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Cell State-dependent Chromatin Targeting in NUT Carcinoma

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Journal bioRxiv
Date 2023 May 3
PMID 37131839
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Aberrant transcriptional programming and chromatin dysregulation are common to most cancers. Whether by deranged cell signaling or environmental insult, the resulting oncogenic phenotype is typically manifested in transcriptional changes characteristic of undifferentiated cell growth. Here we analyze targeting of an oncogenic fusion protein, BRD4-NUT, composed of two normally independent chromatin regulators. The fusion causes the formation of large hyperacetylated genomic regions or megadomains, mis-regulation of , and an aggressive carcinoma of squamous cell origin. Our previous work revealed largely distinct megadomain locations in different NUT carcinoma patient cell lines. To assess whether this was due to variations in individual genome sequences or epigenetic cell state, we expressed BRD4-NUT in a human stem cell model and found that megadomains formed in dissimilar patterns when comparing cells in the pluripotent state with the same cell line following induction along a mesodermal lineage. Thus, our work implicates initial cell state as the critical factor in the locations of BRD4-NUT megadomains. These results, together with our analysis of c-MYC protein-protein interactions in a patient cell line, are consistent with a cascade of chromatin misregulation underlying NUT carcinoma.

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