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The TRRAP transcription cofactor represses interferon-stimulated genes in colorectal cancer cells

  1. Dylane Detilleux
  2. Peggy Raynaud  Is a corresponding author
  3. Berengere Pradet-Balade  Is a corresponding author
  4. Dominique Helmlinger  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Montpellier, CNRS, France
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69705
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  1. Dylane Detilleux
  2. Peggy Raynaud
  3. Berengere Pradet-Balade
  4. Dominique Helmlinger
(2022)
The TRRAP transcription cofactor represses interferon-stimulated genes in colorectal cancer cells
eLife 11:e69705.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69705
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Abstract

Transcription is essential for cells to respond to signaling cues and involves factors with multiple distinct activities. One such factor, TRRAP, functions as part of two large complexes, SAGA and TIP60, which have crucial roles during transcription activation. Structurally, TRRAP belongs to the PIKK family but is the only member classified as a pseudokinase. Recent studies established that a dedicated HSP90 co-chaperone, the TTT complex, is essential for PIKK stabilization and activity. Here, using endogenous auxin-inducible degron alleles, we show that the TTT subunit TELO2 promotes TRRAP assembly into SAGA and TIP60 in human colorectal cancer cells (CRC). Transcriptomic analysis revealed that TELO2 contributes to TRRAP regulatory roles in CRC cells, most notably of MYC target genes. Surprisingly, TELO2 and TRRAP depletion also induced the expression of type I interferon genes. Using a combination of nascent RNA, antibody-targeted chromatin profiling (CUT&RUN), ChIP, and kinetic analyses, we propose a model by which TRRAP directly represses the transcription of IRF9, which encodes a master regulator of interferon stimulated genes. We have therefore uncovered an unexpected transcriptional repressor role for TRRAP, which we propose contributes to its tumorigenic activity.

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  1. Dylane Detilleux

    CRBM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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  2. Peggy Raynaud

    CRBM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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  3. Berengere Pradet-Balade

    CRBM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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  4. Dominique Helmlinger

    CRBM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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    dhelmlinger@crbm.cnrs.fr
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Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (PJA-20181208277)

  • Dominique Helmlinger

Institut National Du Cancer (PLBIO 2016-161)

  • Berengere Pradet-Balade
  • Dominique Helmlinger

Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (Graduate Student Fellowship)

  • Dylane Detilleux

Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (Comité Hérault)

  • Peggy Raynaud

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  1. Dylane Detilleux
  2. Peggy Raynaud
  3. Berengere Pradet-Balade
  4. Dominique Helmlinger
(2022)
The TRRAP transcription cofactor represses interferon-stimulated genes in colorectal cancer cells
eLife 11:e69705.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69705

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