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An integrated functional and clinical genomics approach reveals genes driving aggressive metastatic prostate cancer

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Das, Rajdeep, Sjöström, Martin, Shrestha, Raunak, Yogodzinski, Christopher, Egusa, Emily A., Chesner, Lisa N., Chen, William S., Chou, Jonathan +10 more·2021·Nature Communications

Abstract

Genomic sequencing of thousands of tumors has revealed many genes associated with specific types of cancer. Similarly, large scale CRISPR functional genomics efforts have mapped genes required for cancer cell proliferation or survival in hundreds of cell lines. Despite this, for specific disease subtypes, such as metastatic prostate cancer, there are likely a number of undiscovered tumor specific driver genes that may represent potential drug targets. To identify such genetic dependencies, we performed genome-scale CRISPRi screens in metastatic prostate cancer models. We then created a pipeline in which we integrated pan-cancer functional genomics data with our metastatic prostate cancer functional and clinical genomics data to identify genes that can drive aggressive prostate cancer phenotypes. Our integrative analysis of these data reveals known prostate cancer specific driver genes, such as AR and HOXB13, as well as a number of top hits that are poorly characterized. In this study we highlight the strength of an integrated clinical and functional genomics pipeline and focus on two top hit genes, KIF4A and WDR62. We demonstrate that both KIF4A and WDR62 drive aggressive prostate cancer phenotypes in vitro and in vivo in multiple models, irrespective of AR-status, and are also associated with poor patient outcome.

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Das, R., Sjöström, M., Shrestha, R., Yogodzinski, C., Egusa, E. A., Chesner, L. N., Chen, W. S., Chou, J., Dang, D. K., Swinderman, J. T., Ge, A., Hua, J. T., Kabir, S., Quigley, D. A., Small, E. J., Ashworth, A., Feng, F. Y., & Gilbert, L. A.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
  • Feng, Felix Y.
  • Gilbert, Luke A.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2021-07-29
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
4601-4601
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3183624135
Cited by
38
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 2
FWCI
4.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH, W81XWH-20, K99/R00)
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation
  • National Cancer Institute (K99CA204602, DP2CA239597, R01CA227025, R01CA230516, R00CA204602)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Keywords
metastatic prostate cancer, driver genes, CRISPRi screen, clinical genomics, KIF4A, WDR62, androgen receptor, HOXB13, therapeutic target, tumor aggressiveness, patient outcomes
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Cycle, Cell Movement, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Staging, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Prostatic Neoplasms, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Survival Rate, Mice, SCID, Kinesins, Mice, Inbred NOD, Cell Cycle Proteins, Databases, Genetic, Mice, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Heterografts

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