Abstract 4972: High-throughput functional profiling of dedifferentiated liposarcoma cell lines

Autor: Michael Okamoto, Barbara A. Weir, Aimee M. Crago, Samuel Singer, Shantanu Banerji, Marc Ladanyi, Matthew Meyerson, Jordi Barretina, Abbie M. Frederick, David E. Root, Glenn S. Cowley
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Cancer Research. 71:4972-4972
ISSN: 1538-7445
0008-5472
Popis: We previously profiled several adult soft-tissue sarcoma subtypes using sequencing, copy number analysis, and gene expression arrays. This high-throughput genetic profiling revealed dozens of candidate genes deserving of further functional validation. To prioritize genes, we performed a pooled shRNA screen to identify essential genes in liposarcoma. Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLS) served as a model for this approach as multiple robust cell lines are available. Five DDLS cell lines (DDLS8817, LPS141, FU-DDLS-1, RDD8107, and LP6) were infected with a pool of 54,020 lentiviral shRNAs targeting ∼11,000 genes (median 5 shRNAs per gene) and passaged for 16 doublings. DNA was extracted and hairpin sequences were PCR amplified and hybridized to a custom microarray that interrogates all shRNAs in the pool. shRNAs were ranked according to their differential abundance between early and late passages. Genes corresponding to the most significantly depleted shRNAs are presumed to affect cell proliferation and are candidate oncogenes. We compared the pattern of hairpin depletion in the DDLS cell lines to a panel of over 60 cell lines representing other common cancers screened with the same pooled shRNA library. The 5 DDLS cell lines clustered into 3 distinct groups. Only one gene appeared to be essential in all 3 groups: WWTR1 (TAZ1), a master-regulator of adipocyte differentiation. Twenty-eight genes appeared essential in at least two DDLS groups including MDM2 and ZBTB2, both reported to negatively regulate the tumor suppressor gene TP53. Low-throughput in vitro experiments have confirmed that WWTR1 knockdown using two shRNA clones inhibits LPS141 proliferation by 78 and 75% after 4 days as compared to scramble (p=0.004 and 0.06 respectively). Our complementary genome-scaled functional screen has confirmed a known oncogene in DDLS and revealed additional candidate genes that appear to have a role in proliferation. Further integration of existing datasets may nominate additional genes essential for liposarcoma pathogenesis. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2011 Apr 2-6; Orlando, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4972. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2011-4972
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