2024
ZNF397 Deficiency Triggers TET2-driven Lineage Plasticity and AR-Targeted Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer
Xu Y, Yang Y, Wang Z, Sjostrom M, Jiang Y, Tang Y, Cheng S, Deng S, Wang C, Gonzalez J, Johnson N, Li X, Li X, Metang L, Mukherji A, Xu Q, Tirado C, Wainwright G, Yu X, Barnes S, Hofstad M, Chen Y, Zhu H, Hanker A, Raj G, Zhu G, He H, Wang Z, Arteaga C, Liang H, Feng F, Wang Y, Wang T, Mu P. ZNF397 Deficiency Triggers TET2-driven Lineage Plasticity and AR-Targeted Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer. Cancer Discovery 2024, 14: 1496-1521. PMID: 38591846, PMCID: PMC11285331, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-23-0539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLineage plasticityTherapy resistanceProstate cancerCancer cellsAndrogen receptorResistance to AR-targeted therapiesLuminal lineageAR-targeted therapiesOvercome therapy resistanceTransition of cancer cellsEpigenetic regulatory machineryBona fide coactivatorTherapy responseAR signalingEpigenetic rewiringDrug resistanceTherapeutic strategiesEpigenetic reprogrammingProstateTherapyCancerPhenotypic plasticityRegulatory machineryAndrogenTranscriptional programs
2022
Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance
Deng S, Wang C, Wang Y, Xu Y, Li X, Johnson N, Mukherji A, Lo U, Xu L, Gonzalez J, Metang L, Ye J, Tirado C, Rodarte K, Zhou Y, Xie Z, Arana C, Annamalai V, Liu X, Vander Griend D, Strand D, Hsieh J, Li B, Raj G, Wang T, Mu P. Ectopic JAK–STAT activation enables the transition to a stem-like and multilineage state conferring AR-targeted therapy resistance. Nature Cancer 2022, 3: 1071-1087. PMID: 36065066, PMCID: PMC9499870, DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00431-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJAK-STAT activationJanus kinase (JAK)-signal transducerTherapy resistanceLineage plasticityTranscriptional programsJAK-STATAR-targeted therapiesLineage programsLineagesMolecular mechanismsTranscriptomic aberrationsPharmaceutical inhibitionProstate cancerTargeted therapyStem-likeTherapeutic targetTherapy
2020
Loss of CHD1 Promotes Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Resistance to AR-Targeted Therapy via Chromatin Dysregulation
Zhang Z, Zhou C, Li X, Barnes S, Deng S, Hoover E, Chen C, Lee Y, Zhang Y, Wang C, Metang L, Wu C, Tirado C, Johnson N, Wongvipat J, Navrazhina K, Cao Z, Choi D, Huang C, Linton E, Chen X, Liang Y, Mason C, de Stanchina E, Abida W, Lujambio A, Li S, Lowe S, Mendell J, Malladi V, Sawyers C, Mu P. Loss of CHD1 Promotes Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Resistance to AR-Targeted Therapy via Chromatin Dysregulation. Cancer Cell 2020, 37: 584-598.e11. PMID: 32220301, PMCID: PMC7292228, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2020.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAndrogen AntagonistsAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCell ProliferationChromatinDNA HelicasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMaleMiceProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantReceptors, AndrogenRNA, Small InterferingTranscription FactorsTumor Cells, CulturedXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsAntiandrogen resistanceChromatin dysregulationCHD1 lossProstate cancerGenomic copy number alterationsRNA-seq analysisResistance to hormonal therapyCopy number alterationsAR-targeted therapiesMetastatic prostate cancerATAC-seqClosed chromatinRNA-seqTranscriptional plasticityTranscription factorsFunctional screeningTranscriptomic changesMechanisms of resistanceHormone therapyLineage programsChromatinCHD1Global changeIntegrated analysisTherapy