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Molecular dissection of the oncogenic role of ETS1 in the mesenchymal subtypes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Christian Gluck | Alexandra Glathar | Maria Tsompana | Norma Nowak | Lee Ann Garrett-Sinha | Michael J Buck | Satrajit Sinha
PLoS genetics | 2019

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogeneous disease of significant mortality and with limited treatment options. Recent genomic analysis of HNSCC tumors has identified several distinct molecular classes, of which the mesenchymal subtype is associated with Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and shown to correlate with poor survival and drug resistance. Here, we utilize an integrated approach to characterize the molecular function of ETS1, an oncogenic transcription factor specifically enriched in Mesenchymal tumors. To identify the global ETS1 cistrome, we have performed integrated analysis of RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq and epigenomic datasets in SCC25, a representative ETS1high mesenchymal HNSCC cell line. Our studies implicate ETS1 as a crucial regulator of broader oncogenic processes and specifically Mesenchymal phenotypes, such as EMT and cellular invasion. We found that ETS1 preferentially binds cancer specific regulator elements, in particular Super-Enhancers of key EMT genes, highlighting its role as a master regulator. Finally, we show evidence that ETS1 plays a crucial role in regulating the TGF-β pathway in Mesenchymal cell lines and in leading-edge cells in primary HNSCC tumors that are endowed with partial-EMT features. Collectively our study highlights ETS1 as a key regulator of TGF-β associated EMT and reveals new avenues for sub-type specific therapeutic intervention.

Pubmed ID: 31306413

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RRID:SCR_001237

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RRID:SCR_001672

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