Project name: TEAD1 ChIP-seq on on MDA-MB-231 and Detroit X1 562 cells

Description: The Hippo Pathway is a critical signaling network that regulates organ size and cellular proliferation in metazoans. The transcriptional enhanced associate domain (TEAD) family of transcription factors serve as the receptors for the downstream effectors of the Hippo pathway, YAP and TAZ, to upregulate expression of multiple genes involved in proliferation, cell-fate determination, polarity, and survival1. Recent work revealed that TEAD proteins are palmitoylated at a conserved cysteine with the lipid tail extending into the hydrophobic core of the protein2. Mutagenic and covalent modulation of the palmitoylation site disrupts Hippo signaling2,3; however, an understanding of why TEAD proteins require this seemingly essential modification and the therapeutic implications of modulating TEAD palmitoylation has remained elusive. Here we report the identification and optimization of a potent pan-TEAD small molecule that binds the TEAD lipid pocket (LP), blocks palmitoylation, and dysregulates TEAD activity in multiple cancer cell lines. Cellular and biochemical data interrogating the mechanism of action for our compound reveal TEAD palmitoylation to function as a checkpoint that regulates TEAD homeostasis. We show that bypassing this checkpoint with a small molecule increases TEAD protein levels thereby decreasing the ability of YAP/TAZ to activate downstream target gene transcription in a dominant-negative manner. Our study demonstrates a new role for lipidation in protein signaling and establishes the TEAD LP as a bona fide therapeutic site for modulation of the Hippo Pathway.Overall design: ChIP-seq of TEAD1 was performed on the following cells in two replicates: MDA-MB-231 and Detroit X1 562 cells. We had one input sample as control for each cell type.

Data type: Epigenomics

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Medical

Last updated: 2019-11-05