Abstract LB-038: Novel functional insights revealed by distinct protein-protein interactions of the residual SWI/SNF complex in SMARCA4-deficient small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type
Authors: Raupach Elizabeth , Garcia-Mansfield Krystine , Sharma Ritin , Hegde Apurva , David-Dirgo Victoria , Wang Yemin , Shin Chae Young , Tao Lan , Facista Salvatore , Moore Rayvon , Lang Jessica , Zismann Victoria , Orlando Krystal , Spillman Monique , Karnezis Anthony , Bennett Lynda , Huntsman David , Trent Jeffrey , Hendricks William , Weissman Bernard , Pirrotte Patrick 
Published: September 2020

Chromatin remodeling plays a critical role in tumor suppression as demonstrated by 20% of human cancers bearing inactivating mutations in SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex members. Mutations in different SWI/SNF subunits drive a variety of adult and pediatric tumor types, including non-small cell lung cancers, rhabdoid tumors, medulloblastomas, and ovarian cancers. Small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer occurring in young women. Nearly all (&gt;98%) SCCOHTs have inactivating mutations in SMARCA4, which encodes 1 of 2 mutually exclusive catalytic subunits of the SWI/SNF complex. Less than half of SCCOHT patients survive 5 years despite aggressive surgery and multimodal chemotherapy. Empirical support for effective SCCOHT treatments is scarce, in part because of the poor understanding of SCCOHT tumorigenesis. To gain insight into the functional consequences of SWI/SNF subunit loss, we defined SWI/SNF composition and its protein-protein interactions (PPIs) by immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry (IP-MS) of SWI/SNF subunits in 3 SCCOHT cell lines. Comparing these results to a cell line containing a wild-type SWI/SNF complex, the interaction of most canonical core SWI/SNF subunits was observed in all SCCOHT cell lines at a lower abundance. The SCCOHT SWI/SNF also lacked ATPase module subunits and showed a drastic reduction in PBAF-specific subunit interactions. The wild-type and SCCOHT SWI/SNF subunits immunoprecipitated a shared set of 26 proteins, including core SWI/SNF subunits and RNA processing proteins. We observed 131 proteins exclusively interacting with the wild-type SWI/SNF complex including isoform-specific SWI/SNF subunits, members of the NuRD complex, and members of the MLL3/4 complex. We observed 60 PPIs exclusive to the SCCOHT residual SWI/SNF shared in at least 2 of the 3 SCCOHT cell lines, including many proteins involved in RNA processing. Differential interactions with the residual SWI/SNF complex in SCCOHT may further elucidate altered functional consequences of SMARCA4 mutations in these tumors as well as identify synthetic lethal targets that translate to other SWI/SNF-deficient tumors.

Citation Format: Elizabeth Raupach, Krystine Garcia-Mansfield, Ritin Sharma, Apurva Hegde, Victoria David-Dirgo, Yemin Wang, Chae Young Shin, Lan Tao, Salvatore Facista, Rayvon Moore, Jessica Lang, Victoria Zismann, Krystal Orlando, Monique Spillman, Anthony Karnezis, Lynda Bennett, David Huntsman, Jeffrey Trent, William Hendricks, Bernard Weissman, Patrick Pirrotte. Novel functional insights revealed by distinct protein-protein interactions of the residual SWI/SNF complex in SMARCA4-deficient small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research 2020; 2020 Apr 27-28 and Jun 22-24. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(16 Suppl):Abstract nr LB-038.