TY - JOUR AU - Wang Jun-Jian AU - Zou June X. AU - Wang Hong AU - Duan Zhi-Jian AU - Wang Hai-Bin AU - Chen Peng AU - Liu Pei-Qing AU - Xu Jian-Zhen AU - Chen Hong-Wu PY - 2019 TI - Histone methyltransferase NSD2 mediates the survival and invasion of triple-negative breast cancer cells via stimulating ADAM9-EGFR-AKT signaling JF - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica; Vol 40, No 8 (August 2019): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous disease with a poor prognosis due to the lack of an effective targeted therapy. Histone lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) have emerged as attractive drug targets for cancer therapy. However, the function of the majority of KMTs in TNBC has remained largely unknown. In the current study, we found that KMT nuclear receptor binding SET domain protein 2 (NSD2) is overexpressed in TNBC tumors and that its overexpression is associated with poor survival of TNBC patients. NSD2 regulates TNBC cell survival and invasion and is required for tumorigenesis and tumor growth. Mechanistically, NSD2 directly controls the expression of EGFR and ADAM9, a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) family that mediates the release of growth factors, such as HB-EGF. Through its methylase activity, NSD2 overexpression stimulates EGFR-AKT signaling and promotes TNBC cell resistance to the EGFR inhibitor geļ¬tinib. Together, our results identify NSD2 as a major epigenetic regulator in TNBC and provide a rationale for targeting NSD2 alone or in combination with EGFR inhibitors as a targeted therapy for TNBC. UR - http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/10010