
Systematic multi-omics cell line profiling uncovers principles of Ewing sarcoma fusion oncogene-mediated gene regulationEwing sarcoma (EwS) is characterized by
EWSR1-ETS fusion transcription factors converting polymorphic GGAA microsatellites (mSats) into potent
neo-enhancers. Although the paucity of additional mutations makes EwS a genuine model to study principles of
cooperation between dominant fusion oncogenes and neo-enhancers, this is impeded by the limited number of
well-characterized models. Here we present the Ewing Sarcoma Cell Line Atlas (ESCLA), comprising whole-genome,
DNA methylation, transcriptome, proteome, and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) data of 18
cell lines with inducible EWSR1-ETS knockdown. The ESCLA shows hundreds of EWSR1-ETS-targets, the nature of
EWSR1-ETS-preferred GGAA mSats, and putative indirect modes of EWSR1-ETS-mediated gene regulation, converging
in the duality of a specific but plastic EwS signature. We identify heterogeneously regulated EWSR1-ETS-targets
as potential prognostic EwS biomarkers. Our freely available ESCLA (HERE) is a rich
resource for EwS research and highlights the power of comprehensive datasets to unravel principles of
heterogeneous gene regulation by chimeric transcription factors.
![]() The Ewing Sarcoma Cell Line Atlas
The data presented here belong to the manuscript 'Systematic multi-omics cell line profiling uncovers principles of Ewing sarcoma fusion oncogene-mediated gene regulation' by Martin F. Orth et al, 2021. |