Targeting the Senescence-Overriding Cooperative Activity of Structurally Unrelated H3K9 Demethylases in Melanoma

Yong Yu, Kolja Schleich, Bin Yue, Sujuan Ji, Philipp Lohneis, Kristel Kemper, Mark S Silvis, Nouar Qutob, Ellen van Rooijen, Melanie Werner-Klein, Lianjie Li, Dhriti Dhawan, Svenja Meierjohann, Maurice Reimann, Abdel Elkahloun, Steffi Treitschke, Bernd Dörken, Christian Speck, Frédérick A Mallette, Leonard I ZonSheri L Holmen, Daniel S Peeper, Yardena Samuels, Clemens A Schmitt, Soyoung Lee

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Abstract

Oncogene-induced senescence, e.g., in melanocytic nevi, terminates the expansion of pre-malignant cells via transcriptional silencing of proliferation-related genes due to decoration of their promoters with repressive trimethylated histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) marks. We show here that structurally distinct H3K9-active demethylases-the lysine-specific demethylase-1 (LSD1) and several Jumonji C domain-containing moieties (such as JMJD2C)-disable senescence and permit Ras/Braf-evoked transformation. In mouse and zebrafish models, enforced LSD1 or JMJD2C expression promoted Braf-V600E-driven melanomagenesis. A large subset of established melanoma cell lines and primary human melanoma samples presented with a collective upregulation of related and unrelated H3K9 demethylase activities, whose targeted inhibition restored senescence, even in Braf inhibitor-resistant melanomas, evoked secondary immune effects and controlled tumor growth in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)322-336.e8
Number of pages23
JournalCancer Cell
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Feb 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cancer Research

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