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PAX3-FOXO1A Expression in Rhabdomyosarcoma Is Driven by the Targetable Nuclear Receptor NR4A1 Alexandra Lacey1, Aline Rodrigues-Hoffman2, and Stephen Safe1 Published OnlineFirst November 18, 2016; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1546 Cancer Therapeutics, Targets, and Chemical Biology Research PAX3-FOXO1A Expression in Rhabdomyosarcoma Is Driven by the Targetable Nuclear Receptor NR4A1 Alexandra Lacey1, Aline Rodrigues-Hoffman2, and Stephen Safe1 Abstract Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) is a devastating pediatric PAX3-FOXO1A. Mechanistic investigations revealed a requirement disease driven by expression of the oncogenic fusion gene PAX3- for the NR4A1/Sp4 complex to bind GC-rich promoter regions FOXO1A. In this study, we report overexpression of the nuclear to elevate transcription of the PAX3-FOXO1A gene. In parallel, receptor NR4A1 in rhabdomyosarcomas that is sufficient to NR4A1 also regulated expression of b1-integrin, which with PAX3- drive high expression of PAX3-FOXO1A there. RNAi-mediated FOXO1A, contributed to tumor cell migration that was blocked by silencing of NR4A1 decreased expression of PAX3-FOXO1A and C-DIM/NR4A1 antagonists. Taken together, our results provide a its downstream effector genes. Similarly, cell treatment with the preclinical rationale for the use of NR4A1 small-molecule antago- NR4A1 small-molecule antagonists 1,1-bis(3-indolyl)-1-(p- nists to treat ARMS and other rhabdomyosarcomas driven by hydroxy or p-carbomethoxyphenyl)methane (C-DIM) decreased PAX3-FOXO1A. Cancer Res; 77(3); 1–10. Ó2016 AACR. Introduction activity for NR4A1. In contrast, NR4A1 exhibits tumor promoter activity (6, 7) in solid tumors. NR4A1 is also overexpressed in Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarco- tumors from patients with breast, lung, pancreatic, colon, and ma that is primarily observed in children and adolescents and ovarian cancer and is a negative prognostic factor for patients with accounts for 50% of all pediatric cancers and 50% of soft-tissue breast, lung, and ovarian cancer (9–15). sarcomas in children (1, 2). The urgency for developing new Although endogenous ligands for NR4A1 and other NR4A and more effective drugs for treating rhabdomyosarcoma is receptors have not been identified, structurally diverse com- demonstrated by a recent article in JAMA (3) that reported at pounds directly or indirectly target this receptor. Initial studies age 45, 95.5% of pediatric cancer survivors are afflicted with demonstrated that several apoptosis-inducing agents activated chronic health conditions due to prior treatment with cytotoxic nuclear export of NR4A1 and formation of a proapoptotic drugs. This demonstrates the need for mechanism-based cancer complex with bcl-2, which subsequently disrupted mitochon- therapeuticsinordertodecreasetheuseand/ordoseofcyto- dria (16–18). Wu and colleagues identified cytosporone B and toxic agents. structural analogs as NR4A1 ligands and these compounds The orphan nuclear receptors NR4A1 (Nur77, TR3), NR4A2 exhibited structure-dependent activation of nuclear NR4A1 and (Nurr1), and NR4A3 (Nor1) play important roles in maintaining nuclear export (19–22). In contrast, studies in this laboratory cellular homeostasis by their involvement in inflammation, 0 have demonstrated that among a series of 1,1-bis(3 -indolyl)-1- immune and neuronal functions, metabolism, and differentia- (p-substituted phenyl)methanes (C-DIM), several compounds, tion (4, 5). These receptors are early immediate genes induced by including the p-hydroxy (DIM-C-pPhOH) and p-carboxymethyl multiple stimuli, and there is increasing evidence that NR4A (DIM-C-pPhCO Me), bound and activated nuclear NR4A1 and receptors are potential drug targets for many diseases including 2 acted as NR4A1 antagonists (23). cancer (4–7). Among the NR4A receptors, there has been extensive In a series of studies, it was demonstrated that knockdown of research on the expression and role of NR4A1 in cancer and one NR4A1 (siRNA) by RNAi or treatment with C-DIM/NR4A1 study found the loss of both NR4A1 and NR4A2 in mice results in ligands inhibits pancreatic, lung, kidney, colon, rhabdomyosar- hematologic malignancies (8), suggesting tumor suppressor–like coma, and breast cancer growth and induces apoptosis (9, 13, 14, 23–28). Moreover, in breast cancer cells, these same treatments inhibit migration through downregulation of b1-integrin, an 1Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M Univer- 2 NR4A1-regulated gene (26). Pro-oncogenic NR4A1-regulated sity, College Station, Texas. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas pathways/genes in rhabdomyosarcoma and other cancer cell lines A&M University, College Station, Texas. are summarized in Fig. 1A. NR4A1 activates TXNDC5 and IDH1 to Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Research decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS), which facilitates activa- Online (http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/). tion of mTOR, and NR4A1 also regulates prosurvival and growth- Corresponding Author: Stephen Safe, Department of Veterinary Physiology promoting genes through an NR4A1/Sp complex interacting with and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, 4466 TAMU, College Station, TX GC-rich gene promoters (9, 13, 27). The NR4A1/Sp gene regula- 77843. Phone: 979-845-5988; Fax: 979-862-4929; E-mail: [email protected] tion pathway does not require direct NR4A1 binding to promoter doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1546 DNA and is commonly observed for several nuclear receptors Ó2016 American Association for Cancer Research. including orphan receptors (29). Sp transcription factors (Sp1, www.aacrjournals.org OF1 Downloaded from cancerres.aacrjournals.org on September 25, 2021. © 2016 American Association for Cancer Research. Published OnlineFirst November 18, 2016; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1546 Lacey et al. Figure 1. NR4A1 regulates PAX3-FOXO1A expression in ARMS. A, Pro-oncogenic pathways regulated by NR4A1 in rhabdomyosarcoma and other cancer cell lines. B, Analysis of PAX3-FOXO1A gene expression in ERMS and ARMS tumors expressing high and low levels of NR4A1 in patient-derived mRNA acquired from the NCBI GSE2851 dataset. Effects of knockdown of NR4A1 by RNAi (siNR4A1) in Rh30 (C), Rh41 (D), and Rh18 (E) on PAX3-FOXO1A protein and RNA were determined by Western blot analysis of whole-cell lysates and real-time PCR of RNA extracts, respectively, as outlined in Materials and Methods. Results were compared with cell lines transfected with a nonspecific control oligonucleotide, and RNA results are means Æ SE for three replicated determinations and significant (Ã, P < 0.05) decreases are indicated. Sp3, and Sp4) are highly overexpressed in rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines (28, 30, 31), and the anticancer agent tolfenamic acid Materials and Methods decreased expression of Sp1, Sp3, Sp4 and pro-oncogenic Sp- Cell lines, antibodies, chemicals, and other materials regulated genes including PAX3-FOXO1A (30), a critical pro- RD, C2C12, and Rh30 cell lines were purchased from ATCC and oncogenic factor in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS), a dead- were authenticated in 2014 (Promega Powerplex 18D) at the ly form of rhabdomyosarcoma. In this study, we hypothesize and Duke University DNA Analysis Laboratory. Rh18 and Rh41 cells subsequently confirm that PAX3-FOXO1A is an NR4A1/Sp-reg- were received from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center- ulated gene and treatment with NR4A1 antagonists decreases Children's Oncology Group in 2015. All cell lines were main- expression of PAX3-FOXO1A and downstream genes in ARMS tained at 37 C in the presence of 5% CO2 with Rh30 maintained cell lines. Thus, NR4A1 antagonists represent a novel approach for in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS and 5% treating patients with ARMS that overexpress this receptor. antibiotic. Rh41 and Rh18 cell lines were maintained in Iscove OF2 Cancer Res; 77(3) February 1, 2017 Cancer Research Downloaded from cancerres.aacrjournals.org on September 25, 2021. © 2016 American Association for Cancer Research. Published OnlineFirst November 18, 2016; DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1546 NR4A1 Antagonists Target PAX3-FOXO1A 3 2 1 Modified Dulbecco Medium (IMDM) supplemented with 20% formula: tumor volume (mm ) ¼ (L Â W ) Â /2, where L is the FBS, 1Â ITS (5 mg/mL insulin, 5 mg/mL transferrin, 5 ng/mL length and W is the width of the tumor. All animals in the selenous acid), and 5% antibiotic. RPMI-1640 was purchased treatment group presented with an infiltrative, densely cellular from Sigma-Aldrich. IMDM was purchased from ThermoFisher neoplasm with similar histologic features as observed in the Scientific, and ITS was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Lipofecta- control group. Multifocal areas of necrosis were also observed mine 2000 was purchased from Invitrogen. MTT was purchased within the neoplasm in this group. from Sigma-Aldrich. The C-DIM compounds were prepared as previously described. Summaries of the antibodies and oligonu- Results cleotides for RNAi, real-time PCR, and chromatin immunopre- NR4A1 regulates PAX3-FOXO1A expression in ARMS cell lines cipitation (ChIP) primers are summarized in Supplementary Previous analysis of publically available patient arrays shows Table S1. that NR4A1 is upregulated in tumors from patients with rhab- domyosarcoma and analysis of ARMS tumors showed that Total RNA expression analysis NR4A1 levels were also higher in PAX3-FOXO1A–positive Sample data of total RNA were acquired from NCBI GEO (ARMS) versus PAX3-FOXO1–negative (ERMS) tumors (Fig. dataset GSE2787 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc. 1B; refs. 28, 32). This analysis was limited by the few studies cgi?acc¼GSE2787). In addition, transcription profiles of compet- available;
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