1. LEANNA BROOKS BRG1: LUNG CANCER

2. LUNG CANCER

4. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH BRG1? LOH in chromosome 19 is frequent in NSLC tumors BRG1 is very frequently inactivated in lung tumors. (as many as 1/3 of NSCLC cell lines have mutations in BRG1) Mutations include frameshifts, nonsense or missense mutations. Patients whose tumors are missing BRG1 have a worse prognosis BRG1 mutations have also been found in pancreatic, prostate, breast and colon cancer cell lines The mutations result in a truncated protein

5. SWI/SNF CHROMATIN REMODELING COMPLEX Activates (or deactivates) transcription by changing the structure of chromosomes; changing their affinity for transcription factors ATP dependent Critical for differentiation and proliferation BRG1 is the ATPase – it provides the energy needed to carry out this function

7. MOUSE EXPERIMENTS Cre-Pos (black) = BRG1 inactivated Cre-Neg (white) = control Heterozygotes show more tumors, while homozygotes for BRG1 inactivation do not Heterozygote inactivation of BRG1 leads to larger tumors (and worse prognosis)

8. BRG1 DOWN-REGULATES MYC

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