TY - JOUR
T1 - Targeting Transcriptional Addictions in Small Cell Lung Cancer with a Covalent CDK7 Inhibitor
AU - Christensen, Camilla L
AU - Kwiatkowski, Nicholas
AU - Abraham, Brian J
AU - Carretero, Julian
AU - Al-Shahrour, Fatima
AU - Zhang, Tinghu
AU - Chipumuro, Edmond
AU - Herter-Sprie, Grit S
AU - Akbay, Esra A
AU - Altabef, Abigail
AU - Zhang, Jianming
AU - Shimamura, Takeshi
AU - Capelletti, Marzia
AU - Reibel, Jakob B
AU - Cavanaugh, Jillian D
AU - Gao, Peng
AU - Liu, Yan
AU - Michaelsen, Signe Regner
AU - Poulsen, Hans S
AU - Aref, Amir R
AU - Barbie, David A
AU - Bradner, James E
AU - George, Rani E
AU - Gray, Nathanael S
AU - Young, Richard A
AU - Wong, Kwok-Kin
N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/12/8
Y1 - 2014/12/8
N2 - Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease with high mortality, and the identification of effective pharmacological strategies to target SCLC biology represents an urgent need. Using a high-throughput cellular screen of a diverse chemical library, we observe that SCLC is sensitive to transcription-targeting drugs, in particular to THZ1, a recently identified covalent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 7. We find that expression of super-enhancer-associated transcription factor genes, including MYC family proto-oncogenes and neuroendocrine lineage-specific factors, is highly vulnerability to THZ1 treatment. We propose that downregulation of these transcription factors contributes, in part, to SCLC sensitivity to transcriptional inhibitors and that THZ1 represents a prototype drug for tailored SCLC therapy.
AB - Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease with high mortality, and the identification of effective pharmacological strategies to target SCLC biology represents an urgent need. Using a high-throughput cellular screen of a diverse chemical library, we observe that SCLC is sensitive to transcription-targeting drugs, in particular to THZ1, a recently identified covalent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 7. We find that expression of super-enhancer-associated transcription factor genes, including MYC family proto-oncogenes and neuroendocrine lineage-specific factors, is highly vulnerability to THZ1 treatment. We propose that downregulation of these transcription factors contributes, in part, to SCLC sensitivity to transcriptional inhibitors and that THZ1 represents a prototype drug for tailored SCLC therapy.
KW - Animals
KW - Antineoplastic Agents
KW - Cell Line, Tumor
KW - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
KW - Enzyme Inhibitors
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
KW - High-Throughput Screening Assays
KW - Humans
KW - Lung Neoplasms
KW - Mice
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Neoplasms, Experimental
KW - Sequence Analysis, DNA
KW - Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
KW - Transcription Factors
KW - Transcription, Genetic
KW - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
U2 - 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.10.019
DO - 10.1016/j.ccell.2014.10.019
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25490451
SN - 1535-6108
VL - 26
SP - 909
EP - 922
JO - Cancer Cell
JF - Cancer Cell
IS - 6
ER -