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LSD1 Overexpression Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Basal-Like Breast Cancer, and Sensitivity to PARP Inhibition

Satoi Nagasawa,Anna S. Sedukhina,Y. Nakagawa,I. Maeda,Manabu Kubota,S. Ohnuma,K. Tsugawa,T. Ohta,M. Roche-Molina,J. A. Bernal,A. Narváez,Anand D. Jeyasekharan,Ko Sato

Published 2015 in PLoS ONE

ABSTRACT

LSD1, a lysine-specific histone demethylase, is overexpressed in several types of cancers and linked to poor outcomes. In breast cancer, the significance of LSD1 overexpression is not clear. We have performed an in silico analysis to assess the relationship of LSD1 expression to clinical outcome. We demonstrate that LSD1 overexpression is a poor prognostic factor in breast cancer, especially in basal-like breast cancer, a subtype of breast cancer with aggressive clinical features. This link is also observed in samples of triple negative breast cancer. Interestingly, we note that overexpression of LSD1 correlates with down-regulation of BRCA1 in triple negative breast cancer. This phenomenon is also observed in in vitro models of basal-like breast cancer, and is associated with an increased sensitivity to PARP inhibitors. We propose therefore that high expression levels of the demethylase LSD1 is a potential prognostic factor of poor outcome in basal-like breast cancer, and that PARP inhibition may be a therapeutic strategy of interest in this poor prognostic subtype with overexpression of LSD1.

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