Abstract
Distinct epigenetic modifiers ensure coordinated control over genes that govern a myriad of cellular processes. Growing evidence shows that dynamic regulation of histone methylation is critical for almost all stages of development. Notably, the KDM5 subfamily of histone lysine-specific demethylases plays essential roles in the proper development and differentiation of tissues, and aberrant regulation of KDM5 proteins during development can lead to chronic developmental defects and even cancer. In this review, we adopt a unique perspective regarding the context-dependent roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in development and tumorigenesis. It is well known that these two proteins show a high degree of sequence homology, with overlapping functions. However, we provide deeper insights into their substrate specificity and distinctive function in gene regulation that at times divert from each other. We also highlight both the possibility of targeting KDM5A and KDM5B to improve cancer treatment and the limitations that must be overcome to increase the efficacy of current drugs.
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Introduction
Histone modifications and chromatin-modifying enzymes have emerged as indispensable regulators of gene expression. Histone proteins are subject to posttranslational modifications such as methylation, acetylation, citrullination, phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and sumoylation1,2. Among the numerous enzymes that participate in the dynamic control of histone modifications, lysine-specific histone methyltransferases (KMTs) add methylation marks on different proteins3, whereas histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) remove them4. Histone methylation plays key roles in transcription and genomic stability in various organisms, including humans5,6. Mono-, di-, or trimethylation occurs on histone lysine residues, and each mark leads to different functions depending on the position and the number2. As a result, deregulation of chromatin-modifying enzymes is strongly linked to the development of various physiological diseases, including cancer.
Among Jumonji C domain (JMJD)-containing KDMs, the KDM5 subfamily catalyzes the removal of H3K4 di- and trimethylation (H3K4me2/3) marks, which are strongly associated with transcriptional activation7. The four KDM5 members are KDM5A (JARID1A/RBP2), KDM5B (JARID1B/PLU1), KDM5C (JARID1C/SMCX), and KDM5D (JARID1D/SMCY) (Fig. 1). The genes encoding KDM5A and KDM5B are located on an autosome and have a third plant homeodomain domain (PHD3). In contrast, the genes encoding KDM5C and KDM5D are located on the X and Y chromosomes, respectively, sharing biological functions and containing only two PHD domains8,9. The functions of the individual domains of KDM5 have been described in detail elsewhere10.
The lysine-specific histone demethylase 5 (KDM5) family is composed of 4 proteins: KDM5A, KDM5B, KDM5C, and KDM5D. Functional domain structures of KDM5 proteins show that all KDM5 proteins contain a common Jumonji-N (JmjN) domain (green), AT-rich interaction (ARID) domain (orange), plant homeodomain (PHD) 1 domain (red), Jumonji-C (JmjC) domain (blue), and zinc-finger (ZnF) domain (yellow). Differences between the four proteins arise from the presence of PHD2 and PHD3 domains. KDM5A and KDM5B have PHD2 and PHD3 domains, whereas KDM5C and KDM5D only have the PHD2 domain. The numbers indicate the location of each domain and the size of each protein in terms of amino acid residues.
As KDM5A and KDM5B share a common structure and sequence homology, many reviews discuss the diverse biological functions performed by these two KDM5 proteins under different physiological contexts. However, the individual roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in a similar biological context have not been addressed by reviews to date. Many epigenetic modulators within the same family share high-sequence homology, have similar structures, and target the same epigenetic modification. This characteristic is not limited to KDM5A and KDM5B. Despite their similarity, functional differences could arise from the following points. First, although both KDM5A and KDM5B target identical histone methylation marks, their target genes can vary depending on the circumstances. RNA-sequencing data for cancer cells depleted of KDM5A or KDM5B demonstrate the heterogeneity of their target genes11,12. Second, KDM5 family proteins mostly exert demethylase activities on many genes, but a number of studies also emphasize the functional importance of the demethylase-independent functions of KDM5 for gene regulation13,14. The demethylase-independent functions of KDM5A and KDM5B involve interactions with other proteins, and depending on their interacting partners, KDM5A and KDM5B may exhibit unique functions that are not fully attributable to their demethylase activities. Recognizing these differences, we aimed to focus on comprehensively refining the roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in the context of development and cancer progression.
Epigenetic regulation of development by KDM5A and KDM5B
Various in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that KDM5A and KDM5B both play crucial roles in regulating developmental processes, including those of stem cells, germ cells, brain, muscle, bone, blood, and adipocytes. Both KDM5A and KDM5B are classified into the same JMJD subfamily and have the same domain architecture; hence, their catalytic activity in different biological functions may overlap. Although the two proteins may have overlapping functions under certain circumstances, their differences must also be considered to elucidate their roles as novel epigenetic targets for treating various diseases.
Regulation of cell cycle genes
During differentiation and development, most stem cells exit the cell cycle at the G1 checkpoint and enter the G0 phase, or quiescent state, to serve as a reservoir for tissue renewal and repair15. Prolonged G1 phase of the cell cycle is a hallmark of differentiation; in contrast, a shortened G1 phase is associated with pluripotency in both mice and humans16,17. Several studies hypothesize that lengthening of the G1 phase is required for accumulation of factors necessary for differentiation to occur15. As a result, cells gain two new properties upon differentiation: repression of cell cycle genes for permanent cell cycle exit and activation of cell type-specific genes.
Regulation of the cell cycle by KDM5 family proteins, such as KDM5A and KDM5B, has been suggested to play cell context dependent, paradoxical roles. One study reported that KDM5A represses cell cycle genes during differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) and cooperates with E2F4 to cause cell cycle gene inactivation18. KDM5A knockdown leads to twofold increases in H3K4 methylation of cell cycle-promoting regulators, proliferating cell nuclear antigen and nucleolar spindle-associated protein 1, thereby inactivating these genes at their promoters in differentiated histiocytic lymphoma U937 cells. In addition to regulating cell cycle regulators, KDM5A is known to preferentially bind to transcription start site (TSS) regions of the cell cycle genes MFN2, BRD8/KIF20A, FGF4, OTX2, HOXA1, HOXA6, and HOXA718–2118,19,20,21. Whether these genes are directly controlled by removal of H3K4 trimethylation by KDM5A needs to be further studied. Unlike the repression of cell cycle genes during differentiation, cell cycle genes are activated by KDM5A during adipogenesis13. KDM5A binds to the area near the TSS of cell cycle genes during adipocyte differentiation and primes the promoters for activation during early adipogenesis. These genes include cell cycle progression genes such as cell division cycle 6 (Cdc6) and Cdc20, which are required for mitotic clonal expansion during adipogenesis. Indeed, knockdown of KDM5A, KDM5B, and KDM5C abrogates induction of these pro-proliferative cell cycle genes in response to adipogenesis. Future research should delineate the molecular mechanisms underlying the dual role of KDM5A as a gene activator and repressor22.
Similar to KDM5A, KDM5B plays a decisive role in the regulation of cell fate. In mESCs, KDM5B directly removes H3K4me3 from the promoters of genes involved in the cell cycle and cell lineage control. KDM5B contributes to development by maintaining an uncommitted state of progenitors23. For example, knockdown of KDM5B in mESCs significantly increases mRNA levels of BMI1, a neural cell lineage marker, Egr1, a cell differentiation marker, and p27, a cell cycle inhibitor. Overexpression of KDM5B decreases the expression level of these genes, maintaining the pluripotent state of undifferentiated stem cells. Constitutive expression of KDM5B in mESCs ensures that these genes are repressed to prevent improper differentiation. Although the aforementioned studies indicate that KDM5A and KDM5B both regulate cell cycle genes during development, they appear to play opposite roles in cell cycle regulation during differentiation (Fig. 2): KDM5B induces stem cell proliferation and inhibits cell cycle exit23,24, whereas KDM5A promotes differentiation by promoting cell cycle exit25 and progression13. For KDM5A and KDM5B, various cellular contexts are considered in cell cycle modulation during differentiation, and further studies should be conducted collectively.
KDM5A and KDM5B control cell cycle genes during differentiation. Under predifferentiation conditions, stem cells pass through indefinite rounds of the cell cycle. For differentiation and development to occur, cell cycle genes need to be repressed for permanent cell cycle exit, and cell type-specific genes must be expressed. A shortened G1 phase is associated with pluripotency in cells; a lengthened G1 phase marks cells for differentiation. During differentiation, KDM5A represses cell cycle genes and promotes cell cycle exit. Contrary to KDM5A, KDM5B inhibits cell cycle exit, maintaining the uncommitted state of progenitor cells by repressing expression of cell cycle inhibitors and several differentiation markers. Developmental processes that are regulated by KDM5A and KDM5B include astrocytogenesis, spermatogenesis, angiogenesis, myogenesis, and adipogenesis.
Regulation of different developmental genes
Development occurs as stem cells become committed to serving a specialized function in the body. Stem cells are well known for their pluripotency and ability to differentiate into different types of cells. The generation of specific cell types from pluripotent stem cells requires precise and timely expression of a variety of genes. For precise control of gene expression during differentiation, epigenetic regulation mechanisms play indispensable roles. Among the several proteins involved in epigenetic control, KDM5A and KDM5B remove H3K4 methylation marks on different TSSs of genes that participate in astrocytogenesis26, spermatogenesis27,28,29, angiogenesis30,31, myogenesis32,33, and adipogenesis13,34 (Fig. 3).
The KDM5A and KDM5B proteins both remove histone 3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) activation marks at transcription start sites (TSSs). The two proteins play various physiological roles by removing the methylation marks of different cell cycle genes and developmental genes. As a result, dysregulation of KDM5A and KDM5B leads to multiple developmental disorders, such as neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital heart diseases. Malfunction of the two proteins also promotes tumorigenesis in different cancers, including breast cancer and prostate cancer, by inducing uncontrolled cell growth, migration, and invasion. The two proteins are known to be upregulated in many other cancers aside from breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Brain development
KDM5A has previously been described to promote differentiation of cells into mESCs18. However, KDM5A during brain development represses neural progenitor cells (NPCs) differentiation26. NPCs differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes35. Kong and colleagues demonstrated that KDM5A represses astrocyte differentiation in NPCs by removing H3K4 methyl marks at the TSS of Gfap, an astroglial gene. Knockdown of KDM5A decreases its recruitment to the Gfap promoter, and the protein levels of KDM5A are lower in differentiated cells than in NPCs. On the other hand, KDM5A overexpression reduces the transcriptional activity of the Gfap promoter. KDM5A prevents astrocyte differentiation in NPCs, but KDM5B helps to promote differentiation of NPCs in neural development36. H3K4 methylation marks, which are substrates of KDM5B, at the TSS of neural stem cell marker genes, such as Nanog and Rnf17, are lost during neural differentiation. Kdm5b functions to aid in neural stem cell gene silencing and helps to add silencing methylation marks such as H3K27me3. Indeed, Kdm5b-depleted ESCs retain H3K4me3 marks, and stem cell- and germ cell-specific genes are not fully silenced during neural differentiation. Incomplete silencing of lineage-inappropriate genes might hamper NPCs from further commitment toward mature neuronal cells. As seen from these studies, it is evident that KDM5A and KDM5B are essential in brain development and differentiation. Further studies are required to strongly proclaim the roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in neural stem cell differentiation.
Spermatogenesis
KDM5A and KDM5B play crucial roles in spermatogenesis, an ongoing differentiation process that occurs in the male testis to produce germ cells. A recent study showed that Kdm5a is involved in differentiation of gonocytes into spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs)27, which further differentiate into spermatozoa37. The importance of Kdm5a is implied by the ubiquitous expression of Kdm5a in the nuclei of gonocytes, spermatogonia, and spermatocytes. Overexpression of Kdm5a in mouse spermatogonial cells alters H3K4me3/me2 epigenetic marks on five genes related to SSC development (Esr2, Neurog3, Pou5f1, Ret, and Thy) and increases their transcription levels27. However, deeper studies are needed to fully understand the exact role of KDM5A in spermatogenesis.
Studies have shown that KDM5B is highly expressed in mitotic spermatogonia and the testis28,29. In line with the role of KDM5B in maintaining stem cell pluripotency by inhibiting termination of the cell cycle in mESCs23,24, KDM5B inactivation induces differentiation of spermatogonia into spermatocytes38. In the same sense, high levels of KDM5B mRNA correlate positively with increased differentiating spermatocytes in the developing mouse testis28. A recent study on DNA methylation of retrotransposons during male germ cell development further demonstrated that KDM5B is essential for proper spermatogenesis39. H3K4me2, a substrate of KDM5B, has been reported to exert an inhibitory effect on de novo DNA methylation that is crucial during male germ cell development. Proper regulation of DNA methylation is critical because methylation marks are removed and re-established during male germ cell development40, and impaired de novo DNA methylation of retrotransposons in gonocytes leads to apoptosis41. Nagamori and colleagues discovered that KDM5B colocalizes with KDM1A, which is recruited by mouse P-element-induced wimpy testis-interacting-like-4, a factor essential for recruiting de novo DNA methylation machinery in E16 gonocytes39. Furthermore, KDM5B facilitates KDM1A in removing H3K4me2 methylation marks, determining the site specificity of DNA methylation for proper differentiation of gonocytes.
Bone and muscle development
KDM5A and KDM5B also play key roles in the regulation of bone and muscle development. KDM5A cooperates with pRb25, a retinoblastoma tumor-suppressor protein and a regulator of muscle differentiation and development42,43. pRb is essential for cell cycle exit in myoblasts, resulting in muscle differentiation. Rb1-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) do not respond to forced expression of myogenic differentiation antigen MyoD, underscoring the functional importance of pRB in myogenesis44. Surprisingly, Kdm5a knockdown or knockout in cells defective in pRB rescues myoblast differentiation32. In pRB-defective cells, protein markers associated with myogenesis are re-expressed upon Kdm5a loss, but cell cycle withdrawal genes such as E2f1-3 and cyclins are not. H3K4me3 ChIP-seq assays using Kdm5a wild-type ESCs have shown that Kdm5a is enriched in multiple mitochondrial genes to inhibit their expression. Therefore, the inhibition of differentiation observed in Rb-deficient cells may be due to repression of these mitochondrial proteins by Kdm5a. These results show that removal of Kdm5a is required for activation of differentiation, allowing pRB to directly bind to and activate Kdm5a target genes with mitochondrial functions.
In addition to KDM5A, KDM5B is a key component of the epigenetic mechanism that controls osteoblast and myoblast differentiation33. KDM5B represses expression of Runx2/p57, a master regulator of osteoblast differentiation, by removing methylation marks on its promoter in undifferentiated, nonosteoblastic cells. As osteoblast lineage commitment increases, KDM5B is released from the Runx2 P1 promoter and activates osteogenic differentiation. During myoblast differentiation, depletion of KDM5B leads to increased H3K4me3 and H3K27ac marks on Runx2 promoters, facilitating Runx2/p57 transcription. Both KDM5A and KDM5B control histone methylation marks on the promoters of osteoblast or myoblast lineage-specific genes, but they do so by regulating distinct and nonoverlapping genes.
Angiogenesis
The development of blood vessels is always crucial for the proper functioning of cells, tissues, and organs: overgrowth of blood vessels may stimulate cancer growth, whereas blood vessel depletion may cause necrosis. Interaction between vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and its receptor leads to vasculogenesis and angiogenesis to promote endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and permeability. Bivalent domain promoter regions carrying both activating H3K4me3 and repressive H3K27me3 marks facilitate silencing of VEGF-response genes by recruiting KDM5A30. KDM5A interacts with polycomb complex 2 (PRC2), which creates and maintains the repressive H3K27me3 mark. During neovascularization, recruited KDM5A accelerates inactivation of rapidly upregulated VEGF-response genes, such as EGR3, by removing the activating H3K4me3 mark. Moreover, KDM5A depletion enhances EGR3 expression, the migratory ability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and cell proliferation. KDM5A serves as a brake to prevent overgrowth of blood vessels. Unlike KDM5A, which hinders angiogenesis, KDM5B promotes it. KDM5B is also highly expressed in HUVECs and is essential for endothelial angiogenic capacity in vitro and in vivo31. During angiogenesis, KDM5B represses HOXA5, an antiangiogenetic factor, in endothelial cells. HOXA5 drives endothelial cells to a resting state and inhibits angiogenesis. Overexpression of KDM5B reduces transcription of HOXA5 by removing H3K4me3 from the TSS of HOXA5. Consistently, loss of KDM5B activity attenuates blood vessel growth, vascular repair, tube formation, and spheroid outgrowth cell migration. These studies support the idea that KDM5A and KDM5B exert differential effects under similar contexts via regulation of identical histone modifications.
Dysregulation of KDM5A and KDM5B leads to developmental diseases
Neural diseases
As KDM5A and KDM5B play vital roles in development, their malfunction or misregulation may lead to developmental diseases45 (Fig. 3). Dysregulation of histone methylation contributes to the development of different neurodevelopmental diseases, such as intellectual disability (ID) syndromes and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Among the several types of histone methylation, H3K4me3 modification via KDM5A and KDM5B is crucial for the development and function of the central nervous system36,43,46. Thus, mutation in or loss of the KDM5A and KDM5B genes are associated with neurodevelopmental diseases such as ASD and ID45,47,48,49. For example, a case report of a patient with autism showed that a 1.5 Mb terminal deletion of 12p13.33 encompassing 13 genes, including KDM5A, is associated with ASD50. Another case report by Han and colleagues found that KDM5A is located in the deleted region of the genes responsible for epilepsy, ID, and schizophrenia in a Korean family51. Other studies have also demonstrated the importance of the pathological contribution of KDM5A to neurodevelopmental diseases48.
KDM5B has also been observed in other studies to be an ASD candidate gene with a de novo loss-of-function (LOF) mutation45,52. Next-generation sequencing and exome sequencing revealed a de novo splicing mutation (c.283 A > G) of KDM5B in a patient with nonsyndromic ID53, six variants of KDM5B in ASD patients52,54, a mosaic microduplication on the chromosome region that includes KDM5B55, and a few homozygous or compound heterozygous KDM5B LOF mutations in patients with recessive ID45,56. Nevertheless, a recent study showed that KDM5B haploinsufficiency cannot fully explain ID and ASD in individuals with a KDM5B LOF variant49, and further molecular study of LOF KDM5B mutation in ID is needed. The various mutations found in KDM5B include missense, nonsense, and frameshift variants in key functional domains. Therefore, these mutations may impair proper recognition of specific histone modifications, disturb interaction between other epigenetic proteins or receptors, or even disable the demethylase activities of the enzymes. Although numerous studies have been performed to unravel the roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in neurodevelopmental diseases, further functional studies are required to elucidate the molecular consequences of these two lysine demethylases.
Heart diseases
As previously stated, KDM5A and KDM5B play crucial roles in blood vessel development30,31 and muscle development25,33. Therefore, deleterious mutations in the KDM5A and KDM5B genes may lead to cardiovascular dysfunction and other congenital heart diseases57,58,59,60. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a structural abnormality of the heart that arises during embryonic development. It is the most common form of inborn malformation, affecting less than 1% of the population61. However, the exact pathogenesis of CHD is still poorly understood. Whole-exome sequencing performed on 30 families affected by CHD has indicated the existence of a disease-causal missense variant of KDM5A in 33% of the families57. In addition to these studies, other studies suggest that KDM5A and KDM5B are potential therapeutic targets for treating heart diseases58,60.
Approximately 20-30% of CHD survivors are at risk of experiencing neurodevelopmental disability (NDD)59,62. Indeed, previous research indicates that protein-truncating and deleterious missense de novo variants (DNVs) of certain chromatin modifiers, including KDM5A and KDM5B, account for ~40% of cases involving both CHD and ASD63. When Ji and colleagues analyzed 3684 CHD subjects and 1789 controls for connectome gene mutations59, KDM5B was included among the top 12 NDD genes with damaging DNVs in patients with CHD.
The consequences of KDM5A and KDM5B dysfunction are also observed in other developmental diseases. Accounting for the fact that KDM5 family proteins are important for the proper functioning of the testes, overexpression of KDM5A may lead to cryptorchidism27. The importance of proper functioning of KDM5A and KDM5B in other developmental diseases, such as osteoporosis64,65, obesity13,34, and alopecia areata66, has also been highlighted.
The epigenetic role of KDM5A and KDM5B in tumorigenesis
As expected from the various roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in developmental regulation, functional alterations of these two epigenetic enzymes result in tumorigenesis throughout the body (Table 1). Regulation of angiogenesis30,31,67,68, proliferation24,69,70, motility68, and DNA repair71 by these two enzymes renders them crucial for cancer progression. This review mainly characterizes the roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in breast cancer (BC) and prostate cancer (PC) because previous studies have shown that normal expression of KDM5B is highly restricted in adult tissues except in the mammary glands of pregnant females and the male reproductive organ, the testis70,72,73,74. Although no studies indicate differential expression of KDM5A in the mammary glands or testis, KDM5A is well known for its role in various cancers. Therefore, the oncogenic roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in BC and PC is covered below (Fig. 4).
In normal adult tissues, KDM5B expression is restricted, except in the mammary glands of pregnant females and the male reproductive organs. In contrast, most tumor tissues show increased KDM5B and KDM5A protein levels. KDM5A and KDM5B perform context-dependent oncogenic or tumor-suppressive roles in the tumorigenesis of various cancers, including breast cancer and prostate cancer. For example, KDM5A interacts with Rb or p107 to induce metastasis and invasion in breast cancer; some studies report its tumor-suppressive role by cooperating with AKT to downregulate cell cycle gene expression. KDM5B induces cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in prostate cancer by regulating the PI3K/AKT pathway but also interacts with the NuRD complex to inhibit breast cancer cell migration and invasion.
The roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in breast cancer
Of the various epigenetic histone modifiers, KDM5A and KDM5B are overexpressed in different forms of BC69,72,73,74,75,76,77,78. KDM5A is amplified in approximately 15% of BC76. In vivo metastasis models also show that KDM5A knockdown or inhibition reduces BC metastasis to the lungs77. Surprisingly, contrary to the prevailing notion that KDM5A-mediated H3K4me3 removal controls target gene repression, a catalytically dead KDM5A variant also promotes BC metastasis and invasion. In this case, KDM5A recruits and binds to Rb or p107 to activate its target genes to promote metastasis. Parallel to the role of KDM5A in BC progression, KDM5B has also been confirmed to promote BC growth by inducing cell cycle progression by indirectly activating expression of cyclin D1, a cell cycle stimulator79. KDM5B removes H3K4me3 and suppresses let-7e microRNA, which acts as a tumor suppressor to downregulate cyclin D1. These mechanisms highlight the oncogenic potential of dysregulated KDM5A and KDM5B in the context of cell cycle gene regulation.
However, some studies also point out the tumor-suppressive roles of KDM5A in BC. One study reported that KDM5A cooperates with AKT to downregulate cell cycle gene expression in advanced-stage BC80. KDM5A may function as a tumor suppressor by removing H3K4me3 on cell cycle-promoting genes. Such contradictory results regarding the roles of BC progression highlight the pleiotropic roles of epigenetic regulators and also suggest the need for deeper study to fully understand their molecular mechanism under certain conditions.
In line with its importance in regulating cell differentiation, improper functioning of KDM5B is associated with different tumorigenic abilities in subtype-specific types of BC. For instance, KDM5B is highly associated with estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) cell lines70,73,74. KDM5B knockdown pronouncedly inhibits estradiol (E2)-dependent tumor growth of ER+ breast cancer cells70. Similarly, another study showed that KDM5B drives carcinogenesis in luminal lineage ER+ breast tumors by associating with the CTCF transcription factor78. In addition to its role in ER+ BCs, KDM5B contributes to BC progression in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a highly aggressive subtype of breast cancer defined by a lack of ER, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expression81. Silencing KDM5B markedly reduces the migration and invasive potential of TNBC cells by regulating expression of lncRNA MALAT1 and its metastasis-associated target genes82. Although numerous studies have shown the importance of KDM5B in subtype-specific BC tumorigenesis, more research needs to be conducted on KDM5A to uncover the correlation between KDM5A and subtype-specific BC growth.
Despite several studies reporting evidence for the oncogenic roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in the development of BC, some studies provide contradictory results that indicate that high expression of KDM5A is associated with a better prognosis in BC83. It is not uncommon that a transcriptional regulator has context-dependent oncogenic and tumor-suppressing functions. According to one study, KDM5A inactivates Myc activity84 and directly interacts with recombination signal binding protein-J to function as a tumor suppressor by removing the H3K4me3 activation mark at Notch target genes85. Tumor-suppressive roles of KDM5B in BC have also been suggested86. In TNBC, suppression of KDM5B increases expression of the cancer stem cell markers Sox2 and Nanog. This aligns with the fact that KDM5B binds to the promoters of and regulates expression of core pluripotency regulators in mESCs46. Other studies also demonstrate that overexpression of KDM5B inhibits BC cell migration and invasion by cooperating with the KDM1A/nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex68,87. Such conflicting reports on the tumorigenic roles of KDM5A and KDM5B may be attributed to the various target genes and interacting partners that play diverse roles in regulation of the cell cycle, development, and differentiation (Table 2). Further studies are needed to clarify the roles of these two epigenetic proteins not only in BC carcinogenesis but also in other diseases.
The roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in prostate cancer
Many studies have reported the importance of KDM5A and KDM5B for PC growth. KDM5A and KDM5B perform oncogenic functions in PC and are significantly upregulated in PC samples compared to normal prostate samples88,89. As previously mentioned, both KDM5A and KDM5B are important in spermatogenesis27,28. Therefore, the roles of KDM5A and KDM5B upon their deregulation in the context of PC tumorigenesis are discussed below (Fig. 4).
KDM5B is upregulated in PC tissues compared to benign prostate samples89. KDM5B regulates and interacts with androgen receptor, which is crucial for PC progression. Additional studies also demonstrate that depletion of KDM5B reduces PC proliferation, cell cycle progression, and migration90,91. Deeper molecular studies using KDM5B knockout mouse models and biochemistry methods have shown that KDM5B governs and is governed by the PI3K/AKT pathway, which is crucial for PC progression91,92. Specifically, loss of KDM5B abrogates P110α and PIP3 levels and therefore weakens the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, attenuating the tumorigenesis of PC91. On the other hand, the PI3K/AKT pathway has been shown to act upstream of KDM5B. AKT inhibition reduces global H3K4 methylation levels by regulating miR-137 to transcriptionally repress KDM5B expression, which suppresses PC growth92. All this evidence supports the oncogenic role of KDM5B in PC progression, suggesting KDM5B as a potential target for PC.
Although a plethora of studies have contributed to our understanding of the role of KDM5B in PC progression, only a few studies report on the role of KDM5A in PC progression. Altered expression levels of KDM5A in PC have been observed88,93. Compared to that of normal prostate tissues, the mRNA level of KDM5A is elevated in prostate tumor tissues88. Another study demonstrated that overexpression of KDM5A induces PC cell growth, migration, and invasion93. In vivo studies using xenograft mouse models also show increased tumor sizes upon KDM5A overexpression. KDM5A has been reported to be elevated in PC, but the exact molecular mechanism of KDM5A in PC progression remains to be elucidated. Accumulating evidence supports that KDM5A and KDM5B family proteins act as protumorigenic factors in PC. Nevertheless, more in-depth research is necessary to solidify the relationship between PC and the KDM5A and KDM5B proteins.
Current inhibitors of KDM5
Small molecules that specifically inhibit KDM5 family proteins have been identified through high-throughput screening. Of the various KDM5 inhibitors, PBIT, KDM5-C49, KDM5-C70, GDK467, KDOAM-25, CPI-455, KDM5-Inh1, and KDM5-Inh1A94,95,96,97, none specifically inhibit KDM5A or KDM5B individually. This lack of specific inhibitors of KDM5A or KDM5B may be attributed to the common domains and structures of KDM5 proteins. KDM5 proteins depend on JmjC domains for their catalytic activity, and this domain is highly conserved among the KDM5 orthologs of different species. The question is whether individually specific KDM5 demethylase inhibitors can be developed that do not target the other proteins. GS-5801 by Gilead Sciences was under evaluation for its safety and tolerability in a phase 1b clinical trial for hepatitis B virus-infected patients, but the study was terminated in 201898. Further studies are necessary to break through the current barriers in the development of KDM5A- or KDM5B-selective inhibitors.
An in vitro and in vivo preclinical study showed that pharmacological inhibition of KDM5 via KDM5-Inh1 developed by Gilead Sciences results in antitumor effects in HER2+ BC cell lines97. KDM5-Inh1, a KDM5 inhibitor, shows the highest inhibitory activity on KDM5B at an IC50 value of 0.28 nM. KDM5-Inh1 also targets KDM5A at a higher concentration, with an IC50 value of 4.3 nM. KDM5-Inh1 demonstrates antitumor effects in HER2+ BC cells by inducing cell cycle inhibition and apoptosis. Additional in vivo experiments using KDM5-Inh1A, a close structural analog to KDM5-Inh1, revealed reduced tumor formation and tumor growth. Furthermore, KDM5-Inh1 treatment in HER2+ BC cells resistant to the HER2-targeting agent trastuzumab reduced proliferation in both sensitive HER2+ BC cells and trastuzumab-resistant HER2+ BC cells.
Organometallic compounds based on transition metals such as rhodium (Rh) and iridium are emerging as promising scaffolds for antitumor agents. Rh(III) complex 1 inhibits KDM5A activity at an IC50 value of 23.2 nM and suppresses BC cell growth in vivo without showing significant toxicity99,100. Nonetheless, further studies are required to confirm the specificity of Rh(III) complex 1 on KDM5A over KDM5B, KDM5C, KDM5D, or other lysine demethylases in other cancers to fully assess their potential in cancer treatment. More studies are required to develop inhibitors that individually target proteins within the KDM5 protein family. A vast number of preclinical studies have shown the potential of KDM5A and KDM5B as therapeutic targets, and further investigations aiming to develop specific inhibitors for these proteins will facilitate the treatment of various diseases, including cancer.
Discussion
Mounting evidence supports that KDM5 demethylases are pivotal in development and cancer progression. KDM5A and KDM5B play important roles in various physiological and pathological events ranging from the maintenance of homeostasis to the development of cancer. Most epigenetic modulators in humans can recognize several epigenetic marks, and many of these epigenetic marks are also recognized by other members within the protein family2. This innate characteristic of epigenetic enzymes makes it difficult to identify the exact molecular mechanisms that lead to certain physiological effects. In the same sense, KDM5A and KDM5B both remove di- or trimethylation marks of the same histone modification, but clear reasons why each protein has different effects have yet to be discovered. Of the many possibilities, the final physiological functions carried out by these enzymes may depend on cellular contexts and interacting partners. The contradictory functions of proteins in the same family with the same enzymatic activity suggest the need for extensive research to identify the exact molecular mechanism responsible for their distinct physiological functions. There is a need for further studies to elucidate the reasons for these differences among epigenetic proteins that is not limited to KDM5s.
Efforts to develop KDM5A-specific or KDM5B-specific inhibitors also emphasize the idea that KDM5A and KDM5B do not always function to give rise to the same biological effects, providing a new viewpoint to see them as individual proteins. Regardless, the development of individually specific KDM5 inhibitors will not be easy, and several challenges must be overcome. As mentioned above, KDM5 proteins share highly similar catalytic domains with each other and other lysine demethylases. Therefore, inhibitors targeting the catalytic domains of KDM5 enzymes lead to unwanted off-target effects on other enzymes. Perhaps targeting the unique allosteric sites in each protein is an alternative solution to overcome such a problem. Additionally, the heterogenic roles of KDM5A and KDM5B in different cancers and developmental stages make optimization of these inhibitors difficult. Although overexpression of KDM5A and KDM5B in several cancers has been confirmed and their oncogenic pathways have been identified, some studies report on the context-dependent tumor-suppressive roles of KDM5A and KDM5B. In this case, hampering the protein‒protein interaction between KDM5A or KDM5B and its partner protein under different contexts may improve the efficacy of the inhibitors developed. Although the functional ambiguity of KDM5A and KDM5B may slow the development of effective inhibitors, their diverse functions underscore their potential as cancer biomarkers and drug targets. Additionally, unveiling the molecular mechanism behind the ambiguous roles of KDM5A and KDM5B will act as a basis for the development of personalized treatment methods for patients with cancer and other diseases. Overall, a better understanding of the intertwined biochemistry underlying various physiological functions regulated by KDM5A and KDM5B will fill in the gaps of their story as potential epigenetic modulators and therapeutic targets.
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Yoo, J., Kim, G.W., Jeon, Y.H. et al. Drawing a line between histone demethylase KDM5A and KDM5B: their roles in development and tumorigenesis. Exp Mol Med 54, 2107–2117 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-022-00902-0
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