Study
Systematic kinase inhibitor profiling identifies CDK9 as a synthetic lethal target in NUT midline carcinoma
| Study ID | Alternative Stable ID | Type |
|---|---|---|
| EGAS00001002588 | Other |
Study Description
Kinase inhibitors represent the backbone of targeted cancer therapy, yet only a limited number of oncogenic drivers are directly druggable. By interrogating the activity of 1,505 kinase inhibitors we found that BRD4-NUT-rearranged NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) cells are specifically killed by CDK9 inhibition (CDK9i) and exhibit a unique dependency on CDK9 and Cyclin-T1 expression. We show that CDK9i leads to robust induction of apoptosis and of markers of DNA damage response in NMC cells. While both CDK9i and bromodomain inhibition over time result in reduced Myc protein expression, only bromodomain inhibition induces cell differentiation and a p21-induced cell cycle arrest in these cells. Finally, RNA-Seq and ChIP-based analyses reveal a BRD4-NUT specific CDK9i-induced perturbation of transcriptional elongation. Thus, our data provide a mechanistic basis for the genotype-dependent vulnerability of NUT midline carcinoma cells to CDK9i that may be of relevance for the development of targeted therapies for NMC patients.
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| Dataset ID | Description | Technology | Samples |
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| EGAD00001003464 |
For RNA-Seq total RNA was isolated following LDC67 or JQ1 treatment. 3’RNAseq libraries were prepared with QUANT SEQ FWD 3´mRNA-Seq Kit (Lexogen, Austria), sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000
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Illumina HiSeq 2000 | 3 |
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