Loss of LPAR6 and CAB39L dysregulates the basal-to-luminal urothelial differentiation program, contributing to bladder carcinogenesis

Sangkyou Lee, Jolanta Bondaruk, Yishan Wang, Huiqin Chen, June Goo Lee, Tadeusz Majewski, Rachel D. Mullen, David Cogdell, Jiansong Chen, Ziqiao Wang, Hui Yao, Pawel Kus, Joon Jeong, Ilkyun Lee, Woonyoung Choi, Neema Navai, Charles Guo, Colin Dinney, Keith Baggerly, Cathy MendelsohnDavid McConkey, Richard R. Behringer, Marek Kimmel, Peng Wei, Bogdan Czerniak

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Abstract

We describe a strategy that combines histologic and molecular mapping that permits interrogation of the chronology of changes associated with cancer development on a whole-organ scale. Using this approach, we present the sequence of alterations around RB1 in the development of bladder cancer. We show that RB1 is not involved in initial expansion of the preneoplastic clone. Instead, we found a set of contiguous genes that we term “forerunner” genes whose silencing is associated with the development of plaque-like field effects initiating carcinogenesis. Specifically, we identified five candidate forerunner genes (ITM2B, LPAR6, MLNR, CAB39L, and ARL11) mapping near RB1. Two of these genes, LPAR6 and CAB39L, are preferentially downregulated in the luminal and basal subtypes of bladder cancer, respectively. Their loss of function dysregulates urothelial differentiation, sensitizing the urothelium to N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine-induced cancers, which recapitulate the luminal and basal subtypes of human bladder cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Article number114146
JournalCell Reports
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 May 28

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  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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