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Genetic and epigenetic driven variation contribute to adaptation and evolution under endocrine treatment

ABSTRACT: Comprehensive profiling of hormone-dependent breast cancer (HDBC) has identified hundreds of protein-coding alterations contributing to cancer initiation, but only a handful have been linked to endocrine therapy resistance, potentially contributing to 40% of relapses. If other mechanisms underlie the evolution of HDBC under adjuvant therapy is currently unknown. In this work, we employ integrative functional genomics to dissect the contribution of cis-regulatory elements (CREs) to cancer evolution by focusing on 12 megabases of non-coding DNA, including clonal enhancers, gene promoters, and boundaries of topologically associating domains. Massive parallel epigenetic perturbation (CRISPRi) in vitro reveals context-dependent roles for many of these CREs, with a specific impact on dormancy entrance and endocrine therapy resistance. Profiling of CRE somatic alterations in a unique, longitudinal cohort of patients treated with endocrine therapies identifies non-coding changes potentially involved in therapy resistance. Overall, our data uncover how endocrine therapies triggers the emergence of transient features which could ultimately be exploited to hinder the adaptive process.

ORGANISM(S): mixed DNA library Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE197504 | GEO | 2024/06/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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