Loss of Kmt2cor Kmt2ddrives brain metastasis via KDM6A-dependent upregulation of MMP3

Autor: Seehawer, Marco, Li, Zheqi, Nishida, Jun, Foidart, Pierre, Reiter, Andrew H., Rojas-Jimenez, Ernesto, Goyette, Marie-Anne, Yan, Pengze, Raval, Shaunak, Munoz Gomez, Miguel, Cejas, Paloma, Long, Henry W., Papanastasiou, Malvina, Polyak, Kornelia
Zdroj: Nature Cell Biology; 20240101, Issue: Preprints p1-11, 11p
Abstrakt: KMT2Cand KMT2D, encoding histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases, are among the most commonly mutated genes in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, how these mutations may shape epigenomic and transcriptomic landscapes to promote tumorigenesis is largely unknown. Here we describe that deletion of Kmt2cor Kmt2din non-metastatic murine models of TNBC drives metastasis, especially to the brain. Global chromatin profiling and chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing revealed altered H3K4me1, H3K27ac and H3K27me3 chromatin marks in knockout cells and demonstrated enhanced binding of the H3K27me3 lysine demethylase KDM6A, which significantly correlated with gene expression. We identified Mmp3as being commonly upregulated via epigenetic mechanisms in both knockout models. Consistent with these findings, samples from patients with KMT2C-mutant TNBC have higher MMP3levels. Downregulation or pharmacological inhibition of KDM6A diminished Mmp3upregulation induced by the loss of histone–lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (KMT2) and prevented brain metastasis similar to direct downregulation of Mmp3. Taken together, we identified the KDM6A–matrix metalloproteinase 3 axis as a key mediator of KMT2C/D loss-driven metastasis in TNBC.
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