Ezh2 promotes mammary tumor initiation through epigenetic regulation of the Wnt and mTORC1 signaling pathways.

Autor:	Liu L; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Xiao B; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Hirukawa A; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Smith HW; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Zuo D; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Sanguin-Gendreau V; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., McCaffrey L; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A0G4, Canada., Nam AJ; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada., Muller WJ; Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2023 Aug 15; Vol. 120 (33), pp. e2303010120. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 07.
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.2303010120
Abstrakt:	The regulation of gene expression through histone posttranslational modifications plays a crucial role in breast cancer progression. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the contribution of histone modification to tumor initiation remain unclear. To gain a deeper understanding of the role of the histone modifier Enhancer of Zeste homology 2 (Ezh2) in the early stages of mammary tumor progression, we employed an inducible mammary organoid system bearing conditional Ezh2 alleles that faithfully recapitulates key events of luminal B breast cancer initiation. We showed that the loss of Ezh2 severely impairs oncogene-induced organoid growth, with Ezh2-deficient organoids maintaining a polarized epithelial phenotype. Transcriptomic profiling showed that Ezh2-deficient mammary epithelial cells up-regulated the expression of negative regulators of Wnt signaling and down-regulated genes involved in mTORC1 (mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1) signaling. We identified Sfrp1 , a Wnt signaling suppressor, as an Ezh2 target gene that is derepressed and expressed in Ezh2-deficient epithelium. Furthermore, an analysis of breast cancer data revealed that Sfrp1 expression was associated with favorable clinical outcomes in luminal B breast cancer patients. Finally, we confirmed that targeting Ezh2 impairs mTORC1 activity through an indirect mechanism that up-regulates the expression of the tumor suppressor Pten. These findings indicate that Ezh2 integrates the mTORC1 and Wnt signaling pathways during early mammary tumor progression, arguing that inhibiting Ezh2 or therapeutically targeting Ezh2-dependent programs could be beneficial for the treatment of early-stage luminal B breast cancer.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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