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Gemone-wide maps of PRC2 complex components and chromatin states in prostate cancer cell lines

ABSTRACT: We report the high-throughput profiling of PRC2 core subunits chromatin states and histone modifications in two prostate cancer cell lines, androgen-dependent cells LNCaP and androgen-independent cells LNCaP-abl (abl). By obtaining over 1 billion bases of sequence from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated the genome-wide localizations of EZH2, SUZ12 and H3K27 trimethylation in both cell lines, and found that EZH2 can be localized to a subsets of chromating sites that don't have H3K27me3 or SUZ12 signals nearby. Interestingly, these sites are enriched for the active histone marks H3K4 di/trimethylation as well as the RNA polymerase II, which suggest the potential function of these peaks in gene activation. Indeed, these sites are enriched near the transcription start sites of EZH2-activated genes. Further analysis of the transcription factor motifs enriched at these peaks revealed the enrichement of androgen receptor motif, suggesting a co-activator role for EZH2 in concert with AR. Our work demonstrated a novel funtion of EZH2 in transcriptional activation by directly binding to the chromatin sites that cooperate with AR. Study of the chromatin localizations of PRC2 complex core subunits and different histone marks in 2 cell types

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Kexin Xu

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39459 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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EZH2 oncogenic activity in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells is Polycomb-independent.

Xu Kexin K Wu Zhenhua Jeremy ZJ Groner Anna C AC He Housheng Hansen HH Cai Changmeng C Lis Rosina T RT Wu Xiaoqiu X Stack Edward C EC Loda Massimo M Liu Tao T Xu Han H Cato Laura L Thornton James E JE Gregory Richard I RI Morrissey Colm C Vessella Robert L RL Montironi Rodolfo R Magi-Galluzzi Cristina C Kantoff Philip W PW Balk Steven P SP Liu X Shirley XS Brown Myles M

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20121201 6113

Epigenetic regulators represent a promising new class of therapeutic targets for cancer. Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a subunit of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), silences gene expression via its histone methyltransferase activity. We found that the oncogenic function of EZH2 in cells of castration-resistant prostate cancer is independent of its role as a transcriptional repressor. Instead, it involves the ability of EZH2 to act as a coactivator for critical transcription factors in ...[more]

PMID: 23239736

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Project description:The development and progression of castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), a lethal disease, is thought to be driven by multiple events. A hallmark of CRPC is the ability to evade the cytotoxic effects of anti-androgen therapy. Importantly, persistent androgen receptor (AR) signalling is thought to play a principal role in maintaining CRPC. The precise molecular alterations driving this condition, however, are not clearly understood. Our previous studies identified specific metabolic alterations associated with localized prostate cancer (PCa) and CRPC, implicating metabolic re-programming in disease progression. Building on these findings, using a novel network-based integromics approach, here we show distinct alterations in the Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway (HBP) to be critical for sustaining the castrate resistant state. We found expression of the HBP enzyme glucosamine-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1 (GNPNAT1) was regulated by androgens and elevated in androgen dependent (AD) PCa while relatively diminished in CRPC possessing either full length AR (AR-FL) or the spliced V7 variant (AR-V7). Genetic loss of function experiments for GNPNAT1 in CRPC-like cells led to increased proliferation and aggressiveness, both, in vitro and in vivo. This was mediated by specific cell cycle genes regulated by the PI3K-AKT pathway activating either AR in cells with AR-FL or SP1-ChREBP (carbohydrate response element binding protein) in cells containing AR-V7. Strikingly, addition of HBP metabolite UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP) to CRPC-like cells reduced the expression of cell cycle genes and attenuated tumor cell proliferation, both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, addition of UDP sensitized CRPC-like cells, inclusive of those possessing AR-V7, to enzalutamide, demonstrating the therapeutic value of targeting altered metabolic pathways in lethal PCa. We anticipate that our findings will motivate the development of novel metabolic therapeutic strategies that complement existing treatments for men with lethal prostate cancer We used microarray analysis to determine key molecular alterations associated with inhibition of HBP pathway in CRPC by knocking down GNPNAT1 transcript level using lentiviral particle bearing shRNA in 22Rv1 and LNCaP-ABL cells GNPNAT1 expression was knockdown in two independent prostate cancer cells, 22Rv1 and LNCaP-ABL

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Gemone-wide maps of PRC2 complex components and chromatin states in prostate cancer cell lines

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EZH2 oncogenic activity in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells is Polycomb-independent.

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