EWS–FLI1 increases transcription to cause R-loops and block BRCA1 repair in Ewing sarcoma

A Gorthi, JC Romero, E Loranc, L Cao, LA Lawrence… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive paediatric cancer of the bone and soft tissue. It results from
a chromosomal translocation, predominantly t (11; 22)(q24: q12), that fuses the N-terminal …

ETV6 dependency in Ewing sarcoma by antagonism of EWS-FLI1-mediated enhancer activation

Y Gao, XY He, XS Wu, YH Huang, S Toneyan, T Ha… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The EWS-FLI1 fusion oncoprotein deregulates transcription to initiate the paediatric cancer
Ewing sarcoma. Here we used a domain-focused CRISPR screen to implicate the …

The ETS transcription factor ETV6 constrains the transcriptional activity of EWS–FLI to promote Ewing sarcoma

DY Lu, JM Ellegast, KN Ross, CF Malone, S Lin… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are frequently mutated in cancer. Paediatric cancers exhibit few
mutations genome-wide but frequently harbour sentinel mutations that affect TFs, which …

A small molecule blocking oncogenic protein EWS-FLI1 interaction with RNA helicase A inhibits growth of Ewing's sarcoma

HV Erkizan, Y Kong, M Merchant, S Schlottmann… - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
Many sarcomas and leukemias carry nonrandom chromosomal translocations encoding
tumor-specific mutant fusion transcription factors that are essential to their molecular …

EWS/FLI1 target genes and therapeutic opportunities in Ewing sarcoma

F Cidre-Aranaz, J Alonso - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive bone malignancy that affect children and young adults.
Ewing sarcoma is the second most common primary bone malignancy in pediatric patients …

Chimeric EWSR1-FLI1 regulates the Ewing sarcoma susceptibility gene EGR2 via a GGAA microsatellite

TGP Grünewald, V Bernard, P Gilardi-Hebenstreit… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Deciphering the ways in which somatic mutations and germline susceptibility variants
cooperate to promote cancer is challenging. Ewing sarcoma is characterized by fusions …

Lurbinectedin inactivates the Ewing sarcoma oncoprotein EWS-FLI1 by redistributing it within the nucleus

ML Harlow, N Maloney, J Roland, MJ Guillen Navarro… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
There is a great need to develop novel approaches to target oncogenic transcription factors
with small molecules. Ewing sarcoma is emblematic of this need, as it depends on the …

Transcriptional programs define intratumoral heterogeneity of Ewing sarcoma at single-cell resolution

MM Aynaud, O Mirabeau, N Gruel, S Grossetête… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Summary EWSR1-FLI1, the chimeric oncogene specific for Ewing sarcoma (EwS), induces a
cascade of signaling events leading to cell transformation. However, it remains elusive how …

DNA methylation heterogeneity defines a disease spectrum in Ewing sarcoma

NC Sheffield, G Pierron, J Klughammer, P Datlinger… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental tumors in children and young adults carry few genetic alterations, yet they
have diverse clinical presentation. Focusing on Ewing sarcoma, we sought to establish the …

Oncogenic partnerships: EWS-FLI1 protein interactions initiate key pathways of Ewing's sarcoma

HV Erkizan, VN Uversky, JA Toretsky - Clinical Cancer Research, 2010 - AACR
Targeted therapy for cancer, which is specifically directed toward the cancer without any
potential for effects outside of controlling the tumor, is a gold standard for treatment. Ewing's …