The H3.3K27M oncohistone affects replication stress outcome and provokes genomic instability in pediatric glioma.

While comprehensive molecular profiling of histone H3.3 mutant pediatric high-grade glioma has revealed extensive dysregulation of the chromatin landscape, the exact mechanisms driving tumor formation remain poorly understood. Since H3.3 mutant gliomas also exhibit high levels of copy number alterat...

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Auteurs principaux: Irena Bočkaj, Tosca E I Martini, Eduardo S de Camargo Magalhães, Petra L Bakker, Tiny G J Meeuwsen-de Boer, Inna Armandari, Saskia L Meuleman, Marin T Mondria, Colin Stok, Yannick P Kok, Bjorn Bakker, René Wardenaar, Jonas Seiler, Mathilde J C Broekhuis, Hilda van den Bos, Diana C J Spierings, Femke C A Ringnalda, Hans Clevers, Ulrich Schüller, Marcel A T M van Vugt, Floris Foijer, Sophia W M Bruggeman
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/e3b40f56962c48b392b15bc0a11a6d55
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Résumé:While comprehensive molecular profiling of histone H3.3 mutant pediatric high-grade glioma has revealed extensive dysregulation of the chromatin landscape, the exact mechanisms driving tumor formation remain poorly understood. Since H3.3 mutant gliomas also exhibit high levels of copy number alterations, we set out to address if the H3.3K27M oncohistone leads to destabilization of the genome. Hereto, we established a cell culture model allowing inducible H3.3K27M expression and observed an increase in mitotic abnormalities. We also found enhanced interaction of DNA replication factors with H3.3K27M during mitosis, indicating replication defects. Further functional analyses revealed increased genomic instability upon replication stress, as represented by mitotic bulky and ultrafine DNA bridges. This co-occurred with suboptimal 53BP1 nuclear body formation after mitosis in vitro, and in human glioma. Finally, we observed a decrease in ultrafine DNA bridges following deletion of the K27M mutant H3F3A allele in primary high-grade glioma cells. Together, our data uncover a role for H3.3 in DNA replication under stress conditions that is altered by the K27M mutation, promoting genomic instability and potentially glioma development.