Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies new genes and pathways driving tumorigenesis

Rahrmann, Eric P.; Watson, Adrienne L.; Keng, Vincent W.; Choi, Kwangmin; Moriarity, Branden S.; Beckmann, Dominic A.; Wolf, Natalie K.; Sarver, Aaron L.; Collins, Margaret H.; Moertel, Christopher L.; Wallace, Margaret R.; Gel, Bernat; Serra, Eduard; Ratner, Nancy; Largaespada, David A.

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“…In addition, in many cases, only a single transposon insertion was present at a CCG in tumor cells, suggesting that many CCGs are functioning as haploinsufficient TSGs. This is similar to what has been observed in other SB mutagenesis screens performed in solid tumors (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26).…”

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“…Identification of Trunk Driver Genes. Most CCGs identified by SB mutagenesis are thought to function during late stages of tumor progression (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). To identify the CCGs that function early in mammary tumor development, we selected transposon insertion sites represented by the highest number of sequencing reads (SB insertions in the CCG in ≥3 tumors with ≥9 reads per tumor), arguing that these insertions would be present in the largest number of tumor cells.…”

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“…New technologies that would provide a more complete understanding of the genetics of TNBC are still needed to deconvolute the complexity of this deadly cancer. Our laboratory and others have pioneered the use of transposon mutagenesis in mice as a tool for cancer gene discovery (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). Transposons induce cancer by randomly inserting into the mouse genome, mutating, and disrupting potential cancer genes.…”

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Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes that cooperate with mutant Pten in breast cancer progression

Rangel

Lee

Ban

et al. 2016

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

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has the worst prognosis of any breast cancer subtype. To better understand the genetic forces driving TNBC, we performed a transposon mutagenesis screen in a phosphatase and tensin homolog (Pten) mutant mice and identified 12 candidate trunk drivers and a much larger number of progression genes. Validation studies identified eight TNBC tumor suppressor genes, including the GATA-like transcriptional repressor TRPS1. Down-regulation of TRPS1 in TNBC cells promoted epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by deregulating multiple EMT pathway genes, in addition to increasing the expression of SERPINE1 and SERPINB2 and the subsequent migration, invasion, and metastasis of tumor cells. Transposon mutagenesis has thus provided a better understanding of the genetic forces driving TNBC and discovered genes with potential clinical importance in TNBC.Sleeping Beauty | breast cancer | TRPS1 | metastasis | tumor suppressors B reast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) network has classified breast cancer into four main subtypes: luminal A, luminal B, HER2+, and basal-like (1-5). Basal-like or triplenegative breast cancer (TNBC) constitutes 10-20% of all breast cancers and has a higher rate of distal recurrence and a poorer prognosis than other breast cancer subtypes. Less than 30% of women with metastatic TNBC survive 5 y and almost all die from their disease despite adjuvant chemotherapy (1, 3-5). Mutations, rearrangements, or deletions in highly penetrant genes such as BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, CDH1, STK11, and PTEN are important drivers of TNBC (6-8). PTEN is a dual-specificity phosphatase that antagonizes the PI3K/AKT pathway through its lipid phosphatase activity and negatively regulates the MAPK pathway through its protein phosphatase activity (9, 10). Mutations in PTEN drive epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and promote metastasis in TNBC (11-13). Similarly, in mice, heterozygous deletion of Pten induces mammary tumors with basal-like characteristics (14)(15)(16)(17).Despite all of the cancer genome-sequencing efforts, there is still an incomplete understanding of the genes and genetic networks driving TNBC. New technologies that would provide a more complete understanding of the genetics of TNBC are still needed to deconvolute the complexity of this deadly cancer. Our laboratory and others have pioneered the use of transposon mutagenesis in mice as a tool for cancer gene discovery (18-26). Transposons induce cancer by randomly inserting into the mouse genome, mutating, and disrupting potential cancer genes. Transposon insertions in tumors thus serve as molecular tags for the high-throughput cloning and identification of cancer genes. In addition, because transposon insertions are PCR-amplified before they are sequenced, insertional mutations in cancer genes that are present in only a small fraction of tumor cells can be identified. Transposon mutagenesis can thus identify genes that are functioning at th...

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Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes that cooperate with mutant Pten in breast cancer progression

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“…101 Examination of the common integration sites in 269 neurofibromas and 106 MPNSTs identified 695 and 87 genes, respectively, that were recurrently present in these tumors; 37 of these genes were detected in both neurofibromas and MPNSTs. Intriguingly, tumor suppressor genes predominated in these neoplasms, with 67 potential tumor suppressor genes and 20 candidate oncogenes identified.…”

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The Challenge of Cancer Genomics in Rare Nervous System Neoplasms

Carroll

2016

The American Journal of Pathology

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Comprehensive genomic analyses of common nervous system cancers provide new insights into their pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Although analogous studies of rare nervous system tumors are needed, there are major barriers to performing such studies. Cross-species comparative oncogenomics, identifying driver mutations in mouse cancer models and validating them in human tumors, is a promising alternative. Although still in its infancy, this approach is being applied to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), rare Schwann cellederived malignancies that occur sporadically, after radiotherapy, and in neurofibromatosis type 1. Studies of human neurofibromatosis type 1eassociated tumors suggest that NF1 tumor suppressor loss in Schwann cells triggers cell-autonomous and intercellular changes, resulting in development of benign neurofibromas; subsequent neurofibroma-MPNST progression is caused by aberrant growth factor signaling and mutations affecting the p16 INK4A -cyclin D1-CDK4-Rb and p19 ARF -Mdm2-p53 cell cycle pathways. Mice with Nf1, Trp53, and/or Cdkn2a mutations that overexpress the Schwann cell mitogen neuregulin-1 or overexpress the epidermal growth factor receptor validate observations in human tumors and, to various degrees, model human tumorigenesis. Genomic analyses of MPNSTs arising in neuregulin-1 and epidermal growth factor receptor-overexpressing mice and forward genetic screens with Sleeping Beauty transposons implicate additional signaling cascades in MPNST pathogenesis. These studies confirm the utility of mouse models for MPNST driver gene discovery and provide new insights into the complexity of MPNST pathogenesis. (Am J Pathol 2016, 186: 464e477; http://dx

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“…High-throughput whole-genome analysis with microarrays has provided the most insight into new therapeutic options by revealing patterns or molecular signatures common in MPNSTs that are not present in benign neurofibromas, that is, copy number variations and gene expression changes (15,16). It has been previously determined that the HGF, MET, and PDGFRA genes are frequently amplified in MPNSTs (15,17).…”

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STAT3 and HIF1α Signaling Drives Oncogenic Cellular Phenotypes in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

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Dodd

Thomas

et al. 2015

Molecular Cancer Research

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Therapeutic options are limited for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-associated malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) and clinical trials using drug agents have so far been unsuccessful. This lack of clinical success is likely attributed to high levels of intratumoral molecular heterogeneity and variations in signal transduction within MPNSTs. To better explore the variance of malignant signaling properties within heterogeneous MPNSTs, four MPNST cell lines (ST8814, S462, S1844.1, and S1507.2) were used. The data demonstrate that small-molecule inhibition of the MET proto-oncogene and mTOR had variable outcome when preventing wound healing, cell migration, and invasion, with the S462 cells being highly resistant to both. Of interest, targeted inhibition of the STAT3 transcription factor suppressed wound healing, cell migration, invasion, and tumor formation in all four MPNST lines, which demonstrates that unlike MET and mTOR, STAT3 functions as a common driver of tumorigenesis in NF1-MPNSTs. Of clinical importance, STAT3 knockdown was sufficient to block the expression of hypoxiainducible factor (HIF)1a, HIF2a, and VEGF-A in all four MPNST lines. Finally, the data demonstrate that wound healing, cell migration, invasion, and tumor formation through STAT3 are highly dependent on HIF signaling, where knockdown of HIF1a ablated these oncogenic facets of STAT3.Implications: This research reveals that aberrant STAT3 and HIF1a activity drives tumor progression in MPNSTs, indicating that inhibition of the STAT3/HIF1a/VEGF-A signaling axis is a viable treatment strategy.

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Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies new genes and pathways driving tumorigenesis

Cited by 142 publications

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Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes that cooperate with mutant Pten in breast cancer progression

Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes that cooperate with mutant Pten in breast cancer progression

The Challenge of Cancer Genomics in Rare Nervous System Neoplasms

STAT3 and HIF1α Signaling Drives Oncogenic Cellular Phenotypes in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

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