Title
PRMT1-Mediated Translation Regulation Is a Crucial Vulnerability of Cancer.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2017
JAX Source
Cancer Res 2017 Sep 1; 77(17):4613-4625
Volume
77
Issue
17
First Page
4613
Last Page
4625
ISSN
1538-7445
PMID
28655788
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-0216
Abstract
Through an shRNA screen, we identified the protein arginine methyltransferase Prmt1 as a vulnerable intervention point in murine p53/Rb-null osteosarcomas, the human counterpart of which lacks effective therapeutic options. Depletion of Prmt1 in p53-deficient cells impaired tumor initiation and maintenance in vitro and in vivo Mechanistic studies reveal that translation-associated pathways were enriched for Prmt1 downstream targets, implicating Prmt1 in translation control. In particular, loss of Prmt1 led to a decrease in arginine methylation of the translation initiation complex, thereby disrupting its assembly and inhibiting translation. p53/Rb-null cells were sensitive to p53-induced translation stress, and analysis of human cancer cell line data from Project Achilles further revealed that Prmt1 and translation-associated pathways converged on the same functional networks. We propose that targeted therapy against Prmt1 and its associated translation-related pathways offer a mechanistic rationale for treatment of osteosarcomas and other cancers that exhibit dependencies on translation stress response. Cancer Res; 77(17); 4613-25. ©2017 AACR.
Recommended Citation
Hsu, Jessie Hao-Ru; Hubbell-Engler, Benjamin; Adelmant, Guillaume; Huang, Jialiang; Joyce, Cailin E; Vazquez, Francisca; Weir, Barbara A; Montgomery, Philip; Tsherniak, Aviad; Giacomelli, Andrew O; Perry, Jennifer A; Trowbridge, Jennifer J.; Fujiwara, Yuko; Cowley, Glenn S; Xie, Huafeng; Kim, Woojin; Novina, Carl D; Hahn, William C; Marto, Jarrod A; and Orkin, Stuart H, "PRMT1-Mediated Translation Regulation Is a Crucial Vulnerability of Cancer." (2017). Faculty Research 2017. 185.
https://mouseion.jax.org/stfb2017/185