12 Número: 1
Páginas: 4319-4319
WOS Id: 000675630200001
ID de PubMed: 34262032
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