PMID- 32721119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211004 LR - 20211004 IS - 2573-8348 (Electronic) IS - 2573-8348 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 5 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Tumorigenic effects of TLX overexpression in HEK 293T cells. PG - e1204 LID - 10.1002/cnr2.1204 [doi] LID - e1204 AB - BACKGROUND: The human orphan receptor TLX (NR2E1) is a key regulator of neurogenesis, adult stem cell maintenance, and tumorigenesis. However, little is known about the genetic and transcriptomic events that occur following TLX overexpression in human cell lines. AIMS: Here, we used cytogenetics and RNA sequencing to investigate the effect of TLX overexpression with an inducible vector system in the HEK 293T cell line. METHODS AND RESULTS: Conventional spectral karyotyping was used to identify chromosomal abnormalities, followed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on chromosome spreads to assess TLX DNA copy number. Illumina paired-end whole transcriptome sequencing was then performed to characterize recurrent genetic variants (single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels), expressed gene fusions, and gene expression profiles. Lastly, flow cytometry was used to analyze cell cycle distribution. Intriguingly, we show that upon transfection with a vector containing the human TLX gene (eGFP-hTLX), an isochromosome forms on the long arm of chromosome 6, thereby resulting in DNA gain of the TLX locus (6q21) and upregulation of TLX. Induction of the eGFP-hTLX vector further increased TLX expression levels, leading to G0-G1 cell cycle arrest, genetic aberrations, modulation of gene expression patterns, and crosstalk with other nuclear receptors (AR, ESR1, ESR2, NR1H4, and NR3C2). We identified a 49-gene signature associated with central nervous system (CNS) development and carcinogenesis, in addition to potentially cancer-driving gene fusions (LARP1-CNOT8 and NSL1-ZDBF2) and deleterious genetic variants (frameshift insertions in the CTSH, DBF4, POSTN, and WDR78 genes). CONCLUSION: Taken together, these findings illustrate that TLX may play a pivotal role in tumorigenesis via genomic instability and perturbation of cancer-related processes. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Parris, Toshima Z AU - Parris TZ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0834-5540 AD - Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Vizlin-Hodzic, Dzeneta AU - Vizlin-Hodzic D AD - Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. AD - Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Salmela, Susanne AU - Salmela S AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. FAU - Funa, Keiko AU - Funa K AD - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190725 PL - United States TA - Cancer Rep (Hoboken) JT - Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) JID - 101747728 RN - 0 (NR2E1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Orphan Nuclear Receptors) SB - IM MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*genetics MH - Frameshift Mutation MH - G1 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - *Genomic Instability MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Orphan Nuclear Receptors/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA-Seq MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC7941458 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NR2E1 OT - TLX OT - cancer OT - genome instability OT - nuclear receptors EDAT- 2020/07/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/05 06:00 PMCR- 2019/07/25 CRDT- 2020/07/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CNR21204 [pii] AID - 10.1002/cnr2.1204 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2019 Oct;2(5):e1204. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1204. Epub 2019 Jul 25.