Re-expression of SMARCA4/BRG1 in Small Cell Carcinoma of Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type (SCCOHT) promotes an epithelial-like gene signature through an AP-1-dependent mechanism

  1. Krystal Ann Orlando
  2. Amber K Douglas
  3. Aierken Abudu
  4. Yemin Wang
  5. Basile Tessier-Cloutier
  6. Weiping Su
  7. Alec Peters
  8. Larry S Sherman
  9. Rayvon Moore
  10. Vinh Nguyen
  11. Gian Luca Negri
  12. Shane Colborne
  13. Gregg B Morin
  14. Friedrich Kommoss
  15. Jessica D Lang
  16. William PD Hendricks
  17. Elizabeth A Raupach
  18. Patrick Pirrotte
  19. David G Huntsman
  20. Jeffrey M Trent
  21. Joel S Parker
  22. Jesse R Raab  Is a corresponding author
  23. Bernard E Weissman  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
  2. Michigan State University, United States
  3. University of British Columnia, Canada
  4. Oregon Health & Science University, United States
  5. British Columbia Cancer Agency, Canada
  6. Synlab MVZ Pathologie, Germany
  7. Translational Genomics Research Institute, United States
  8. British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Canada

Abstract

Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. SCCOHT tumors have inactivating mutations in SMARCA4 (BRG1), one of the two mutually exclusive ATPases of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex. To address the role that BRG1 loss plays in SCCOHT tumorigenesis, we performed integrative multi-omic analyses in SCCOHT cell lines +/- BRG1 re-expression. BRG1 re-expression induced a gene and protein signature similar to an epithelial cell and gained chromatin accessibility sites correlated with other epithelial originating TCGA tumors. Gained chromatin accessibility and BRG1 recruited sites were strongly enriched for transcription factor binding motifs of AP-1 family members. Furthermore, AP-1 motifs were enriched at the promoters of highly upregulated epithelial genes. Using a dominant negative AP-1 cell line, we found that both AP-1 DNA binding activity and BRG1 re-expression are necessary for the gene and protein expression of epithelial genes. Our study demonstrates that BRG1 re-expression drives an epithelial-like gene and protein signature in SCCOHT cells that depends upon by AP-1 activity.

Data availability

Raw fastq files and processed data have been deposited in Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database with the accession number: GSE151026. Proteomics data was deposited in PRIDE database (accession #PXD014134).

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  1. Krystal Ann Orlando

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  2. Amber K Douglas

    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  3. Aierken Abudu

    Department of Mirobiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
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  4. Yemin Wang

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columnia, Vancouver, Canada
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  5. Basile Tessier-Cloutier

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columnia, Vancouver, Canada
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  6. Weiping Su

    Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, United States
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  7. Alec Peters

    Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, United States
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  8. Larry S Sherman

    Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, United States
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  9. Rayvon Moore

    Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  10. Vinh Nguyen

    Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  11. Gian Luca Negri

    Michael Smith Genome Science Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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  12. Shane Colborne

    Michael Smith Genome Science Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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  13. Gregg B Morin

    Genome Sciences, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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  14. Friedrich Kommoss

    Institute of Pathology, Synlab MVZ Pathologie, Mannheim, Germany
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  15. Jessica D Lang

    Division of Integrated Cancer Genomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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  16. William PD Hendricks

    Division of Integrated Cancer Genomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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  17. Elizabeth A Raupach

    Division of Integrated Cancer Genomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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  18. Patrick Pirrotte

    Collaborative Center for Translational Mass Spectrometry, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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  19. David G Huntsman

    British Columbia Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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  20. Jeffrey M Trent

    Division of Integrated Cancer Genomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, United States
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  21. Joel S Parker

    Department of Genetics; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  22. Jesse R Raab

    Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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    jesse_raab@med.unc.edu
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  23. Bernard E Weissman

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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    weissman@med.unc.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R01CA195670)

  • David G Huntsman
  • Jeffrey M Trent
  • Bernard E Weissman

National Institutes of Health (P30CA016086)

  • Joel S Parker

National Institutes of Health (T32ES007126)

  • Vinh Nguyen

Department of Defense (W81XWH-19-1-0423)

  • Jesse R Raab

National Institutes of Health (P51 OD 011092)

  • Larry S Sherman

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Maureen E Murphy, The Wistar Institute, United States

Version history

  1. Received: May 19, 2020
  2. Accepted: December 22, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 23, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: January 18, 2021 (version 2)

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© 2020, Orlando et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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  1. Krystal Ann Orlando
  2. Amber K Douglas
  3. Aierken Abudu
  4. Yemin Wang
  5. Basile Tessier-Cloutier
  6. Weiping Su
  7. Alec Peters
  8. Larry S Sherman
  9. Rayvon Moore
  10. Vinh Nguyen
  11. Gian Luca Negri
  12. Shane Colborne
  13. Gregg B Morin
  14. Friedrich Kommoss
  15. Jessica D Lang
  16. William PD Hendricks
  17. Elizabeth A Raupach
  18. Patrick Pirrotte
  19. David G Huntsman
  20. Jeffrey M Trent
  21. Joel S Parker
  22. Jesse R Raab
  23. Bernard E Weissman
(2020)
Re-expression of SMARCA4/BRG1 in Small Cell Carcinoma of Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type (SCCOHT) promotes an epithelial-like gene signature through an AP-1-dependent mechanism
eLife 9:e59073.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59073

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