EGFR Mutation Promotes Glioblastoma through Epigenome and Transcription Factor Network Remodeling

Liu, Feng; Hon, Gary C.; Villa, Genaro R.; Turner, Kristen M.; Ikegami, Shiro; Yang, Huijun; Ye, Zhen; Li, Bin; Kuan, Samantha; Lee, Ah Young; Zanca, Ciro; Wei, Bowen; Lucey, Greg; Jenkins, David; Zhang, Wei; Barr, Cathy L.; Furnari, Frank B.; Cloughesy, Timothy F.; Yong, William H.; Gahman, Timothy C.; Shiau, Andrew K.; Cavenee, Webster K.; Ren, Bing; Mischel, Paul S.

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2015.09.002

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“…Accumulating preclinical evidence has attributed an important function of EGFRvIII-expressing glioblastoma cells in driving tumor heterogeneity and progression by promoting glioma cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, stemness, and therapy resistance in different model systems (36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43). In addition, several therapeutic approaches targeting overexpressed wild type EGFR protein or specifically EGFRvIII have already entered, or are about to enter clinical evaluation, including peptide-based vaccines (44)(45)(46), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells (47,48), as well as anti-EGFR antibodybased approaches (22,49,50).…”

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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III (EGFRvIII) Positivity in EGFR-Amplified Glioblastomas: Prognostic Role and Comparison between Primary and Recurrent Tumors

Felsberg¹,

Hentschel²,

Kaulich³

et al. 2017

Clin Cancer Res

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Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III (EGFRvIII) Positivity in EGFR-Amplified Glioblastomas: Prognostic Role and Comparison between Primary and Recurrent Tumors

Felsberg¹,

Hentschel²,

Kaulich³

et al. 2017

Clin Cancer Res

159

105

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“…In our experiments, we set out to use patient-derived tumor cells with genetically defined malignancy drivers for siRNA targeting. Given that intratumoral heterogeneity is likely unavoidable (49,64,65), subpopulations of BTICs independent of TFs within the tumor would likely overtake the growth even if siRNA combination therapies are effective in suppressing the BTIC populations dependent on TFs (66,67). This likelihood leads to the prospect of further combined targeting of adaptive malignancy drivers in response to TF suppression as an additional strategy toward personalized precision medicine.…”

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Multiplexed RNAi therapy against brain tumor-initiating cells via lipopolymeric nanoparticle infusion delays glioblastoma progression

Khan

Suvà

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Brain tumor-initiating cells (BTICs) have been identified as key contributors to therapy resistance, recurrence, and progression of diffuse gliomas, particularly glioblastoma (GBM). BTICs are elusive therapeutic targets that reside across the blood-brain barrier, underscoring the urgent need to develop novel therapeutic strategies. Additionally, intratumoral heterogeneity and adaptations to therapeutic pressure by BTICs impede the discovery of effective anti-BTIC therapies and limit the efficacy of individual gene targeting. Recent discoveries in the genetic and epigenetic determinants of BTIC tumorigenesis offer novel opportunities for RNAi-mediated targeting of BTICs. Here we show that BTIC growth arrest in vitro and in vivo is accomplished via concurrent siRNA knockdown of four transcription factors (SOX2, OLIG2, SALL2, and POU3F2) that drive the proneural BTIC phenotype delivered by multiplexed siRNA encapsulation in the lipopolymeric nanoparticle 7C1. Importantly, we demonstrate that 7C1 nano-encapsulation of multiplexed RNAi is a viable BTICtargeting strategy when delivered directly in vivo in an established mouse brain tumor. Therapeutic potential was most evident via a convection-enhanced delivery method, which shows significant extension of median survival in two patient-derived BTIC xenograft mouse models of GBM. Our study suggests that there is potential advantage in multiplexed targeting strategies for BTICs and establishes a flexible nonviral gene therapy platform with the capacity to channel multiplexed RNAi schemes to address the challenges posed by tumor heterogeneity.siRNA | lipopolymeric nanoparticle | glioblastoma transcription factor | brain tumor-initiating cells | convection-enhanced delivery G lioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most challenging tumors to treat (1, 2). Despite decades of research and maximal clinical combination therapy encompassing surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation, the median life expectancy of patients has not been extended beyond 2 y after diagnosis (2). Increasing evidence suggests that the genetic, epigenetic, and signaling heterogeneity of GBM underlies the ineffectiveness of currently available therapeutics (1, 2). Additionally, therapeutic schemes devised to challenge brain tumor cells are frequently thwarted by insufficient delivery caused by pharmacokinetics, the blood-brain barrier (BBB), and an altered tumor microenvironment in which tumor-derived signaling recruits immunomodulatory cells and induces extracellular matrix remodeling to build safe harbors of tumorigenic niches (3-5). These obstacles call for tailored therapeutic strategies to counter tumor heterogeneity and overcome roadblocks in delivery. RNAi targeting drivers of tumorigenesis shows strong potential to supplement the development of traditional small-molecule pharmaceutics (6). However, delivery remains a key obstacle for efficient RNAi against tumor drivers (5,7,8). RNA-sequencing analysis of patient tissue combined with histology and in situ hybridization (Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Pro...

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“…In cancer, such master regulators are frequently located near "superenhancers" or "stretch-enhancers" marked by long stretches of H3K27ac signals (34,35). For example, subtype-specific genomic alterations such as EGFRvIII in glioblastoma (36) and EWS-FLI in Ewing sarcoma (37) induce de novo enhancers, causing reactivation of developmental master regulators required for self-renewal and lineage specification (36 41), the impact of these protein alterations at specific epigenomic loci remains unclear. Moreover, previous studies profiling histone modifications in ccRCCs have also been limited by small sample sizes (2 cases; ref.…”

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VHL Deficiency Drives Enhancer Activation of Oncogenes in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Protein-coding mutations in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) have been extensively characterized, frequently involving inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau ( VHL ) tumor suppressor. Roles for noncoding cis -regulatory aberrations in ccRCC tumorigenesis, however, remain unclear. Analyzing 10 primary tumor/normal pairs and 9 cell lines across 79 chromatin profi les, we observed pervasive enhancer malfunction in ccRCC, with cognate enhancer-target genes associated with tissue-specifi c aspects of malignancy. Superenhancer profi ling identifi ed ZNF395 as a ccRCCspecifi c and VHL-regulated master regulator whose depletion causes near-complete tumor elimination in vitro and in vivo . VHL loss predominantly drives enhancer/superenhancer deregulation more so than promoters, with acquisition of active enhancer marks (H3K27ac, H3K4me1) near ccRCC hallmark genes. Mechanistically, VHL loss stabilizes HIF2α-HIF1β heterodimer binding at enhancers, subsequently recruiting histone acetyltransferase p300 without overtly affecting preexisting promoter-enhancer interactions. Subtype-specifi c driver mutations such as VHL may thus propagate unique pathogenic dependencies in ccRCC by modulating epigenomic landscapes and cancer gene expression. SIGnIFICAnCE:Comprehensive epigenomic profi ling of ccRCC establishes a compendium of somatically altered cis -regulatory elements, uncovering new potential targets including ZNF395, a ccRCC master regulator. Loss of VHL , a ccRCC signature event, causes pervasive enhancer malfunction, with binding of enhancer-centric HIF2α and recruitment of histone acetyltransferase p300 at preexisting lineage-specifi c promoter-enhancer complexes. Cancer Discov; 7(11); 1284-305.

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EGFR Mutation Promotes Glioblastoma through Epigenome and Transcription Factor Network Remodeling

Cited by 164 publications

References 51 publications

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III (EGFRvIII) Positivity in EGFR-Amplified Glioblastomas: Prognostic Role and Comparison between Primary and Recurrent Tumors

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III (EGFRvIII) Positivity in EGFR-Amplified Glioblastomas: Prognostic Role and Comparison between Primary and Recurrent Tumors

Multiplexed RNAi therapy against brain tumor-initiating cells via lipopolymeric nanoparticle infusion delays glioblastoma progression

VHL Deficiency Drives Enhancer Activation of Oncogenes in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

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