Open AccessPI3K/AKT Signaling Regulates H3K4 Methylation in Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Jennifer M. Spangle,
Koen M.A. Dreijerink,
Anna C. Groner,
Hailing Cheng,
Carolynn E. Ohlson,
Jaime M. Reyes,
Charles Y. Lin,
James E. Bradner,
Jean J. Zhao,
Thomas M. Roberts,
Myles Brown
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cell reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.264
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 2639-1856
pISSN - 2211-1247
DOI - 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.046
Subject(s) - breast cancer , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , protein kinase b , methylation , cancer research , signal transduction , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bioinformatics , medicine , chemistry , cancer , genetics , gene
Post-translational histone H3 modifications regulate transcriptional competence. The mechanisms by which the epigenome is regulated in response to oncogenic signaling remain unclear. Here we show that H3K4me3 is increased in breast tumors driven by an activated PIK3CA allele and that inhibition of PI3K/AKT signaling reduces promoter-associated H3K4me3 in human breast cancer cells. We show that the H3K4 demethylase KDM5A is an AKT target and that phosphorylation of KDM5A regulates its nuclear localization and promoter occupancy. Supporting a role for KDM5A in mediating PI3K/AKT transcriptional effects, the decreased expression in response to AKT inhibition of a subset of cell-cycle genes associated with poor clinical outcome is blunted by KDM5A silencing. Our data identify a mechanism by which PI3K/AKT signaling modulates the cancer epigenome through controlling H3K4 methylation and suggest that KDM5A subcellular localization and genome occupancy may be pharmacodynamic markers of the activity of PI3K/AKT inhibitors currently in clinical development.
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