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CDK7-Dependent Transcriptional Addiction in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Wang, Yubao; Zhang, Tinghu; Kwiatkowski, Nicholas; Abraham, Brian J.; Lee, Tong Ihn; Xie, Shaozhen; Yuzugullu, Haluk; Von, Thanh; Li, Heyuan; Lin, Ziao; Stover, Daniel G.; Lim, Elgene; Wang, Zhigang C.; Iglehart, J. Dirk; Gray, Nathanael S.; Zhao, Jean J.; Young, Richard A.; ... Show more Show less
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Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer that exhibits extremely high levels of genetic complexity and yet a relatively uniform transcriptional program. We postulate that TNBC might be highly dependent on uninterrupted transcription of a key set of genes within this gene expression program and might therefore be exceptionally sensitive to inhibitors of transcription. Utilizing kinase inhibitors and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing, we show here that triple-negative but not hormone receptor-positive breast cancer cells are exceptionally dependent on CDK7, a transcriptional cyclin-dependent kinase. TNBC cells are unique in their dependence on this transcriptional CDK and suffer apoptotic cell death upon CDK7 inhibition. An “Achilles cluster” of TNBC-specific genes is especially sensitive to CDK7 inhibition and frequently associated with super-enhancers. We conclude that CDK7 mediates transcriptional addiction to a vital cluster of genes in TNBC and CDK7 inhibition may be a useful therapy for this challenging cancer.
Date issued
2015-09
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107736
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Journal
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
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Wang, Yubao, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski, Brian J. Abraham, Tong Ihn Lee, Shaozhen Xie, Haluk Yuzugullu, et al. “CDK7-Dependent Transcriptional Addiction in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.” Cell 163, no. 1 (September 2015): 174–186.
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00928674

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