EZH2 inhibition in multiple myeloma downregulates myeloma associated oncogenes and upregulates microRNAs with potential tumor suppressor functions.

Alzrigat, MohammadUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab (författare)

Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell tumor localized to the bone marrow (BM). Despite the fact that current treatment strategies have improved patients' median survival time, MM remains incurable. Epigenetic aberrations are emerging as important players in tumorigenesis making them attractive targets for therapy in cancer including MM. Recently, we suggested the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) as a common denominator of gene silencing in MM and presented the PRC2 enzymatic subunit enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) as a potential therapeutic target in MM. Here we further dissect the anti-myeloma mechanisms mediated by EZH2 inhibition and show that pharmacological inhibition of EZH2 reduces the expression of MM-associated oncogenes; IRF-4, XBP-1, PRDM1/BLIMP-1 and c-MYC. We show that EZH2 inhibition reactivates the expression of microRNAs with tumor suppressor functions predicted to target MM-associated oncogenes; primarily miR-125a-3p and miR-320c. ChIP analysis reveals that miR-125a-3p and miR-320c are targets of EZH2 and H3K27me3 in MM cell lines and primary cells. Our results further highlight that polycomb-mediated silencing in MM includes microRNAs with tumor suppressor activity. This novel role strengthens the oncogenic features of EZH2 and its potential as a therapeutic target in MM.

Párraga, Alba AtienzaUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)albat684 (författare)
Agarwal, Prasoon (författare)
Zureigat, Hadil (författare)
Österborg, AndersKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Nahi, HarethKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Ma, Anqi (författare)
Jin, Jian (författare)
Nilsson, KennethUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)kennils (författare)
Öberg, FredrikUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)fredober (författare)
Kalushkova, AntoniaUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)antka573 (författare)
Jernberg Wiklund, HelenaUppsala universitet,Experimentell och klinisk onkologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab(Swepub:uu)helenajw (författare)
Uppsala universitetExperimentell och klinisk onkologi (creator_code:org_t)

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