posted on 2023-04-04, 00:04authored byValentina Lukinović, Simone Hausmann, Gael S. Roth, Clement Oyeniran, Tanveer Ahmad, Ning Tsao, Joshua R. Brickner, Alexandre G. Casanova, Florent Chuffart, Ana Morales Benitez, Jessica Vayr, Rebecca Rodell, Marianne Tardif, Pascal W.T.C. Jansen, Yohann Couté, Michiel Vermeulen, Pierre Hainaut, Pawel K. Mazur, Nima Mosammaparast, Nicolas Reynoird
Supplementary Table from SMYD3 Impedes Small Cell Lung Cancer Sensitivity to Alkylation Damage through RNF113A Methylation–Phosphorylation Cross-talk
Funding
ANR JCJC
INCa
Fondation ARC
NIH
American Cancer Society
DOD PRCRP Career Development Award
Career Enhancement Grant—The University of Texas NIH SPORE in Lung Cancer
Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Scientist and CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
ProFI
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fellowship
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
History
ARTICLE ABSTRACT
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most fatal form of lung cancer, with dismal survival, limited therapeutic options, and rapid development of chemoresistance. We identified the lysine methyltransferase SMYD3 as a major regulator of SCLC sensitivity to alkylation-based chemotherapy. RNF113A methylation by SMYD3 impairs its interaction with the phosphatase PP4, controlling its phosphorylation levels. This cross-talk between posttranslational modifications acts as a key switch in promoting and maintaining RNF113A E3 ligase activity, essential for its role in alkylation damage response. In turn, SMYD3 inhibition restores SCLC vulnerability to alkylating chemotherapy. Our study sheds light on a novel role of SMYD3 in cancer, uncovering this enzyme as a mediator of alkylation damage sensitivity and providing a rationale for small-molecule SMYD3 inhibition to improve responses to established chemotherapy.
SCLC rapidly becomes resistant to conventional chemotherapy, leaving patients with no alternative treatment options. Our data demonstrate that SMYD3 upregulation and RNF113A methylation in SCLC are key mechanisms that control the alkylation damage response. Notably, SMYD3 inhibition sensitizes cells to alkylating agents and promotes sustained SCLC response to chemotherapy.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 2007