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ArticleJournal of the National Cancer Institute2025

The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase-SWItch/sucrose non-fermentable antagonism regulates the coordinated activation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and inflammation in oral cancer.

Roberto Stabile, Francesco A Tucci, Mathijs P Verhagen, Carmen Embregts, Thierry P P van den Bosch, Rosalie Joosten, Maria J De Herdt, Berdine van der Steen, Alex L Nigg, Senada Koljenović and 6 more

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Article in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Roberto StabileDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0005-4986-2204
Francesco A TucciDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6247-5392
Mathijs P VerhagenDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Carmen EmbregtsDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4710-9225
Thierry P P van den BoschDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7223-4565
Rosalie JoostenDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Maria J De HerdtDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1023-4751
Berdine van der SteenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Alex L NiggDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Senada KoljenovićDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5185-3455
Jose A HardilloDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5580-5613
Cornelis Peter VerrijzerDepartment of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6476-3264
Adrian BiddleCentre for Cell Biology and Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, E1 2AT London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4371-9720
Robert J Baatenburg de JongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7236-264X
Pieter J M LeenenDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9860-2920
Riccardo FoddeDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9839-4324

Funding

Erasmus MCMrace 2027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhenotypic plasticity and inflammation, 2 well-established hallmarks of cancer, play key roles in local invasion and distant metastasis by enabling the rapid adaptation of tumor cells to dynamic micro-environmental changes.

resultsHere, we show that in oral squamous carcinoma cell carcinoma (OSCC), the competition between the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) and SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complexes plays a pivotal role in regulating both epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) and inflammation. By perturbing these complexes, we demonstrated their opposing downstream effects on the inflammatory pathways and EMP regulation. In particular, downregulation of the BRG1-specific SWI/SNF complex deregulates key inflammatory genes, such as TNF-α and IL6, in opposite ways when compared with the loss of CDK2AP1, a key member of the NuRD complex. We showed that CDK2AP1 genetic ablation triggers a pro-inflammatory secretome encompassing several chemokines and cytokines, thus promoting the recruitment of monocytes into the tumor microenvironment (TME). Furthermore, CDK2AP1 deletion stimulates their differentiation into M2-like macrophages, as validated on tumor microarrays from OSCC patient-derived tumor samples. Further analysis of the inverse correlation between CDK2AP1 expression and TME immune infiltration revealed specific downstream effects on the abundance and localization of CD68+ macrophages.

conclusionsOur study sheds light on the role of chromatin remodeling complexes in OSCC locoregional invasion and highlights the potential of CDK2AP1 and other members of NuRD and SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes as prognostic markers and therapeutic targets.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionInflammationMi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase ComplexMouth NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA HelicasesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsTumor MicroenvironmentChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA HelicasesMi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase ComplexNuclear ProteinsSMARCA4 protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID40112045
PMCPMC12229464

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