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Llinàs-Arias P, Ensenyat-Mendez M, Íñiguez-Muñoz S, Orozco JIJ, Valdez B, Salomon MP, Matsuba C, Solivellas-Pieras M, Bedoya-López AF, Sesé B, Mezger A, Ormestad M, Unzueta F, Strand SH, Boiko AD, Hwang ES, Cortés J, DiNome ML, Esteller M, Lupien M, Marzese DM. Chromatin insulation orchestrates matrix metalloproteinase gene cluster expression reprogramming in aggressive breast cancer tumors. Mol Cancer 2023; 22:190. [PMID: 38017545 PMCID: PMC10683115 DOI: 10.1186/s12943-023-01906-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype that exhibits a high incidence of distant metastases and lacks targeted therapeutic options. Here we explored how the epigenome contributes to matrix metalloprotease (MMP) dysregulation impacting tumor invasion, which is the first step of the metastatic process. METHODS We combined RNA expression and chromatin interaction data to identify insulator elements potentially associated with MMP gene expression and invasion. We employed CRISPR/Cas9 to disrupt the CCCTC-Binding Factor (CTCF) binding site on an insulator element downstream of the MMP8 gene (IE8) in two TNBC cellular models. We characterized these models by combining Hi-C, ATAC-seq, and RNA-seq with functional experiments to determine invasive ability. The potential of our findings to predict the progression of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), was tested in data from clinical specimens. RESULTS We explored the clinical relevance of an insulator element located within the Chr11q22.2 locus, downstream of the MMP8 gene (IE8). This regulatory element resulted in a topologically associating domain (TAD) boundary that isolated nine MMP genes into two anti-correlated expression clusters. This expression pattern was associated with worse relapse-free (HR = 1.57 [1.06 - 2.33]; p = 0.023) and overall (HR = 2.65 [1.31 - 5.37], p = 0.005) survival of TNBC patients. After CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of IE8, cancer cells showed a switch in the MMP expression signature, specifically downregulating the pro-invasive MMP1 gene and upregulating the antitumorigenic MMP8 gene, resulting in reduced invasive ability and collagen degradation. We observed that the MMP expression pattern predicts DCIS that eventually progresses into invasive ductal carcinomas (AUC = 0.77, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates how the activation of an IE near the MMP8 gene determines the regional transcriptional regulation of MMP genes with opposing functional activity, ultimately influencing the invasive properties of aggressive forms of breast cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pere Llinàs-Arias
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Saint John's Cancer Institute, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Saint John's Cancer Institute, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, 17665, Sweden
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- Advanced Optical Microscopy Facility Scientific and Technological Centres of University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Pangaea Oncology, Quiron Group, International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC), Barcelona, 08017, Spain
- Medica Scientia Innovation Research SL (MEDSIR), Barcelona, 08018, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, 28670, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cancer (CIBERONC), Madrid, 28029, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Physiological Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A3, Canada
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain.
- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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Ensenyat-Mendez M, Íñiguez-Muñoz S, Sesé B, Marzese DM. Correction to: iGlioSub: an integrative transcriptomic and epigenomic classifier for glioblastoma molecular subtypes. BioData Min 2021; 14:47. [PMID: 34789311 PMCID: PMC8597237 DOI: 10.1186/s13040-021-00282-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Miquel Ensenyat-Mendez
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Sesé B, Ensenyat-Mendez M, Iñiguez S, Llinàs-Arias P, Marzese DM. Correction to: Chromatin insulation dynamics in glioblastoma: challenges and future perspectives of precision oncology. Clin Epigenetics 2021; 13:194. [PMID: 34666805 PMCID: PMC8527673 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-021-01185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Borja Sesé
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory At the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut D'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, S Building, 1st Floor, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory At the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut D'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, S Building, 1st Floor, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory At the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut D'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, S Building, 1st Floor, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory At the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut D'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, S Building, 1st Floor, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory At the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut D'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, S Building, 1st Floor, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Ensenyat-Mendez M, Íñiguez-Muñoz S, Sesé B, Marzese DM. iGlioSub: an integrative transcriptomic and epigenomic classifier for glioblastoma molecular subtypes. BioData Min 2021; 14:42. [PMID: 34425860 PMCID: PMC8381510 DOI: 10.1186/s13040-021-00273-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and prevalent primary brain tumor, with a median survival of 15 months. Advancements in multi-omics profiling combined with computational algorithms have unraveled the existence of three GBM molecular subtypes (Classical, Mesenchymal, and Proneural) with clinical relevance. However, due to the costs of high-throughput profiling techniques, GBM molecular subtyping is not currently employed in clinical settings. METHODS Using Random Forest and Nearest Shrunken Centroid algorithms, we constructed transcriptomic, epigenomic, and integrative GBM subtype-specific classifiers. We included gene expression and DNA methylation (DNAm) profiles from 304 GBM patients profiled in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Human Glioblastoma Cell Culture resource (HGCC), and other publicly available databases. RESULTS The integrative Glioblastoma Subtype (iGlioSub) classifier shows better performance (mean AUC = 95.9%) stratifying patients than gene expression (mean AUC = 91.9%) and DNAm-based classifiers (AUC = 93.6%). Also, to expand the understanding of the molecular differences between the GBM subtypes, this study shows that each subtype presents unique DNAm patterns and gene pathway activation. CONCLUSIONS The iGlioSub classifier provides the basis to design cost-effective strategies to stratify GBM patients in routine pathology laboratories for clinical trials, which will significantly accelerate the discovery of more efficient GBM subtype-specific treatment approaches.
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- Miquel Ensenyat-Mendez
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Carretera de Valldemosa 79, -1F, 07120, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Llinàs-Arias P, Íñiguez-Muñoz S, McCann K, Voorwerk L, Orozco JIJ, Ensenyat-Mendez M, Sesé B, DiNome ML, Marzese DM. Epigenetic Regulation of Immunotherapy Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:4139. [PMID: 34439290 PMCID: PMC8394958 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13164139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is defined by the absence of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression. This malignancy, representing 15-20% of breast cancers, is a clinical challenge due to the lack of targeted treatments, higher intrinsic aggressiveness, and worse outcomes than other breast cancer subtypes. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown promising efficacy for early-stage and advanced TNBC, but this seems limited to a subgroup of patients. Understanding the underlying mechanisms that determine immunotherapy efficiency is essential to identifying which TNBC patients will respond to immunotherapy-based treatments and help to develop new therapeutic strategies. Emerging evidence supports that epigenetic alterations, including aberrant chromatin architecture conformation and the modulation of gene regulatory elements, are critical mechanisms for immune escape. These alterations are particularly interesting since they can be reverted through the inhibition of epigenetic regulators. For that reason, several recent studies suggest that the combination of epigenetic drugs and immunotherapeutic agents can boost anticancer immune responses. In this review, we focused on the contribution of epigenetics to the crosstalk between immune and cancer cells, its relevance on immunotherapy response in TNBC, and the potential benefits of combined treatments.
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- Pere Llinàs-Arias
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain; (P.L.-A.); (S.Í.-M.); (M.E.-M.); (B.S.)
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain; (P.L.-A.); (S.Í.-M.); (M.E.-M.); (B.S.)
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Division of Tumor Biology & Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Saint John’s Cancer Institute, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA;
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain; (P.L.-A.); (S.Í.-M.); (M.E.-M.); (B.S.)
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain; (P.L.-A.); (S.Í.-M.); (M.E.-M.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA;
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), 07120 Palma, Spain; (P.L.-A.); (S.Í.-M.); (M.E.-M.); (B.S.)
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Ensenyat-Mendez M, Llinàs-Arias P, Orozco JIJ, Íñiguez-Muñoz S, Salomon MP, Sesé B, DiNome ML, Marzese DM. Current Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Subtypes: Dissecting the Most Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer. Front Oncol 2021; 11:681476. [PMID: 34221999 PMCID: PMC8242253 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.681476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease defined by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression that lacks targeted treatments, leading to dismal clinical outcomes. Thus, better stratification systems that reflect intrinsic and clinically useful differences between TNBC tumors will sharpen the treatment approaches and improve clinical outcomes. The lack of a rational classification system for TNBC also impacts current and emerging therapeutic alternatives. In the past years, several new methodologies to stratify TNBC have arisen thanks to the implementation of microarray technology, high-throughput sequencing, and bioinformatic methods, exponentially increasing the amount of genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic information available. Thus, new TNBC subtypes are being characterized with the promise to advance the treatment of this challenging disease. However, the diverse nature of the molecular data, the poor integration between the various methods, and the lack of cost-effective methods for systematic classification have hampered the widespread implementation of these promising developments. However, the advent of artificial intelligence applied to translational oncology promises to bring light into definitive TNBC subtypes. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the available classification strategies. It includes evaluating the overlap between the molecular, immunohistochemical, and clinical characteristics between these approaches and a perspective about the increasing applications of artificial intelligence to identify definitive and clinically relevant TNBC subtypes.
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- Miquel Ensenyat-Mendez
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Saint John's Cancer Institute, Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, United States
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory at the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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Sesé B, Sanmartín JM, Ortega B, Llull R. Human Stromal Cell Aggregates Concentrate Adipose Tissue Constitutive Cell Population by In Vitro DNA Quantification Analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg 2020; 146:1285-1293. [PMID: 33234958 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000007342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Regenerative cell strategies rely on stromal cell implants to attain an observable clinical outcome. However, the effective cell dose to ensure a therapeutic response remains unknown. To achieve a higher cell dose, the authors hypothesized that reducing the volume occupied by mature adipocytes in lipoaspirate will concentrate the stromal vascular fraction present in the original tissue. METHODS Human standardized lipoaspirate (n = 6) was centrifuged (1200 g for 3 minutes) and the water phase was discarded. Mechanical disaggregation was achieved by shearing tissue through 2.4- and 1.2-mm Luer-to-Luer transfers. After a second centrifugation (800 g for 10 minutes), stromal cell aggregates were separated from the supernatant oil phase. Lipoaspirate percentage composition was determined by its constituent weights. Cell content was measured by total DNA quantification, and partial cell viability was determined by image cytometry. Tissue sections were evaluated histologically (hematoxylin and eosin and Masson trichrome stains). RESULTS Stromal cell aggregates reduced the standardized lipoaspirate mass to 28.6 ± 4.2 percent. Accordingly, the cell density increased by 222.6 ± 63.3 percent (from 9.9 ± 1.4 million cells/g to 31.3 ± 6.6 million cells/g; p < 0.05). Cell viability was unaffected in stromal cell aggregates (71.3 ± 2.5 percent) compared to standardized lipoaspirate (72.2 ± 2.3 percent), and histologic analysis revealed high-density areas enriched with stromal cells (622.9 ± 145.6 percent) and extracellular matrix (871.2 ± 80.3 percent). CONCLUSION Stromal cell aggregates represent a biological agent that triplicates the cell density versus unprocessed lipoaspirate, low on oil and water fluids, and enriched extracellular matrix components.
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- Borja Sesé
- From the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears; Servei de Genètica, Hospital Universitari Son Espases; Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Cell Pro Tech Spain; and the University of Florida College of Medicine
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- From the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears; Servei de Genètica, Hospital Universitari Son Espases; Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Cell Pro Tech Spain; and the University of Florida College of Medicine
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- From the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears; Servei de Genètica, Hospital Universitari Son Espases; Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Cell Pro Tech Spain; and the University of Florida College of Medicine
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- From the Cancer Cell Biology Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears; Servei de Genètica, Hospital Universitari Son Espases; Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol; Cell Pro Tech Spain; and the University of Florida College of Medicine
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Sesé B, Barrero MJ, Fabregat MC, Sander V, Izpisua Belmonte JC. SMYD2 is induced during cell differentiation and participates in early development. Int J Dev Biol 2013; 57:357-64. [DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130051ji] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Terme JM, Sesé B, Millán-Ariño L, Mayor R, Belmonte JCI, Barrero MJ, Jordan A. Histone H1 variants are differentially expressed and incorporated into chromatin during differentiation and reprogramming to pluripotency. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:35347-35357. [PMID: 21852237 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.281923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
There are seven linker histone variants in human somatic cells (H1.0 to H1.5 and H1X), and their prevalence varies as a function of cell type and differentiation stage, suggesting that the different variants may have distinct roles. We have revisited this notion by using new methodologies to study pluripotency and differentiation, including the in vitro differentiation of human embryonic stem (ES) and teratocarcinoma cells and the reprogramming of keratinocytes to induced pluripotent stem cells. Our results show that pluripotent cells (PCs) have decreased levels of H1.0 and increased levels of H1.1, H1.3, and H1.5 compared with differentiated cells. PCs have a more diverse repertoire of H1 variants, whereas in differentiated cells, H1.0 expression represents ∼80% of the H1 transcripts. In agreement with their prevalent expression in ES cells, the regulatory regions of H1.3 and H1.5 genes were found to be occupied by pluripotency factors. Moreover, the H1.0 gene promoter contains bivalent domains (H3K4me2 and H3K27me3) in PCs, suggesting that this variant is likely to have an important role during differentiation. Indeed, the knockdown of H1.0 in human ES did not affect self-renewal but impaired differentiation. Accordingly, H1.0 was recruited to the regulatory regions of differentiation and pluripotency genes during differentiation, confirming that this histone variant plays a critical role in the regulation of these genes. Thus, histone H1 variant expression is controlled by a variety of mechanisms that produce distinct but consistent H1 repertoires in pluripotent and differentiated cells that appear critical to maintain the functionality of such cells.
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- Jean-Michel Terme
- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 4, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader 88, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 4, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 4, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader 88, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain; Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader 88, E-08003, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 4, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Adamo A, Sesé B, Boue S, Castaño J, Paramonov I, Barrero MJ, Izpisua Belmonte JC. LSD1 regulates the balance between self-renewal and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:652-9. [PMID: 21602794 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We identify LSD1 (lysine-specific demethylase 1; also known as KDM1A and AOF2) as a key histone modifier that participates in the maintenance of pluripotency through the regulation of bivalent domains, a chromatin environment present at the regulatory regions of developmental genes that contains both H3K4 di/trimethylation and H3K27 trimethylation marks. LSD1 occupies the promoters of a subset of developmental genes that contain bivalent domains and are co-occupied by OCT4 and NANOG in human embryonic stem cells, where it controls the levels of H3K4 methylation through its demethylase activity. Thus, LSD1 has a role in maintaining the silencing of several developmental genes in human embryonic stem cells by regulating the critical balance between H3K4 and H3K27 methylation at their regulatory regions.
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- Antonio Adamo
- Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Villa A, García-Simón MI, Blanco P, Sesé B, Bogónez E, Satrustegui J. Affinity chromatography purification of mitochondrial inner membrane proteins with calcium transport activity. Biochim Biophys Acta 1998; 1373:347-59. [PMID: 9733995 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00120-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Immobilized calcium affinity chromatography was used to obtain a preparation enriched in calcium transporters from Triton X-100 extracts of rat liver mitochondria inner membranes (PPCT). The PPCT were reconstituted into preformed asolectin liposomes which contained 120 mM KCl as internal high K+ medium. 45Ca2+ uptake into proteoliposomes was studied under conditions favoring electrophoretic uptake, and H+i/45Ca2+o or Na+i/45Ca2+o exchange, to test for the presence of the three calcium transport modes present in mitochondria. 45Ca2+ uptake in liposomes was studied in parallel. Na+i/45Ca2+o exchange activity was not detectable. H+i/45Ca2+o exchange activity measured in the presence of a pH gradient (acid inside) obtained after suspension in low K medium in the presence of nigericin, was 100-200 nmoles 45Ca2+ per mg protein in 30 s. 45Ca2+ uptake in voltage-dependent assays (a K+ diffusion membrane potential induced by valinomycin in the presence of methylamine) was not electrophoretic since it was stimulated by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) and probably due to secondary Ca2+/H+ countertransport. H+i/45Ca2+o uptake showed a saturable component at around 80 microM Ca and was coupled to an increase in internal pH in pyranine-loaded PPCT proteoliposomes. 45Ca2+ uptake in PPCT proteoliposomes could also be driven by a pH gradient obtained by raising external pH in high K+ medium. The results are consistent with the presence of a functional nH+/Ca2+ antiporter. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the PPCT were able to immunoprecipitate the H+/45Ca2+ uptake activity and recognized two major bands in the PPCT with molecular masses of about 66 kDa and 55 kDa. This is the first report of a partial purified protein(s) which may represent the H+/Ca2+ exchanger of the inner mitochondrial membrane, and represents an important step towards its identification.
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- A Villa
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', C.S.I.C.-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain
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