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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Oncogenic hijacking of a developmental transcription factor evokes vulnerability toward oxidative stress in Ewing sarcoma |
| Creators Name: | Marchetto, A., Ohmura, S., Orth, M.F., Knott, M.M.L., Colombo, M.V., Arrigoni, C., Bardinet, V., Saucier, D., Wehweck, F.S., Li, J., Stein, S., Gerke, J.S., Baldauf, M.C., Musa, J., Dallmayer, M., Romero-Pérez, L., Hölting, T.L.B., Amatruda, J.F., Cossarizza, A., Henssen, A.G., Kirchner, T., Moretti, M., Cidre-Aranaz, F., Sannino, G. and Grünewald, T.G.P. |
| Abstract: | Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is an aggressive childhood cancer likely originating from mesenchymal stem cells or osteo-chondrogenic progenitors. It is characterized by fusion oncoproteins involving EWSR1 and variable members of the ETS-family of transcription factors (in 85% FLI1). EWSR1-FLI1 can induce target genes by using GGAA-microsatellites as enhancers.Here, we show that EWSR1-FLI1 hijacks the developmental transcription factor SOX6 - a physiological driver of proliferation of osteo-chondrogenic progenitors - by binding to an intronic GGAA-microsatellite, which promotes EwS growth in vitro and in vivo. Through integration of transcriptome-profiling, published drug-screening data, and functional in vitro and in vivo experiments including 3D and PDX models, we discover that constitutively high SOX6 expression promotes elevated levels of oxidative stress that create a therapeutic vulnerability toward the oxidative stress-inducing drug Elesclomol.Collectively, our results exemplify how aberrant activation of a developmental transcription factor by a dominant oncogene can promote malignancy, but provide opportunities for targeted therapy. |
| Keywords: | Bone Neoplasms, Cell Proliferation, Chondrocytes, DNA Methylation, Ewing Sarcoma, Fusion Oncogene Proteins, Genetic Enhancer Elements, Gene Expression Profiling, HEK293 Cells, Hydrazines, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Microsatellite Repeats, Mitochondria, Neoplastic Gene Expression Regulation, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Oncogenes, Oxidative Stress, RNA Interference, Sarcoma, SOXD Transcription Factors, Tumor Cell Line, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 2423 |
| Date: | 15 May 2020 |
| Additional Information: | Erratum in: Nature 11(1): 6068. |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16244-2 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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