Haploinsufficiency for NR3C1, the gene encoding the glucocorticoid receptor, in blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms.
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Date publication
juin 2016
Journal
Blood
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr CALLANAN Mary
Tous les auteurs :
Emadali A, Hoghoughi N, Duley S, Hajmirza A, Verhoeyen E, Cosset FL, Bertrand P, Roumier C, Roggy A, Suchaud-Martin C, Chauvet M, Bertrand S, Hamaidia S, Rousseaux S, Josserand V, Charles J, Templier I, Maeda T, Bruder-Costa J, Chaperot L, Plumas J, Jacob MC, Bonnefoix T, Park S, Gressin R, Tensen CP, Mecucci C, Macintyre E, Leroux D, Brambilla E, Nguyen-Khac F, Luquet I, Penther D, Bastard C, Jardin F, Lefebvre C, Garnache F, Callanan MB
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and highly aggressive leukemia for which knowledge on disease mechanisms and effective therapies are currently lacking. Only a handful of recurring genetic mutations have been identified and none is specific to BPDCN. In this study, through molecular cloning in an index case that presented a balanced t(3;5)(q21;q31) and molecular cytogenetic analyses in a further 46 cases, we identify monoallelic deletion of NR3C1 (5q31), encoding the glucocorticoid receptor (GCR), in 13 of 47 (28%) BPDCN patients. Targeted deep sequencing in 36 BPDCN cases, including 10 with NR3C1 deletion, did not reveal NR3C1 point mutations or indels. Haploinsufficiency for NR3C1 defined a subset of BPDCN with lowered GCR expression and extremely poor overall survival (P = .0006). Consistent with a role for GCR in tumor suppression, functional analyses coupled with gene expression profiling identified corticoresistance and loss-of-EZH2 function as major downstream consequences of NR3C1 deletion in BPDCN. Subsequently, more detailed analyses of the t(3;5)(q21;q31) revealed fusion of NR3C1 to a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) gene (lincRNA-3q) that encodes a novel, nuclear, noncoding RNA involved in the regulation of leukemia stem cell programs and G1/S transition, via E2F. Overexpression of lincRNA-3q was a consistent feature of malignant cells and could be abrogated by bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) protein inhibition. Taken together, this work points to NR3C1 as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor in a subset of BPDCN and identifies BET inhibition, acting at least partially via lncRNA blockade, as a novel treatment option in BPDCN.
Mots clés
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Dendritic Cells, metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic, Haploinsufficiency, Humans, Leukemia, genetics, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Invasiveness, RNA, Long Noncoding, genetics, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, chemistry, Skin Neoplasms, genetics, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Young Adult
Référence
Blood. 2016 06 16;127(24):3040-53