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27 Characterization of the molecular consequences of CIC-knockout and neomorphic IDH1 R132H mutation on transcriptomic and epigenomic landscapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

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CIC, or Capicua, encodes a transcriptional repressor that is itself repressed by RAS/MAPK signalling. CIC is a recurrent target of somatic mutation in type 1 low grade gliomas (LGG), with at least half of the alterations predicted to be deleterious. Type 1 LGGs are a cohort of tumours that are molecularly defined by the loss of heterozygosity of chromosome arms 1p and 19q and the presence of neomorphic IDH1/2 mutations. Despite the high frequency of mutations in CIC within this tumour type, CIC’s putative tumour suppressive role remains to be elucidated. It is also unclear how CIC may cooperate with neomorphic IDH1/2 to promote gliomagenesis. To comprehensively characterize the molecular consequences of CIC loss, we performed RNA-seq, Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing, and ChIP-seq on 6 different histone modifications on isogenic CIC-wildtype (WT) and CIC-knockout (KO) normal human astrocytes. To also investigate the collective effects of CIC deficiency and neomorphic IDH1 on the transcriptome and epigenome, we generated the same dataset in isogenic CIC-WT and CIC-KO astrocytes possessing the IDH1 R132H mutation. Analysis of differentially expressed genes illustrates the enrichment of oncogenic pathways in specifically the CIC-KO, IDH1-R132H cells, supporting a synergistic relationship between CIC loss and IDH1-R132H in driving tumour progression. Integrative analyses are ongoing to unveil the epigenetic mechanisms underpinning the regulatory changes in these isogenic cell line models.

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© The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences Inc. 2018