Project description:Amplification of chromosomal region 8p11-12 is a frequent genetic alteration implicated in the etiology of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). FGFR1 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 1) is the main candidate driver within this region. However, clinical trials evaluating FGFR1 inhibition as a targeted therapy have been unsuccessful. Here we identify the H3K36 methyltransferase NSD3 (nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 3), an 8p11-12-localized gene, as a key regulator of LUSC tumorigenesis. In contrast to other 8p11-12 candidate LUSC drivers, increased NSD3 expression strongly correlates with gene amplification. Ablation of NSD3, but not FGFR1, attenuates tumor growth and extends survival in a potent LUSC mouse model. We identify NSD3T1232A as an LUSC-associated variant that increases H3K36 dimethylation (H3K36me2) catalytic activity in vitro and in vivo. Structural dynamic analyses reveal that the T1232A substitution elicits localized mobility changes throughout NSD3’s catalytic domain to relieve auto-inhibition and increase H3 substrate accessibility. NSD3T1232A expression in vivo in LUSC mouse models accelerates tumorigenesis and decreases overall survival. Pathologic generation of H3K36me2 by NSD3T1232A rewires the chromatin landscape to promote oncogenic gene expression programming. Accordingly, depletion of NSD3 and H3K36me2 in patient derived xenografts (PDXs) from primary LUSC harboring NSD3 amplification or the NSD3T1232A variant attenuate neoplastic growth. Finally, NSD3-regulated LUSC PDXs are markedly and selectively sensitive to bromodomain inhibition (BETi). Together, our work identifies NSD3 as a principal 8p11-12 amplicon-associated oncogenic driver in LUSC and suggests that NSD3-dependency renders LUSC therapeutically vulnerable to BETi.
Project description:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths, worldwide. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) gene amplification is one of the most prominent and potentially targetable genetic alterations in squamous cell lung cancer (SQCLC). Highly selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been developed to target FGFR1, however, resistance mechanisms originally existing in patients or acquired throughout treatment have limited treatment efficiency in clinical trials, so far. In this study, we performed a wide-scale phosphoproteomic mass spectrometry analysis to explore signaling pathways that lead to FGFR1 inhibition resistance in lung cancer cells with intrinsic, induced and mutational resistance. We identified a CD44/AKT signaling axis as a new and common mechanism of resistance to FGFR1 inhibition in lung cancer. Co-inhibition of AKT or CD44 synergistically sensitized intrinsic and induced resistant cells to FGFR1 inhibition. Furthermore, strong CD44 expression was significantly correlated to AKT activation in squamous cell lung cancer patients. Collectively, our phosphoproteomic analysis of FGFR1 inhibitor resistant lung cancer cells promotes a large data library of resistance associated phosphorylation patterns and proposes a common resistance pathway consisting of CD44 and AKT activation. Examination of CD44/AKT activation could help to predict response to FGFR1 inhibition and combination with AKT inhibitors might path the way for an effective therapy of FGFR1 dependent lung cancer patients in case of treatment resistance.
Project description:Summary: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Cell Line Keywords: Logical Set cDNA microarrays from the Stanford Functional Genomics Facility were used to perform array based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) analysis on 52 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and 76 NSCLC tumors (36 adenocarcinomas including 2 metastases, and 40 squamous cell carcinomas including 1 metastasis). In addition, this dataset includes 6 immortalized and 3 non-immortalized lung epithelial cell lines and 1 male vs. female genomic DNA for hybridization control. Map positions for arrayed cDNA clones were assigned using the NCBI genome assembly, accessed through the UCSC genome browser database (NCBI Build 36). The most frequent focal DNA amplification not associated with a previously known oncogene occurred at cytoband 14q13.3 where TITF1 resides. The sample labeled normal is a "Normal male vs.female DNA" comparison; the samples: SAEC, HBEC3-UI, HBEC5-UI, HBEC2-KT, HBEC3-KT, HBEC4-KT, HBEC5-KT, HBEC2-E, BEAS-2B are Normal lung epithelial cell lines; samples starting with L are all Lung tumor samples and all the rest are Lung cancer cell lines. Computed
Project description:Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Project description:Summary: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Cell Line Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Cell Line Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE9994: Genomic profiling identifies TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene amplified in lung cancer: Expression Arrays GSE10025: Genomic profiling identifies TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene amplified in lung cancer: aCGH Arrays Keywords: SuperSeries Refer to individual Series
Project description:Amplification of chromosomal region 8p11-12 is a frequent genetic alteration implicated in the etiology of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). Here we identify the H3K36 methyltransferase NSD3 (nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 3), an 8p11-12-localized gene, as a key regulator of LUSC tumorigenesis. We identify NSD3T1232A as an LUSC-associated variant that increases H3K36 dimethylation (H3K36me2) catalytic activity in vitro and in vivo. NSD3T1232A expression in vivo in LUSC mouse models accelerates tumorigenesis and decreases overall survival. Pathologic generation of H3K36me2 by NSD3T1232A rewires the chromatin landscape to promote oncogenic gene expression programming. Together, our work identifies NSD3 as a principal 8p11-12 amplicon-associated oncogenic driver in LUSC and suggests that NSD3-dependency renders LUSC therapeutically vulnerable to BETi. Here we report the application of Cut and Run technology for high-throughput prolifiling of histone modiifcations in mouse tumor-derived cell lines. We found NSD3 loss leads to decrase of histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation over gene body regions and intergenic regions, while histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation is increased over these regions. We also reported that NSD3 depletion mainly down-regulates the expression of genes in PI3K-Akt-mTORC1 pathway and Myc targets through total RNA-seq.
Project description:Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, where the amplification of oncogenes contributes to tumorigenesis. Genomic profiling of 128 lung cancer cell lines and tumors revealed frequent focal DNA amplification at cytoband 14q13.3, a locus not amplified in other tumor types. The smallest region of recurrent amplification spanned the homeobox transcription factor TITF1 (also known as NKX2-1), previously linked to normal lung development and function. When amplified, TITF1 exhibited increased expression at both the RNA and protein level. siRNA-mediated knockdown of TITF1 in lung cancer cell lines with amplification led to reduced cell proliferation, manifested by both decreased cell-cycle progression and increased apoptosis. Our findings indicate that TITF1 amplification and overexpression contribute to lung cancer cell proliferation rates and survival, and implicate TITF1 as a lineage-specific oncogene in lung cancer. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Cell Line Keywords: Logical Set cDNA microarrays from the Stanford Functional Genomics Facility were used to perform gene expression profiling on 33 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines, 1 immortalized and 2 non-immortalized lung epithelial cell lines. Mann-Whitney U-Test (p=0.046) was performed to demonstrate that TITF1 increased expression was correlated with TITF1 gene amplification (as shown by aCGH analysis). NHBEC, SAEC and BEAS-2B are Normal lung epithelial cell lines, the others are Lung cancer cell lines Using regression correlation
Project description:Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive lung tumor subtype. We conducted integrated analysis of genome sequencing, transcriptome, and copy number analysis and found an extremely high mutation rate of 7.4±1 protein-changing mutations per million basepairs. Evidence for inactivation of TP53 and RB1 was found in all sequenced cases. Furthermore, we identified recurrent mutations in CREBBP, EP300, and MLL, observed mutations in PTEN, in SLIT2, and EPHA7, as well as focal amplifications of the FGFR1 locus. As a major feature of SCLC we found mutation in histone modifying genes, observed genome alterations that are therapeutically tractable, and provide a framework for identifying biologically relevant genes in the context of a high mutation rate. Peifer et al., 2012, Nature Genetics.