The androgen receptor cistrome is extensively reprogrammed in human prostate tumorigenesis

Nat Genet. 2015 Nov;47(11):1346-51. doi: 10.1038/ng.3419. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Abstract

Master transcription factors interact with DNA to establish cell type identity and to regulate gene expression in mammalian cells. The genome-wide map of these transcription factor binding sites has been termed the cistrome. Here we show that the androgen receptor (AR) cistrome undergoes extensive reprogramming during prostate epithelial transformation in man. Using human prostate tissue, we observed a core set of AR binding sites that are consistently reprogrammed in tumors. FOXA1 and HOXB13 colocalized at the reprogrammed AR binding sites in human tumor tissue. Introduction of FOXA1 and HOXB13 into an immortalized prostate cell line reprogrammed the AR cistrome to resemble that of a prostate tumor, functionally linking these specific factors to AR cistrome reprogramming. These findings offer mechanistic insights into a key set of events that drive normal prostate epithelium toward transformation and establish the centrality of epigenetic reprogramming in human prostate tumorigenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites / genetics
  • Carcinogenesis / genetics
  • Carcinogenesis / metabolism*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / genetics
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / metabolism*
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Genome-Wide Association Study / methods
  • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha / genetics
  • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha / metabolism
  • Homeodomain Proteins / genetics
  • Homeodomain Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Prostate / metabolism*
  • Prostate / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • RNA Interference
  • Receptors, Androgen / genetics
  • Receptors, Androgen / metabolism*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Transcriptome / genetics

Substances

  • AR protein, human
  • FOXA1 protein, human
  • HOXB13 protein, human
  • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • Receptors, Androgen

Associated data

  • GEO/GSE70079