TOP2B Is Required to Maintain the Adrenergic Neural Phenotype and for ATRA-Induced Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells.

Khazeem, Mushtaq M ORCID: 0000-0003-2948-8225, Casement, John W ORCID: 0000-0003-3514-7259, Schlossmacher, George ORCID: 0000-0001-7713-5729, Kenneth, Niall S ORCID: 0000-0001-8528-1021, Sumbung, Nielda K, Chan, Janice Yuen Tung ORCID: 0000-0001-9203-2699, McGow, Jade F, Cowell, Ian G ORCID: 0000-0002-8606-0447 and Austin, Caroline A ORCID: 0000-0002-1921-5947 (2022) TOP2B Is Required to Maintain the Adrenergic Neural Phenotype and for ATRA-Induced Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells. Molecular neurobiology, 59 (10). pp. 5987-6008.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-022-02949-6

Abstract

The neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y is widely used to study retinoic acid (RA)-induced gene expression and differentiation and as a tool to study neurodegenerative disorders. SH-SY5Y cells predominantly exhibit adrenergic neuronal properties, but they can also exist in an epigenetically interconvertible alternative state with more mesenchymal characteristics; as a result, these cells can be used to study gene regulation circuitry controlling neuroblastoma phenotype. Using a combination of pharmacological inhibition and targeted gene inactivation, we have probed the requirement for DNA topoisomerase IIB (TOP2B) in RA-induced gene expression and differentiation and in the balance between adrenergic neuronal versus mesenchymal transcription programmes. We found that expression of many, but not all genes that are rapidly induced by ATRA in SH-SY5Y cells was significantly reduced in the TOP2B null cells; these genes include BCL2, CYP26A1, CRABP2, and NTRK2. Comparing gene expression profiles in wild-type versus TOP2B null cells, we found that long genes and genes expressed at a high level in WT SH-SY5Y cells were disproportionately dependent on TOP2B. Notably, TOP2B null SH-SY5Y cells upregulated mesenchymal markers vimentin (VIM) and fibronectin (FN1) and components of the NOTCH signalling pathway. Enrichment analysis and comparison with the transcription profiles of other neuroblastoma-derived cell lines supported the conclusion that TOP2B is required to fully maintain the adrenergic neural-like transcriptional signature of SH-SY5Y cells and to suppress the alternative mesenchymal epithelial-like epigenetic state.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cell Line, Tumor, Humans, Neuroblastoma, Tretinoin, DNA Topoisomerases, Type II, Adrenergic Agents, Cell Differentiation, Phenotype, Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2022 15:49
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 20:36
DOI:	10.1007/s12035-022-02949-6
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-022-02949-6
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165561