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AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 1A (ARID1A) loss-of-function mutation accompanied by a loss of ARID1A protein expression is frequently observed in endometrial carcinomas. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these genetic changes to the altered pathways regulating tumour initiation, maintenance and/or progression remain poorly understood. Thus, the main aim of this study was to analyse the role of ARID1A loss of function in endometrial tumorigenesis. Here, using different endometrial in vitro and in vivo models, such as tumoral cell lines, 3D primary cultures and metastatic or genetically modified mouse models, we show that altered expression of ARID1A is not enough to initiate endometrial tumorigenesis. However, in an established endometrial cancer context, ARID1A loss of function accelerates tumoral progression and metastasis through the disruption of the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint and ATM/ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoints, increases epithelial cell proliferation rates and induces epithelial mesenchymal transition through the activation of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6). Next, we demonstrated that the inhibition of HDAC6 function, using the HDAC6-specific inhibitor ACY1215 or by transfection with HDAC6 short hairpin RNA (shRNA), can reverse the migratory and invasive phenotype of ARID1A-knockdown cells. Further, we also show that inhibition of HDAC6 activity causes an apoptotic vulnerability to etoposide treatments in ARID1A-deficient cells. In summary, the findings exposed in this work indicate that the inhibition of HDAC6 activity is a potential therapeutic strategy for patients suffering from ARID1A-mutant endometrial cancer diagnosed in advanced stages. © 2022 The Authors. Molecular Oncology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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Cristina Megino-Luque, Pol Sisó, Natalia Mota-Martorell, Raúl Navaridas, Inés de la Rosa, Izaskun Urdanibia, Manel Albertí-Valls, Maria Santacana, Miquel Pinyol, Núria Bonifaci, Anna Macià, David Llobet-Navas, Sònia Gatius, Xavier Matias-Guiu, Núria Eritja. ARID1A-deficient cells require HDAC6 for progression of endometrial carcinoma. Molecular oncology. 2022 Jun;16(11):2235-2259

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