HDAC3 is critical in tumor development and therapeutic resistance in -mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Lillian J Eichner, Stephanie D Curtis, Sonja N Brun, Caroline K McGuire, Irena Gushterova, Joshua T Baumgart, Elijah Trefts, Debbie S Ross, Tammy J Rymoff, Reuben J Shaw
Author Information
  1. Lillian J Eichner: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA. ORCID
  2. Stephanie D Curtis: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA. ORCID
  3. Sonja N Brun: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA.
  4. Caroline K McGuire: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL USA.
  5. Irena Gushterova: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, 303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL USA. ORCID
  6. Joshua T Baumgart: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA. ORCID
  7. Elijah Trefts: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA. ORCID
  8. Debbie S Ross: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA.
  9. Tammy J Rymoff: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA.
  10. Reuben J Shaw: Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA USA. ORCID

Abstract

HDAC3 is one of the main targets of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in clinical development as cancer therapies, yet the in vivo role of HDAC3 in solid tumors is unknown. We identified a critical role for HDAC3 in -mutant lung cancer. Using genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), we found that HDAC3 is required for lung tumor growth in vivo. HDAC3 was found to direct and enhance the transcription effects of the lung cancer lineage transcription factor NKX2-1 to mediate expression of a common set of target genes. We identified FGFR1 as a critical previously unidentified target of HDAC3. Leveraging this, we identified that an HDAC3-dependent transcriptional cassette becomes hyperactivated as -mutant cells develop resistance to the MEK inhibitor trametinib, and this can be reversed by treatment with the HDAC1/HDAC3 inhibitor entinostat. We found that the combination of entinostat plus trametinib treatment elicits therapeutic benefit in the GEMM.

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MeSH Term

Animals
Mice
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Cell Line, Tumor
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Lung Neoplasms
Pyridines
Histone Deacetylases

Chemicals

entinostat
Pyridines
histone deacetylase 3
Histone Deacetylases