Yoshito Kimura1, Akihisa Fukuda2, Satoshi Ogawa1, Takahisa Maruno1, Yutaka Takada1, Motoyuki Tsuda1, Yukiko Hiramatsu1, Osamu Araki1, Munemasa Nagao1, Takaaki Yoshikawa1, Kozo Ikuta1, Takuto Yoshioka1, Zong Wang3, Haruhiko Akiyama4, Christopher V Wright5, Kyoichi Takaori6, Shinji Uemoto6, Tsutomu Chiba1, Hiroshi Seno1. 1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. 2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: fukuda26@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp. 3. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 4. Department of Orthopaedics, Gifu University, Gifu City, Japan. 5. Program in Developmental Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. 6. Division of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The ARID1A gene encodes a protein that is part of the large adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF and is frequently mutated in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs). We investigated the functions of ARID1A during formation of PDACs in mice. METHODS: We performed studies with Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D mice, which express activated Kras in the pancreas and develop pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs), as well as those with disruption of Aird1a (Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D;Arid1af/f mice) or disruption of Brg1 (encodes a catalytic ATPase of the SWI/SNF complex) (Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D; Brg1f/fmice). Pancreatic ductal cells (PDCs) were isolated from Arid1af/f mice and from Arid1af/f;SOX9OE mice, which overexpress human SOX9 upon infection with an adenovirus-expressing Cre recombinase. Pancreatic tissues were collected from all mice and analyzed by histology and immunohistochemistry; cells were isolated and grown in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional cultures. We performed microarray analyses to compare gene expression patterns in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) from the different strains of mice. We obtained 58 samples of IPMNs and 44 samples of PDACs from patients who underwent pancreatectomy in Japan and analyzed them by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D mice developed PanINs, whereas Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D;Arid1af/f mice developed IPMNs and PDACs; IPMNs originated from PDCs. ARID1A-deficient IPMNs did not express SOX9. ARID1A-deficient PDCs had reduced expression of SOX9 and dedifferentiated in culture. Overexpression of SOX9 in these cells allowed them to differentiate and prevented dilation of ducts. Among mice with pancreatic expression of activated Kras, those with disruption of Arid1a developed fewer PDACs from IPMNs than mice with disruption of Brg1. ARID1A-deficient IPMNs had reduced activity of the mTOR pathway. Human IPMN and PDAC specimens had reduced levels of ARID1A, SOX9, and phosphorylated S6 (a marker of mTOR pathway activation). Levels of ARID1A correlated with levels of SOX9 and phosphorylated S6. CONCLUSIONS: ARID1A regulates expression of SOX9, activation of the mTOR pathway, and differentiation of PDCs. ARID1A inhibits formation of PDACs from IPMNs in mice with pancreatic expression of activated KRAS and is down-regulated in IPMN and PDAC tissues from patients.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The ARID1A gene encodes a protein that is part of the large adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SWI/SNF and is frequently mutated in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs). We investigated the functions of ARID1A during formation of PDACs in mice. METHODS: We performed studies with Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D mice, which express activated Kras in the pancreas and develop pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs), as well as those with disruption of Aird1a (Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D;Arid1af/f mice) or disruption of Brg1 (encodes a catalytic ATPase of the SWI/SNF complex) (Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D; Brg1f/fmice). Pancreatic ductal cells (PDCs) were isolated from Arid1af/f mice and from Arid1af/f;SOX9OE mice, which overexpress human SOX9 upon infection with an adenovirus-expressing Cre recombinase. Pancreatic tissues were collected from all mice and analyzed by histology and immunohistochemistry; cells were isolated and grown in 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional cultures. We performed microarray analyses to compare gene expression patterns in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) from the different strains of mice. We obtained 58 samples of IPMNs and 44 samples of PDACs from patients who underwent pancreatectomy in Japan and analyzed them by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D mice developed PanINs, whereas Ptf1a-Cre;KrasG12D;Arid1af/f mice developed IPMNs and PDACs; IPMNs originated from PDCs. ARID1A-deficient IPMNs did not express SOX9. ARID1A-deficient PDCs had reduced expression of SOX9 and dedifferentiated in culture. Overexpression of SOX9 in these cells allowed them to differentiate and prevented dilation of ducts. Among mice with pancreatic expression of activated Kras, those with disruption of Arid1a developed fewer PDACs from IPMNs than mice with disruption of Brg1. ARID1A-deficient IPMNs had reduced activity of the mTOR pathway. Human IPMN and PDAC specimens had reduced levels of ARID1A, SOX9, and phosphorylated S6 (a marker of mTOR pathway activation). Levels of ARID1A correlated with levels of SOX9 and phosphorylated S6. CONCLUSIONS: ARID1A regulates expression of SOX9, activation of the mTOR pathway, and differentiation of PDCs. ARID1A inhibits formation of PDACs from IPMNs in mice with pancreatic expression of activated KRAS and is down-regulated in IPMN and PDAC tissues from patients.
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