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Ohnmacht, A. ; Rajamani, A.* ; Avar, G. ; Kutkaite, G. ; Gonçalves, E.* ; Saur, D.* ; Menden, M.P.

The pharmacoepigenomic landscape of cancer cell lines reveals the epigenetic component of drug sensitivity.

Comm. Biol. 6:825 (2023)
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Aberrant DNA methylation accompanies genetic alterations during oncogenesis and tumour homeostasis and contributes to the transcriptional deregulation of key signalling pathways in cancer. Despite increasing efforts in DNA methylation profiling of cancer patients, there is still a lack of epigenetic biomarkers to predict treatment efficacy. To address this, we analyse 721 cancer cell lines across 22 cancer types treated with 453 anti-cancer compounds. We systematically detect the predictive component of DNA methylation in the context of transcriptional and mutational patterns, i.e., in total 19 DNA methylation biomarkers across 17 drugs and five cancer types. DNA methylation constitutes drug sensitivity biomarkers by mediating the expression of proximal genes, thereby enhancing biological signals across multi-omics data modalities. Our method reproduces anticipated associations, and in addition, we find that the NEK9 promoter hypermethylation may confer sensitivity to the NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor pevonedistat in melanoma through downregulation of NEK9. In summary, we envision that epigenomics will refine existing patient stratification, thus empowering the next generation of precision oncology.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Island Methylator Phenotype; Dna Methylation; Gene-expression; Hypermethylation; Connectivity; Dacomitinib; Mechanisms; Target
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2399-3642
e-ISSN 2399-3642
Quellenangaben Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: , Article Number: 825 Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Publishing Place London
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Grants European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme