The serine hydroxymethyltransferase-2 (SHMT2) initiates lymphoma development through epigenetic tumor suppressor silencing
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ABSTRACT: Cancer cells adapt their metabolic activities to support growth and proliferation. However, increased activity of metabolic enzymes is not usually considered an initiating event in the malignant process. Here, we investigate the possible role of the enzyme serine hydroxymethyltransferase-2 (SHMT2) in lymphoma initiation. SHMT2 localizes to the most frequent region of copy number gains at Chr12q14.1 in lymphoma. Elevated expression of SHMT2 cooperates with BCL2 in lymphoma development and loss or inhibition of SHMT2 impairs lymphoma cell survival. SHMT2 catalyzes the conversion of serine to glycine and produces an activated one-carbon unit which can be used to support S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) synthesis. SHMT2 induces changes in DNA and histone methylation patterns leading to promoter silencing of previously uncharacterized mutational genes such as SASH1 and PTPRM. Together, our findings reveal that amplification of SHMT2 in cooperation with BCL2 is sufficient in the initiation of lymphomagenesis through epigenetic tumor suppressor silencing.
INSTRUMENT(S): TSQ Quantiva
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (ncbitaxon:10090)
SUBMITTER: Neil Kelleher
PROVIDER: MSV000085251 | MassIVE | Wed Apr 08 07:50:00 BST 2020
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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