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ArticleScience advances2026

A TERRA-NONO axis drives fibroblast reprogramming in cancer.

Emery Di Cicco, Jovan Isma, Stefano Sol, Gaetana Restivo, Luigi Mazzeo, Atul Katarkar, Sandro Goruppi, Joni Renee White, Juerg Hafner, Victor A Neel and 3 more

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13 authors.

Emery Di CiccoCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8507-1809
Jovan IsmaCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8580-4169
Stefano SolCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2576-0156
Gaetana RestivoDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4364-2364
Luigi MazzeoDepartment of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8253-6575
Atul KatarkarDepartment of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5662-2621
Sandro GoruppiCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2976-8983
Joni Renee WhiteCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5428-960X
Juerg HafnerDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4571-1143
Victor A NeelDepartment of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Anna MandinovaCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9273-0972
Mitchell P LevesqueDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Gian Paolo DottoCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1197-8448

Funding

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION CONTROL IN PRIMARY KERATINOCYTES.R01AR039190 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DOTTO, GIAN-PAOLO · 1988 to 2021
$9.5M
Epigenetic control of skin homeostasis by the ULK3 nuclear kinaseR01AR078374 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOTTO, GIAN-PAOLO · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Androgen receptor function in melanomaR01CA269356 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOTTO, GIAN-PAOLO · 2022 to 2025
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269356NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR039190NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR078374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms linking chromosome homeostasis to fibroblast reprogramming into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) remain poorly understood. Here, we identify a clinically relevant, telomere-associated nuclear pathway driving CAF activation across multiple human cancers. The long noncoding RNA TERRA is consistently elevated in CAFs from skin, lung, and breast tumors. We show that the androgen receptor (AR) represses TERRA transcription through subtelomeric binding, and its loss enables TERRA up-regulation and interaction with the RNA binding protein NONO. This interaction forms a CAF-specific nuclear complex that reprograms gene expression. Mechanistically, NONO is directly recruited to and binds the promoters of key CAF effector genes, where it regulates their transcription in a TERRA-dependent manner. Disrupting the TERRA-NONO axis, via TERRA silencing or pharmacologic NONO inhibition, reverses CAF activation and suppresses tumor-stroma interactions in vitro and in vivo, highlighting its therapeutic potential.

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Cancer-Associated FibroblastsCellular ReprogrammingChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsNeoplasmsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsCell Line, TumorFibroblastsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansReceptors, AndrogenChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsReceptors, AndrogenRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID42826195
PMCPMC13641401

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