ARID1A-deficient cells require HDAC6 for progression of endometrial carcinoma

AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 1A (ARID1A) loss-of-function mutation accompanied by a loss of ARID1A protein expression is frequently observed in endometrial carcinomas. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these genetic changes to the altered pathways regulating tumour initiatio...

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Autores: Megino-Luque, Cristina, Sisó Camarasa, Pol, Mota Martorell, Natàlia, Navaridas Fernández de Bobadilla, Raúl, de la Rosa, Inés, Urdanibia, Izaskun, Albertí Valls, Manel, Santacana Espasa, Maria, Pinyol, Miquel, Bonifaci, Núria, Macià Armengol, Anna, Llobet Navàs, David, Gatius Calderó, Sònia, Matias-Guiu, Xavier, Eritja Sánchez, Núria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/73246
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.13193
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/73246
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ACY1215
ARID1A
HDAC6
Endometrial cancer
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Sumario:AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 1A (ARID1A) loss-of-function mutation accompanied by a loss of ARID1A protein expression is frequently observed in endometrial carcinomas. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these genetic changes to the altered pathways regulating tumour initiation, maintenance and/or progression remain poorly understood. Thus, the main aim of this study was to analyse the role of ARID1A loss of function in endometrial tumorigenesis. Here, using different endometrial in vitro and in vivo models, such as tumoral cell lines, 3D primary cultures and metastatic or genetically modified mouse models, we show that altered expression of ARID1A is not enough to initiate endometrial tumorigenesis. However, in an established endometrial cancer context, ARID1A loss of function accelerates tumoral progression and metastasis through the disruption of the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint and ATM/ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoints, increases epithelial cell proliferation rates and induces epithelial mesenchymal transition through the activation of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). Next, we demonstrated that the inhibition of HDAC6 function, using the HDAC6-specific inhibitor ACY1215 or by transfection with HDAC6 short hairpin RNA (shRNA), can reverse the migratory and invasive phenotype of ARID1A-knockdown cells. Further, we also show that inhibition of HDAC6 activity causes an apoptotic vulnerability to etoposide treatments in ARID1A-deficient cells. In summary, the findings exposed in this work indicate that the inhibition of HDAC6 activity is a potential therapeutic strategy for patients suffering from ARID1A-mutant endometrial cancer diagnosed in advanced stages.