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ArticleOncotarget2015

Functional, chemical genomic, and super-enhancer screening identify sensitivity to cyclin D1/CDK4 pathway inhibition in Ewing sarcoma.

Alyssa L Kennedy, Mounica Vallurupalli, Liying Chen, Brian Crompton, Glenn Cowley, Francisca Vazquez, Barbara A Weir, Aviad Tsherniak, Sudha Parasuraman, Sunkyu Kim and 2 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alyssa L KennedyDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mounica VallurupalliDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Liying ChenDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brian CromptonDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Glenn CowleyBroad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Francisca VazquezBroad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Barbara A WeirBroad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Aviad TsherniakBroad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Sudha ParasuramanNovartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Sunkyu KimNovartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Gabriela AlexeDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kimberly StegmaierDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Broad Institute · USBoston Children's Hospital · USNovartis (United States) · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Targeting FAK and integrin signaling in preclinical models of Ewing sarcomaK08CA188073 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI CROMPTON, BRIAN · 2015 to 2019
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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS K08 CA188073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive bone and soft tissue tumor in children and adolescents, with treatment remaining a clinical challenge. This disease is mediated by somatic chromosomal translocations of the EWS gene and a gene encoding an ETS transcription factor, most commonly, FLI1. While direct targeting of aberrant transcription factors remains a pharmacological challenge, identification of dependencies incurred by EWS/FLI1 expression would offer a new therapeutic avenue. We used a combination of super-enhancer profiling, near-whole genome shRNA-based and small-molecule screening to identify cyclin D1 and CDK4 as Ewing sarcoma-selective dependencies. We revealed that super-enhancers mark Ewing sarcoma specific expression signatures and EWS/FLI1 target genes in human Ewing sarcoma cell lines. Particularly, a super-enhancer regulates cyclin D1 and promotes its expression in Ewing sarcoma. We demonstrated that Ewing sarcoma cells require CDK4 and cyclin D1 for survival and anchorage-independent growth. Additionally, pharmacologic inhibition of CDK4 with selective CDK4/6 inhibitors led to cytostasis and cell death of Ewing sarcoma cell lines in vitro and growth delay in an in vivo Ewing sarcoma xenograft model. These results demonstrated a dependency in Ewing sarcoma on CDK4 and cyclin D1 and support exploration of CDK4/6 inhibitors as a therapeutic approach for patients with this disease.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBone NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCyclin D1Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Drug DiscoveryFemaleGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMice, Inbred NODAntineoplastic AgentsCCND1 protein, humanCDK4 protein, humanCDK6 protein, humanCyclin D1Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6FLT1 protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsRNA-Binding Protein EWSVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1CDK4/6 inhibitorcyclin D1epigeneticsEwing sarcomasarcoma/soft-tissue malignancies

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PMID26337082
PMCPMC4745789
OpenAlexW1840981240

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