Systematic identification of non-coding pharmacogenomic landscape in cancer

Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 9;9(1):3192. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05495-9.

Abstract

Emerging evidence has shown long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in cancer drug response. Here we report a lncRNA pharmacogenomic landscape by integrating multi-dimensional genomic data of 1005 cancer cell lines and drug response data of 265 anti-cancer compounds. Using Elastic Net (EN) regression, our analysis identifies 27,341 lncRNA-drug predictive pairs. We validate the robustness of the lncRNA EN-models using two independent cancer pharmacogenomic datasets. By applying lncRNA EN-models of 49 FDA approved drugs to the 5605 tumor samples from 21 cancer types, we show that cancer cell line based lncRNA EN-models can predict therapeutic outcome in cancer patients. Further lncRNA-pathway co-expression analysis suggests lncRNAs may regulate drug response through drug-metabolism or drug-target pathways. Finally, we experimentally validate that EPIC1, the top predictive lncRNA for the Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal motif (BET) inhibitors, strongly promotes iBET762 and JQ-1 resistance through activating MYC transcriptional activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Lineage
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Gene Regulatory Networks
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Machine Learning
  • Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pharmacogenetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Long Noncoding / genetics*
  • RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
  • Regression Analysis
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • RNA, Small Interfering