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HMGN5 escorts oncogenic STAT3 signaling by regulating chromatin landscape in tumorigenesis of breast cancer

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic alterations are widely linked with carcinogenesis, therefore becoming emerging therapeutic targets in the treatment of cancers, including breast cancer. HMGNs are nucleosome binding proteins, which regulate chromatin structures in a cell type- and disease-specific manner. However, the roles of HMGNs in the tumorigenesis of breast cancer are less known. In this study, we report that HMGNs are highly expressed in 3D-cultured breast cancer cells. HMGN5, a member of HMGNs, controls the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Clinically, HMGN5 is an unfavorable prognostic marker in patients. Mechanistically, HMGN5 is governed by active STAT3 transcriptionally and further escorts STAT3 to shape oncogenic chromatin landscape and transcriptional program. Lastly, we provide evidence that interference of HMGN5 by nanoparticle-packaged siRNA is potentially an effective approach in breast cancer treatment. Taken together, our findings reveal a novel feed-forward circuit between HMGN5 and STAT3 in promoting breast cancer tumorigenesis and suggest HMGN5 as a novel epigenetic therapeutic target in STAT3-hyperactive breast cancer.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE193507 | GEO | 2022/08/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:In most metazoan nuclei, heterochromatin is located at the nuclear periphery in contact with the nuclear lamina, which provides mechanical stability to the nucleus. We show that in cultured cells, chromatin de-compaction by the nucleosome binding protein HMGN5 decreases the sturdiness, elasticity, and rigidity of the nucleus. Mice overexpressing HMGN5, either globally or only in the heart, are normal at birth but develop hypertrophic heart with large cardiomyoctyes, deformed nuclei and disrupted lamina, and die of cardiac malfunction. Chromatin de-compaction is seen in cardiomyocytes of newborn mice but misshaped nuclei with disrupted lamina are seen only in adult cardiomyocytes, suggesting that loss of heterochromatin diminishes the ability of the nucleus to withstand the mechanical forces of the contracting heart. Thus, heterochromatin enhances the ability of the nuclear lamina to maintain the sturdiness and shape of the eukaryotic nucleus; a structural role for chromatin that is distinct from its genetic functions. The full length mouse Hmgn5 cDNA, containing the entire 5’ UTR and FLAG tag on the 3’ end was amplified by PCR and inserted between BglII and XhoI sites of the pCALL vector (Novak et al., 2000). This vector contains a floxed LacZ cDNA driven by the CAG (a hybrid CMV enhancer and chicken beta–actin) promoter which is highly active in early mouse embryos. The vector was linearized by NotI digestion and injected into fertilized oocytes of C57BL/6 mice. Total embryonic excision of LacZ sequence was done by breeding floxed HMGN5-TG mice with SoxCre mice (Hayashi et al., 2002). Heart-specific excision was performed by breeding floxed HMGN5-TG mice with alphaMHC-cre mice (Oka et al., 2006).Total RNA from the left ventricle of newborn and adult Hmgn5-hTG mice which overexpress HMGN5 only in the heart as well as control mice was collected from biological triplicates (duplicates, in the case of newborn wild-type mice) and analyzed by Affymetrix expression arrays.

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HMGN5 escorts oncogenic STAT3 signaling by regulating chromatin landscape in tumorigenesis of breast cancer

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