Abstract
Metastatic prostate cancer is characterized by recurrent genomic copy number alterations that are presumed to contribute to resistance to hormone therapy. We identified CHD1 loss as a cause of antiandrogen resistance in an in vivo small hairpin RNA (shRNA) screen of 730 genes deleted in prostate cancer. ATAC-seq and RNA-seq analyses showed that CHD1 loss resulted in global changes in open and closed chromatin with associated transcriptomic changes. Integrative analysis of this data, together with CRISPR-based functional screening, identified four transcription factors (NR3C1, POU3F2, NR2F1, and TBX2) that contribute to antiandrogen resistance, with associated activation of non-luminal lineage programs. Thus, CHD1 loss results in chromatin dysregulation, thereby establishing a state of transcriptional plasticity that enables the emergence of antiandrogen resistance through heterogeneous mechanisms.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 584-598.e11 |
Journal | Cancer Cell |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 13 Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- CHD1
- NR2F1
- NR3C1 (GR)
- POU3F2 (BRN2)
- TBX2
- antiandrogen resistantce
- castration-resistant prostate cancer
- chromatin remodeling
- lineage plasticity
- tumor heterogeneity