Transcriptomic profiling for differential gene expression in ARID1A-wt and ARID1A-deficient bladder cancer cells with and without GSK126 (an EZH2 inhibitor) treatment
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ABSTRACT: Metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder is generally incurable with current systemic therapies. Chromatin modifiers are frequently mutated in bladder cancer, with ARID1A inactivating mutations present in 20% of tumors. EZH2 is a histone methyltransferase that acts as an oncogene that functionally opposes ARID1A. In addition, PI3K signaling is activated in over 20% of bladder cancers. Here we show that ARID1A-mutant tumors are more sensitive to EZH2 inhibition than ARID1A-wild-type tumors. Mechanistic studies reveal that: 1) ARID1A deficiency results in a dependency on PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling via upregulation of a non-canonical PI3K regulatory subunit PIK3R3, and: 2) EZH2 inhibitor sensitivity is due to upregulation of PIK3IP1, an inhibitor protein of PI3K signaling. Thus, our studies suggest that a subset of bladder cancers with ARID1A mutations can be treated with inhibitors of EZH2 and/or PI3K, and reveal novel mechanistic insights into the role of non-canonical PI3K constituents in bladder cancer biology.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE183777 | GEO | 2022/08/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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