Pregnancy Reprograms the Epigenome of Mammary Epithelial Cells and Blocks the Development of Premalignant Lesions

Feigman, M.J., Moss, M.A., Chen, C., Cyrill, S.L., Cicone, M.F., Trousdell, M.C., Yang, S.-T., Frey, W.D., Wilkinson, J.E., Dos Santos, C. O. (May 2020) Pregnancy Reprograms the Epigenome of Mammary Epithelial Cells and Blocks the Development of Premalignant Lesions. Nat Commun, 11 (1). p. 2649. ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Pregnancy causes a series of cellular and molecular changes in mammary epithelial cells (MECs) of female adults. In addition, pregnancy can also modify the predisposition of rodent and human MECs to initiate oncogenesis. Here, we investigate how pregnancy reprograms enhancer chromatin in the mammary epithelium of mice and influences the transcriptional output of the oncogenic transcription factor cMYC. We find that pregnancy induces an expansion of the active cis-regulatory landscape of MECs, which influences the activation of pregnancy-related programs during re-exposure to pregnancy hormones in vivo and in vitro. Using inducible cMYC overexpression, we demonstrate that post-pregnancy MECs are resistant to the downstream molecular programs induced by cMYC, a response that blunts carcinoma initiation, but does not perturb the normal pregnancy-induced epigenomic landscape. cMYC overexpression drives post-pregnancy MECs into a senescence-like state, and perturbations of this state increase malignant phenotypic changes. Taken together, our findings provide further insight into the cell-autonomous signals in post-pregnancy MECs that underpin the regulation of gene expression, cellular activation, and resistance to malignant development.

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Subjects:	bioinformatics diseases & disorders > cancer bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > genes: types > Myc bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types > breast cancer bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > cis-regulatory elements organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > epithelial cells organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > epithelial cells organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > epithelial cells organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > epithelium bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene regulation bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene regulation bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > genes: types organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > mammary gland bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > genes: types > oncogene bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > genes: types > oncogenes organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > transcription factor
CSHL Authors:	Dos Santos, Camila O. Chen, Chen Cyrill, Samantha L Ciccone, Michael F Feigman, Mary J. Moss, Matthew A. Trousdell, Marygrace C Yang, Shih-Ting
Communities:	CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cellular Communication in Cancer Program CSHL labs > Dos Santos lab CSHL Cancer Center Program CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > Animal Services CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > Flow Cytometry Service CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > Histology Service CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > Next Generation Sequencing Service
Depositing User:	Adrian Gomez
Date:	27 May 2020
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2020 14:12
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2024 21:16
PMCID:	PMC7253414
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URI:	https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/39485

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