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  1. Article ; Online: ecDNAs personify cancer gangsters.

    Keshavarzian, Tina / Lupien, Mathieu

    Molecular cell

    2022  Volume 82, Issue 3, Page(s) 500–502

    Abstract: Alterations to gene regulatory plexuses typify oncogenesis, and two recent studies from Hung, Yost, Xie et al. (Hung et al., 2021) and Yi et al. (2021) collectively reveal the competitive advantage of extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) to set their own rules ...

    Abstract Alterations to gene regulatory plexuses typify oncogenesis, and two recent studies from Hung, Yost, Xie et al. (Hung et al., 2021) and Yi et al. (2021) collectively reveal the competitive advantage of extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) to set their own rules to control transcription by clustering into ecDNA hubs through intermolecular interactions that forge hub-specific regulatory plexuses driving high-oncogene expression.
    MeSH term(s) Carcinogenesis/genetics ; Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics ; Oncogenes
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.01.003
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  2. Article ; Online: Cancer-associated chromatin variants uncover the oncogenic role of transposable elements.

    Grillo, Giacomo / Lupien, Mathieu

    Current opinion in genetics & development

    2022  Volume 74, Page(s) 101911

    Abstract: The vast array of cell states found across human tissue arises from chromatin variants, which correspond to segments of the genome, known as DNA elements, adopting a different chromatin state over cell state transitions. Oncogenesis stems from ... ...

    Abstract The vast array of cell states found across human tissue arises from chromatin variants, which correspond to segments of the genome, known as DNA elements, adopting a different chromatin state over cell state transitions. Oncogenesis stems from alterations to the chromatin states over DNA elements that result in cancer-associated chromatin variants. Here, we review how cancer-associated chromatin variants call attention to repetitive DNA elements, and guide the functional characterization of transposable elements to decode their role in oncogenesis. We further discuss prevailing opportunities in the study of repetitive DNA elements to move towards the 'complete cancer genome' goal for precision medicine in oncology.
    MeSH term(s) Carcinogenesis/genetics ; Chromatin/genetics ; DNA Methylation ; DNA Transposable Elements/genetics ; Humans ; Neoplasms/genetics
    Chemical Substances Chromatin ; DNA Transposable Elements
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1077312-5
    ISSN 1879-0380 ; 0959-437X
    ISSN (online) 1879-0380
    ISSN 0959-437X
    DOI 10.1016/j.gde.2022.101911
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  3. Article ; Online: Chromatin Variants Reveal the Genetic Determinants of Oncogenesis in Breast Cancer.

    Bahl, Shalini / Carroll, Jason S / Lupien, Mathieu

    Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine

    2022  Volume 12, Issue 10

    Abstract: Breast cancer presents as multiple distinct disease entities. Each tumor harbors diverse cell populations defining a phenotypic heterogeneity that impinges on our ability to treat patients. To date, efforts mainly focused on genetic variants to find ... ...

    Abstract Breast cancer presents as multiple distinct disease entities. Each tumor harbors diverse cell populations defining a phenotypic heterogeneity that impinges on our ability to treat patients. To date, efforts mainly focused on genetic variants to find drivers of inter- and intratumor phenotypic heterogeneity. However, these efforts have failed to fully capture the genetic basis of breast cancer. Through recent technological and analytical approaches, the genetic basis of phenotypes can now be decoded by characterizing chromatin variants. These variants correspond to polymorphisms in chromatin states at DNA sequences that serve a distinct role across cell populations. Here, we review the function and causes of chromatin variants as they relate to breast cancer inter- and intratumor heterogeneity and how they can guide the development of treatment alternatives to fulfill the goal of precision cancer medicine.
    MeSH term(s) Carcinogenesis ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Chromatin/genetics ; Genetic Heterogeneity ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; Precision Medicine
    Chemical Substances Chromatin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2157-1422
    ISSN (online) 2157-1422
    DOI 10.1101/cshperspect.a041322
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  4. Article: ecDNAs personify cancer gangsters

    Keshavarzian, Tina / Lupien, Mathieu

    Molecular cell. 2022 Feb. 03, v. 82, no. 3

    2022  

    Abstract: Alterations to gene regulatory plexuses typify oncogenesis, and two recent studies from Hung, Yost, Xie et al. (Hung et al., 2021) and Yi et al. (2021) collectively reveal the competitive advantage of extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) to set their own rules ...

    Abstract Alterations to gene regulatory plexuses typify oncogenesis, and two recent studies from Hung, Yost, Xie et al. (Hung et al., 2021) and Yi et al. (2021) collectively reveal the competitive advantage of extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) to set their own rules to control transcription by clustering into ecDNA hubs through intermolecular interactions that forge hub-specific regulatory plexuses driving high-oncogene expression.
    Keywords DNA ; carcinogenesis ; cells ; chemical interactions ; neoplasms ; plexus ; regulator genes
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0203
    Size p. 500-502.
    Publishing place Elsevier Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.01.003
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  5. Article ; Online: Human papillomavirus integration transforms chromatin to drive oncogenesis.

    Karimzadeh, Mehran / Arlidge, Christopher / Rostami, Ariana / Lupien, Mathieu / Bratman, Scott V / Hoffman, Michael M

    Genome biology

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 142

    Abstract: Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) drives almost all cervical cancers and up to 70% of head and neck cancers. Frequent integration into the host genome occurs predominantly in tumorigenic types of HPV. We hypothesize that changes in chromatin state ... ...

    Abstract Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) drives almost all cervical cancers and up to 70% of head and neck cancers. Frequent integration into the host genome occurs predominantly in tumorigenic types of HPV. We hypothesize that changes in chromatin state at the location of integration can result in changes in gene expression that contribute to the tumorigenicity of HPV.
    Results: We find that viral integration events often occur along with changes in chromatin state and expression of genes near the integration site. We investigate whether introduction of new transcription factor binding sites due to HPV integration could invoke these changes. Some regions within the HPV genome, particularly the position of a conserved CTCF binding site, show enriched chromatin accessibility signal. ChIP-seq reveals that the conserved CTCF binding site within the HPV genome binds CTCF in 4 HPV
    Conclusions: Our results suggest that introduction of a new CTCF binding site due to HPV integration reorganizes chromatin state and upregulates genes essential for tumor viability in some HPV
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Chromatin ; Human Papillomavirus Viruses ; Papillomavirus Infections ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; Carcinogenesis
    Chemical Substances Chromatin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2040529-7
    ISSN 1474-760X ; 1474-760X
    ISSN (online) 1474-760X
    ISSN 1474-760X
    DOI 10.1186/s13059-023-02926-9
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  6. Article ; Online: Human papillomavirus integration transforms chromatin to drive oncogenesis

    Mehran Karimzadeh / Christopher Arlidge / Ariana Rostami / Mathieu Lupien / Scott V. Bratman / Michael M. Hoffman

    Genome Biology, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2023  Volume 27

    Abstract: Abstract Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) drives almost all cervical cancers and up to 70% of head and neck cancers. Frequent integration into the host genome occurs predominantly in tumorigenic types of HPV. We hypothesize that changes in chromatin ...

    Abstract Abstract Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) drives almost all cervical cancers and up to 70% of head and neck cancers. Frequent integration into the host genome occurs predominantly in tumorigenic types of HPV. We hypothesize that changes in chromatin state at the location of integration can result in changes in gene expression that contribute to the tumorigenicity of HPV. Results We find that viral integration events often occur along with changes in chromatin state and expression of genes near the integration site. We investigate whether introduction of new transcription factor binding sites due to HPV integration could invoke these changes. Some regions within the HPV genome, particularly the position of a conserved CTCF binding site, show enriched chromatin accessibility signal. ChIP-seq reveals that the conserved CTCF binding site within the HPV genome binds CTCF in 4 HPV+ cancer cell lines. Significant changes in CTCF binding pattern and increases in chromatin accessibility occur exclusively within 100 kbp of HPV integration sites. The chromatin changes co-occur with out-sized changes in transcription and alternative splicing of local genes. Analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) HPV+ tumors indicates that HPV integration upregulates genes which have significantly higher essentiality scores compared to randomly selected upregulated genes from the same tumors. Conclusions Our results suggest that introduction of a new CTCF binding site due to HPV integration reorganizes chromatin state and upregulates genes essential for tumor viability in some HPV+ tumors. These findings emphasize a newly recognized role of HPV integration in oncogenesis.
    Keywords Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Genetics ; QH426-470
    Subject code 337 ; 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: SMuRF: a novel tool to identify regulatory elements enriched for somatic point mutations.

    Guilhamon, Paul / Lupien, Mathieu

    BMC bioinformatics

    2018  Volume 19, Issue 1, Page(s) 454

    Abstract: Background: Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs), including somatic point mutations and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), in noncoding cis-regulatory elements (CREs) can affect gene regulation and lead to disease development. Several approaches have ... ...

    Abstract Background: Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs), including somatic point mutations and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), in noncoding cis-regulatory elements (CREs) can affect gene regulation and lead to disease development. Several approaches have been developed to identify highly mutated regions, but these do not take into account the specific genomic context, and thus likelihood of mutation, of CREs.
    Results: Here, we present SMuRF (Significantly Mutated Region Finder), a user-friendly command-line tool to identify these significantly mutated regions from user-defined genomic intervals and SNVs. We demonstrate this using publicly available datasets in which SMuRF identifies 72 significantly mutated CREs in liver cancer, including known mutated gene promoters as well as previously unreported regions.
    Conclusions: SMuRF is a helpful tool to allow the simple identification of significantly mutated regulatory elements. It is open-source and freely available on GitHub ( https://github.com/LupienLab/SMURF ).
    MeSH term(s) Genomics ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms/genetics ; Point Mutation ; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid ; Software
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-11-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2041484-5
    ISSN 1471-2105 ; 1471-2105
    ISSN (online) 1471-2105
    ISSN 1471-2105
    DOI 10.1186/s12859-018-2501-y
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  8. Article ; Online: Large organized chromatin lysine domains help distinguish primitive from differentiated cell populations.

    Madani Tonekaboni, Seyed Ali / Haibe-Kains, Benjamin / Lupien, Mathieu

    Nature communications

    2021  Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 499

    Abstract: The human genome is partitioned into a collection of genomic features, inclusive of genes, transposable elements, lamina interacting regions, early replicating control elements and cis-regulatory elements, such as promoters, enhancers, and anchors of ... ...

    Abstract The human genome is partitioned into a collection of genomic features, inclusive of genes, transposable elements, lamina interacting regions, early replicating control elements and cis-regulatory elements, such as promoters, enhancers, and anchors of chromatin interactions. Uneven distribution of these features within chromosomes gives rise to clusters, such as topologically associating domains (TADs), lamina-associated domains, clusters of cis-regulatory elements or large organized chromatin lysine (K) domains (LOCKs). Here we show that LOCKs from diverse histone modifications discriminate primitive from differentiated cell types. Active LOCKs (H3K4me1, H3K4me3 and H3K27ac) cover a higher fraction of the genome in primitive compared to differentiated cell types while repressive LOCKs (H3K9me3, H3K27me3 and H3K36me3) do not. Active LOCKs in differentiated cells lie proximal to highly expressed genes while active LOCKs in primitive cells tend to be bivalent. Genes proximal to bivalent LOCKs are minimally expressed in primitive cells. Furthermore, bivalent LOCKs populate TAD boundaries and are preferentially bound by regulators of chromatin interactions, including CTCF, RAD21 and ZNF143. Together, our results argue that LOCKs discriminate primitive from differentiated cell populations.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Binding Sites/genetics ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Chromatin/genetics ; DNA Transposable Elements/genetics ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics ; Genome, Human/genetics ; Histone Code/genetics ; Histones/genetics ; Humans ; Lysine/genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
    Chemical Substances Chromatin ; DNA Transposable Elements ; Histones ; histone H3 trimethyl Lys4 ; Lysine (K3Z4F929H6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-20830-9
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  9. Article ; Online: Detection of metabolic adaptation in a triple-negative breast cancer animal model with [

    Kohan, Andres A / Lupien, Mathieu / Cescon, David / Deblois, Geneviève / Ventura, Manuela / Metser, Ur / Veit-Haibach, Patrick

    European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

    2023  Volume 51, Issue 5, Page(s) 1261–1267

    Abstract: Purpose: Test the feasibility of an image-based method to identify taxane resistance in mouse bearing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumor xenografts.: Methods: Xenograft tumor-bearing mice from paclitaxel-sensitive and paclitaxel-resistant ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Test the feasibility of an image-based method to identify taxane resistance in mouse bearing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumor xenografts.
    Methods: Xenograft tumor-bearing mice from paclitaxel-sensitive and paclitaxel-resistant TNBC cells (MDA-MD-346) were generated by orthotopic injection into female NOD-SCID mice. When tumors reached 100-150 mm
    Results: From fifteen mice scanned, five had taxane-sensitive cell line tumors of which two underwent taxol-based treatment. From the remaining 10 mice with taxane-resistant cell line tumors, four underwent taxol-based treatment. Only 13 mice had the tumor sample analyzed histologically. When normalized to the blood pool, both cell lines showed differences in metabolic uptake before and after treatment.
    Conclusions: Treated and untreated taxane-sensitive and taxane-resistant cell lines have different metabolic properties that could be leveraged before the start of chemotherapy.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Animals ; Mice ; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Mice, SCID ; Mice, Inbred NOD ; Positron-Emission Tomography/methods ; Paclitaxel/pharmacology ; Paclitaxel/therapeutic use ; Models, Animal ; Drug Resistance ; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
    Chemical Substances Paclitaxel (P88XT4IS4D)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-14
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 8236-3
    ISSN 1619-7089 ; 0340-6997 ; 1619-7070
    ISSN (online) 1619-7089
    ISSN 0340-6997 ; 1619-7070
    DOI 10.1007/s00259-023-06546-0
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  10. Article ; Online: Large organized chromatin lysine domains help distinguish primitive from differentiated cell populations

    Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni / Benjamin Haibe-Kains / Mathieu Lupien

    Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 9

    Abstract: Large organized chromatin lysine (K) domains (LOCKs) are a genomic feature derived from the cluster of modified nucleosomes. Here the authors provide evidence that LOCKs discriminate primitive from differentiated cell populations and that they relate to ... ...

    Abstract Large organized chromatin lysine (K) domains (LOCKs) are a genomic feature derived from the cluster of modified nucleosomes. Here the authors provide evidence that LOCKs discriminate primitive from differentiated cell populations and that they relate to transcription regulating events.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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