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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2023

SETDB1 tumour suppressor roles in near-haploid mesothelioma involve TP53.

Mengting Xu, Yuqing Tu, Wenhui Bi, Meijun Z Lundberg, Isabella Klooster, Jonathan A Fletcher, Wen-Bin Ou

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Moving Beyond Morphology: Toward a Morpho-Molecular Classification of Pleural Mesothelioma.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026
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Mengting Xu *Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Silkworm Bioreactor and Biomedicine, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
Yuqing Tu *Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Silkworm Bioreactor and Biomedicine, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
Wenhui BiZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Silkworm Bioreactor and Biomedicine, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
Meijun Z LundbergDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Isabella KloosterDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jonathan A FletcherDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Wen-Bin OuZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Silkworm Bioreactor and Biomedicine, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. ouwenbin@tsinghua.org.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6311-9442
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USZhejiang Sci-Tech University · CN

Funding

PROJECT 3: Applying Liquid Biopsy Technologies to Detect Clinical Response and Mechanisms of Resistance in the Treatment of LMSP50CA272170 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Elizabeth Demicco · 2022 to 2026
$13.3M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA272170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMutational inactivation of the SETDB1 histone methyltransferase is found in a subset of mesothelioma, particularly in cases with near-haploidy and TP53 mutations. However, the tumourigenic consequences of SETDB1 inactivation are poorly understood.

methodsIn this study, we investigated SETDB1 tumour suppressor functions in mesothelioma and explored biologic relationships between SETDB1 and TP53.

resultsImmunoblotting of early passage cultures showed that SETDB1 was undetectable in 7 of 8 near-haploid mesotheliomas whereas SETDB1 expression was retained in each of 13 near-diploid mesotheliomas. TP53 aberrations were present in 5 of 8 near-haploid mesotheliomas compared to 2 of 13 near-diploid mesotheliomas, and BAP1 inactivation was demonstrated only in near-diploid mesotheliomas, indicating that near-haploid and near-diploid mesothelioma have distinct molecular and biologic profiles. Lentiviral SETDB1 restoration in near-haploid mesotheliomas (MESO257 and MESO542) reduced cell viability, colony formation, reactive oxygen species levels, proliferative marker cyclin A expression, and inhibited growth of MESO542 xenografts. The combination of SETDB1 restoration with pemetrexed and/or cisplatin treatment additively inhibited tumour growth in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, SETDB1 restoration upregulated TP53 expression in MESO542 and MESO257, whereas SETDB1 knockdown inhibited mutant TP53 expression in JMN1B near-haploid mesothelioma cells. Likewise, TP53 knockdown inhibited SETDB1 expression. Similarly, immunoblotting evaluations of ten near-diploid mesothelioma biopsies and analysis of TCGA expression profiles showed that SETDB1 expression levels paralleled TP53 expression.

conclusionThese findings demonstrate that SETDB1 inactivation in near-haploid mesothelioma is generally associated with complete loss of SETDB1 protein expression and dysregulates TP53 expression. Targeting SETDB1 pathways could be an effective therapeutic strategy in these often untreatable tumours.

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Biological ProductsMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantChromosome AberrationsGenes, Tumor SuppressorHaploidyHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansTumor Suppressor Protein p53Biological ProductsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseSETDB1 protein, humanTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID37369845
PMCPMC10403575
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