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Activation of proto-oncogenes by disruption of chromosome neighborhoods

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Hnisz, Denes, Weintraub, Abraham S., Day, Daniel S., Valton, Anne-Laure, Bak, Rasmus O., Li, Charles H., Goldmann, Johanna, Lajoie, Bryan R. +9 more·2016·Science

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The spread of bad neighborhoods: Our genomes have complex three-dimensional (3D) arrangements that partition and regulate gene expression. Cancer cells frequently have their genomes grossly rearranged, disturbing this intricate 3D organization. Hnisz et al. show that the disruption of these 3D neighborhoods can bring oncogenes under the control of regulatory elements normally kept separate from them (see the Perspective by Wala and Beroukim). These novel juxtapositions can result in the inappropriate activation of oncogenes. Science , this issue p. 1454 ; see also p. 1398

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  • Genetic perturbation of CTCF binding has been shown to result in misregulation of gene expression in various cell lines and cancer.

    “While genetic perturbation of CTCF binding has been shown to result in misregulation of gene expression in various cell lines and cancer9–11,28”
  • Boundary disruption has been linked to cancer and diseases of limb development.

    “Boundary disruption has recently been linked to cancer and diseases of limb development (Flavahan et al., 2016; Hnisz et al., 2016; Lupianez et al., 2015)”
  • Recent high-resolution Chromosome-Conformation-Capture sequencing studies have revealed that TAD boundaries are perturbed in rare human limb malformation diseases and certain types of cancers, leading to enhancer miswiring and pathogenic disruption of gene expression.

    “Recent high-resolution Chromosome-Conformation-Capture sequencing studies have revealed that TAD boundaries are perturbed in rare human limb malformation diseases (Lupianez et al., 2015) and certain types of cancers (Flavahan et al., 2016; Hnisz et al., 2016), leading to enhancer miswiring and pathogenic disruption of gene expression.”
  • Several other studies have reported the deregulation of chromatin folding structures in different cancer types.

    “Several other studies have reported the deregulation of chromatin folding structures in different cancer types11,15,16.”
  • CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of CTCF binding sites at the anchors of insulated neighborhoods produces changes in the expression of genes within the neighborhoods and immediately adjacent to the deleted neighborhood boundary.

    “In a dozen loci and in multiple cell types, CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of CTCF binding sites at the anchors of insulated neighborhoods have been shown to produce changes in the expression of genes within the neighborhoods and immediately adjacent to the deleted neighborhood boundary.”

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Hnisz, D., Weintraub, A. S., Day, D. S., Valton, A.-L., Bak, R. O., Li, C. H., Goldmann, J., Lajoie, B. R., Fan, Z. P., Sigova, A. A., Reddy, J., Borges-Rivera, D., Lee, T. I., Jaenisch, R., Porteus, M. H., Dekker, J., & Young, R. A.
Affiliations
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Hnisz, Denes
  • Weintraub, Abraham S.
  • Young, Richard A.
Venue
Science
Published
2016-03-25
Volume
351
Issue
6280
Pages
1454-1458
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2303393194
Cited by
1,042
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 48 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 90 · 2023: 106 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 124 · 2020: 129 · 2019: 132 · 2018: 102 · 2017: 104 · 2016: 48
FWCI
66.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship@UMassChan (submittedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Austrian Science Fund (J3490)
  • Ludwig Graduate Fellowship
  • Laurie Kraus Lacob Faculty Scholar Award in Pediatric Translational Research
  • Hyundai Hope on Wheels
  • Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences
  • Sapere Aude Research Talent (DFF-1331-00735B)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01 HG003143, U54 HG007010, U01 HG007910)
  • National Cancer Institute (U54 CA193419)
  • NIH (HG002668, CA109901, NS088538, MH104610, AI120766, U54 DK107980, U01 DA 040588)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01 GM 112720)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U01 R01 AI 117839)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Keywords
proto-oncogenes, oncogene activation, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, microdeletion, chromosome structure, cancer genetics, gene expression regulation
MeSH terms
Chromosome Aberrations, Chromosome Mapping, Humans, Mutation, Proto-Oncogenes, Translocation, Genetic, Transcriptional Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic, Sequence Deletion, Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, HEK293 Cells

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