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Lamin B1 loss promotes lung cancer development and metastasis by epigenetic derepression of RET


AutorenlisteJia, Yanhan; Vong, Joaquim Si-Long; Asafova, Alina; Garvalov, Boyan K.; Caputo, Luca; Cordero, Julio; Singh, Anshu; Boettger, Thomas; Guenther, Stefan; Fink, Ludger; Acker, Till; Barreto, Guillermo; Seeger, Werner; Braun, Thomas; Savai, Rajkumar; Dobreva, Gergana

Jahr der Veröffentlichung2019

Seiten1377-1395

ZeitschriftJournal of Experimental Medicine

Bandnummer216

Heftnummer6

ISSN0022-1007

eISSN1540-9538

Open Access StatusHybrid

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181394

VerlagRockefeller University Press


Abstract
Although abnormal nuclear structure is an important criterion for cancer diagnostics, remarkably little is known about its relationship to tumor development. Here we report that loss of lamin B1, a determinant of nuclear architecture, plays a key role in lung cancer. We found that lamin B1 levels were reduced in lung cancer patients. Lamin B1 silencing in lung epithelial cells promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cell migration, tumor growth, and metastasis. Mechanistically, we show that lamin B1 recruits the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to alter the H3K27me3 landscape and repress genes involved in cell migration and signaling. In particular, epigenetic derepression of the RET proto-oncogene by loss of PRC2 recruitment, and activation of the RET/p38 signaling axis, play a crucial role in mediating the malignant phenotype upon lamin B1 disruption. Importantly, loss of a single lamin B1 allele induced spontaneous lung tumor formation and RET activation. Thus, lamin B1 acts as a tumor suppressor in lung cancer, linking aberrant nuclear structure and epigenetic patterning with malignancy.



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Harvard-ZitierstilJia, Y., Vong, J., Asafova, A., Garvalov, B., Caputo, L., Cordero, J., et al. (2019) Lamin B1 loss promotes lung cancer development and metastasis by epigenetic derepression of RET, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 216(6), pp. 1377-1395. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181394

APA-ZitierstilJia, Y., Vong, J., Asafova, A., Garvalov, B., Caputo, L., Cordero, J., Singh, A., Boettger, T., Guenther, S., Fink, L., Acker, T., Barreto, G., Seeger, W., Braun, T., Savai, R., & Dobreva, G. (2019). Lamin B1 loss promotes lung cancer development and metastasis by epigenetic derepression of RET. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 216(6), 1377-1395. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181394



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