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Grenier JMP, Testut C, Bal M, Bardin F, De Grandis M, Gelsi-Boyer V, Vernerey J, Delahaye M, Granjeaud S, Zemmour C, Spinella JF, Chavakis T, Mancini SJC, Boher JM, Hébert J, Sauvageau G, Vey N, Schwaller J, Hospital MA, Fauriat C, Aurrand-Lions M. Genetic deletion of JAM-C in preleukemic cells rewires leukemic stem cell gene expression program in AML. Blood Adv 2024; 8:4662-4678. [PMID: 38954834 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT The leukemic stem cell (LSC) score LSC-17 based on a stemness-related gene expression signature is an indicator of poor disease outcome in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, it is not known whether "niche anchoring" of LSC affects disease evolution. To address this issue, we conditionally inactivated the adhesion molecule JAM-C (Junctional Adhesion Molecule-C) expressed by hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and LSCs in an inducible mixed-lineage leukemia (iMLL)-AF9-driven AML mouse model. Deletion of Jam3 (encoding JAM-C) before induction of the leukemia-initiating iMLL-AF9 fusion resulted in a shift from long-term to short-term HSC expansion, without affecting disease initiation and progression. In vitro experiments showed that JAM-C controlled leukemic cell nesting irrespective of the bone marrow stromal cells used. RNA sequencing performed on leukemic HSCs isolated from diseased mice revealed that genes upregulated in Jam3-deficient animals belonged to activation protein-1 (AP-1) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α)/NF-κB pathways. Human orthologs of dysregulated genes allowed to identify a score that was distinct from, and complementary to, the LSC-17 score. Substratification of patients with AML using LSC-17 and AP-1/TNF-α genes signature defined 4 groups with median survival ranging from <1 year to a median of "not reached" after 8 years. Finally, coculture experiments showed that AP-1 activation in leukemic cells was dependent on the nature of stromal cells. Altogether, our results identify the AP-1/TNF-α gene signature as a proxy of LSC anchoring in bone marrow niches, which improves the prognostic value of the LSC-17 score. This trial was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov as #NCT02320656.
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- Julien M P Grenier
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
- UMR 7268, Aix-Marseille Université, EFS, CNRS, GENGLOBE, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
- Département de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, EFS, ADES, Biologie des Groupes Sanguins, Marseille, France
- UMR 7268, Aix-Marseille Université, EFS, CNRS, GENGLOBE, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Département de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- UMR 1236, University of Rennes, INSERM, Etablissement Français du Sang Bretagne, Rennes, France
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- Département de la Recherche Clinique et de l'Innovation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Department of Biomedicine, University Children's Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Equipe Labellisée Ligue 2020, Marseille, France
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Radpour R, Simillion C, Wang B, Abbas HA, Riether C, Ochsenbein AF. IL-9 secreted by leukemia stem cells induces Th1-skewed CD4+ T cells, which promote their expansion. Blood 2024; 144:888-903. [PMID: 38941612 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), leukemia stem cells (LSCs) and leukemia progenitor cells (LPCs) interact with various cell types in the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment, regulating their expansion and differentiation. To study the interaction of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the BM with LSCs and LPCs, we analyzed their transcriptome and predicted cell-cell interactions by unbiased high-throughput correlation network analysis. We found that CD4+ T cells in the BM of patients with AML were activated and skewed toward T-helper (Th)1 polarization, whereas interleukin-9 (IL-9)-producing (Th9) CD4+ T cells were absent. In contrast to normal hematopoietic stem cells, LSCs produced IL-9, and the correlation modeling predicted IL9 in LSCs as a main hub gene that activates CD4+ T cells in AML. Functional validation revealed that IL-9 receptor signaling in CD4+ T cells leads to activation of the JAK-STAT pathway that induces the upregulation of KMT2A and KMT2C genes, resulting in methylation on histone H3 at lysine 4 to promote genome accessibility and transcriptional activation. This induced Th1-skewing, proliferation, and effector cytokine secretion, including interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α). IFN-γ and, to a lesser extent, TNF-α produced by activated CD4+ T cells induced the expansion of LSCs. In accordance with our findings, high IL9 expression in LSCs and high IL9R, TNF, and IFNG expression in BM-infiltrating CD4+ T cells correlated with worse overall survival in AML. Thus, IL-9 secreted by AML LSCs shapes a Th1-skewed immune environment that promotes their expansion by secreting IFN-γ and TNF-α.
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MESH Headings
- Interleukin-9/genetics
- Interleukin-9/metabolism
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/immunology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein/genetics
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein/metabolism
- Tumor Microenvironment/immunology
- Receptors, Interleukin-9/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin-9/metabolism
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase/genetics
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- Ramin Radpour
- Department for BioMedical Research, Tumor Immunology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Department of Genomic Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department for BioMedical Research, Tumor Immunology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department for BioMedical Research, Tumor Immunology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Cuevas D, Amigo R, Agurto A, Heredia AA, Guzmán C, Recabal-Beyer A, González-Pecchi V, Caprile T, Haigh JJ, Farkas C. The Role of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Transcription Factors (EMT-TFs) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1915. [PMID: 39200378 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12081915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 08/02/2024] [Indexed: 09/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a diverse malignancy originating from myeloid progenitor cells, with significant genetic and clinical variability. Modern classification systems like those from the World Health Organization (WHO) and European LeukemiaNet use immunophenotyping, molecular genetics, and clinical features to categorize AML subtypes. This classification highlights crucial genetic markers such as FLT3, NPM1 mutations, and MLL-AF9 fusion, which are essential for prognosis and directing targeted therapies. The MLL-AF9 fusion protein is often linked with therapy-resistant AML, highlighting the risk of relapse due to standard chemotherapeutic regimes. In this sense, factors like the ZEB, SNAI, and TWIST gene families, known for their roles in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer metastasis, also regulate hematopoiesis and may serve as effective therapeutic targets in AML. These genes contribute to cell proliferation, differentiation, and extramedullary hematopoiesis, suggesting new possibilities for treatment. Advancing our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that promote AML, especially how the bone marrow microenvironment affects invasion and drug resistance, is crucial. This comprehensive insight into the molecular and environmental interactions in AML emphasizes the need for ongoing research and more effective treatments.
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- Diego Cuevas
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Regulación Transcripcional, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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- Paul Albrechtsen Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas y Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
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Bian X, Liu W, Yang K, Sun C. Therapeutic targeting of PARP with immunotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1421816. [PMID: 39175540 PMCID: PMC11338796 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1421816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Targeting the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) protein has shown therapeutic efficacy in cancers with homologous recombination (HR) deficiency due to BRCA mutations. Only small fraction of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells carry BRCA mutations, hence the antitumor efficacy of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) against this malignancy is predicted to be limited; however, recent preclinical studies have demonstrated that PARPi monotherapy has modest efficacy in AML, while in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy it has remarkable synergistic antitumor effects. Immunotherapy has revolutionized therapeutics in cancer treatment, and PARPi creates an ideal microenvironment for combination therapy with immunomodulatory agents by promoting tumor mutation burden. In this review, we summarize the role of PARP proteins in DNA damage response (DDR) pathways, and discuss recent preclinical studies using synthetic lethal modalities to treat AML. We also review the immunomodulatory effects of PARPi in AML preclinical models and propose future directions for therapy in AML, including combined targeting of the DDR and tumor immune microenvironment; such combination regimens will likely benefit patients with AML undergoing PARPi-mediated cancer therapy.
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- Xing Bian
- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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- Food and Drug Inspection Center, Lu’an, China
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- Food and Drug Inspection Center, Huai’nan, China
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- College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, China
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Chen X, Agustinus AS, Li J, DiBona M, Bakhoum SF. Chromosomal instability as a driver of cancer progression. Nat Rev Genet 2024:10.1038/s41576-024-00761-7. [PMID: 39075192 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-024-00761-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
Chromosomal instability (CIN) refers to an increased propensity of cells to acquire structural and numerical chromosomal abnormalities during cell division, which contributes to tumour genetic heterogeneity. CIN has long been recognized as a hallmark of cancer, and evidence over the past decade has strongly linked CIN to tumour evolution, metastasis, immune evasion and treatment resistance. Until recently, the mechanisms by which CIN propels cancer progression have remained elusive. Beyond the generation of genomic copy number heterogeneity, recent work has unveiled additional tumour-promoting consequences of abnormal chromosome segregation. These mechanisms include complex chromosomal rearrangements, epigenetic reprogramming and the induction of cancer cell-intrinsic inflammation, emphasizing the multifaceted role of CIN in cancer.
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- Xuelan Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Pharmacology Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Hassan N, Yi H, Malik B, Gaspard-Boulinc L, Samaraweera SE, Casolari DA, Seneviratne J, Balachandran A, Chew T, Duly A, Carter DR, Cheung BB, Norris M, Haber M, Kavallaris M, Marshall GM, Zhang XD, Liu T, Wang J, Liebermann DA, D’Andrea RJ, Wang JY. Loss of the stress sensor GADD45A promotes stem cell activity and ferroptosis resistance in LGR4/HOXA9-dependent AML. Blood 2024; 144:84-98. [PMID: 38579286 PMCID: PMC11251412 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT The overall prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains dismal, largely because of the inability of current therapies to kill leukemia stem cells (LSCs) with intrinsic resistance. Loss of the stress sensor growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 alpha (GADD45A) is implicated in poor clinical outcomes, but its role in LSCs and AML pathogenesis is unknown. Here, we define GADD45A as a key downstream target of G protein-coupled receptor (LGR)4 pathway and discover a regulatory role for GADD45A loss in promoting leukemia-initiating activity and oxidative resistance in LGR4/HOXA9-dependent AML, a poor prognosis subset of leukemia. Knockout of GADD45A enhances AML progression in murine and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models. Deletion of GADD45A induces substantial mutations, increases LSC self-renewal and stemness in vivo, and reduces levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), accompanied by a decreased response to ROS-associated genotoxic agents (eg, ferroptosis inducer RSL3) and acquisition of an increasingly aggressive phenotype on serial transplantation in mice. Our single-cell cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing analysis on patient-derived LSCs in PDX mice and subsequent functional studies in murine LSCs and primary AML patient cells show that loss of GADD45A is associated with resistance to ferroptosis (an iron-dependent oxidative cell death caused by ROS accumulation) through aberrant activation of antioxidant pathways related to iron and ROS detoxification, such as FTH1 and PRDX1, upregulation of which correlates with unfavorable outcomes in patients with AML. These results reveal a therapy resistance mechanism contributing to poor prognosis and support a role for GADD45A loss as a critical step for leukemia-initiating activity and as a target to overcome resistance in aggressive leukemia.
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- Nunki Hassan
- Cancer and Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cancer and Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cancer and Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cancer and Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Biology, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University Paris, Paris, France
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- Acute Leukaemia Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Acute Leukaemia Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Informatics Hub, Core Research Facilities, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Australian Centre for NanoMedicine and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano-Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital and People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia Center for Human Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Acute Leukaemia Laboratory, Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Cancer and Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Kolling Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Lawson H, Holt-Martyn JP, Dembitz V, Kabayama Y, Wang LM, Bellani A, Atwal S, Saffoon N, Durko J, van de Lagemaat LN, De Pace AL, Tumber A, Corner T, Salah E, Arndt C, Brewitz L, Bowen M, Dubusse L, George D, Allen L, Guitart AV, Fung TK, So CWE, Schwaller J, Gallipoli P, O'Carroll D, Schofield CJ, Kranc KR. The selective prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor IOX5 stabilizes HIF-1α and compromises development and progression of acute myeloid leukemia. NATURE CANCER 2024; 5:916-937. [PMID: 38637657 PMCID: PMC11208159 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-024-00761-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a largely incurable disease, for which new treatments are urgently needed. While leukemogenesis occurs in the hypoxic bone marrow, the therapeutic tractability of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) system remains undefined. Given that inactivation of HIF-1α/HIF-2α promotes AML, a possible clinical strategy is to target the HIF-prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs), which promote HIF-1α/HIF-2α degradation. Here, we reveal that genetic inactivation of Phd1/Phd2 hinders AML initiation and progression, without impacting normal hematopoiesis. We investigated clinically used PHD inhibitors and a new selective PHD inhibitor (IOX5), to stabilize HIF-α in AML cells. PHD inhibition compromises AML in a HIF-1α-dependent manner to disable pro-leukemogenic pathways, re-program metabolism and induce apoptosis, in part via upregulation of BNIP3. Notably, concurrent inhibition of BCL-2 by venetoclax potentiates the anti-leukemic effect of PHD inhibition. Thus, PHD inhibition, with consequent HIF-1α stabilization, is a promising nontoxic strategy for AML, including in combination with venetoclax.
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- Hannah Lawson
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Department of Physiology and Immunology and Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Université de Bordeaux, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale INSERM U1035, Bordeaux, France
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- Leukemia and Stem Cell Biology Group, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK
- Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- Leukemia and Stem Cell Biology Group, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King's College London, London, UK
- Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital, King's College London, London, UK
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- University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
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Ye Y, Labopin M, Chen J, Wu D, Gedde-Dahl T, Blaise D, Socie G, Forcade E, Salmenniemi U, Maury S, Versluis J, Bazarbachi A, Nagler A, Brissot E, Li L, Luo Y, Shi J, Ciceri F, Huang H, Mohty M, Gorin NC. Lower relapse incidence with HAPLO versus MSD or MUD HCTs for AML patients with KMT2A rearrangement: a study from the Global Committee and the ALWP of the EBMT. Blood Cancer J 2024; 14:85. [PMID: 38802349 PMCID: PMC11130289 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-024-01072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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- Yishan Ye
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- EBMT Paris Office, Hôpital Saint Antoine 184, rue du faubourg Saint Antoine, 75571, Paris, cedex 12, France
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Program of Transplant and cellular immunotherapy, Department of Hematology, Institut Paoli Calmettes, Management Sport Cancer (MSC) Lab, Aix Marseille University (AMU), Marseille, France
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- Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- EBMT Paris Office, Hôpital Saint Antoine 184, rue du faubourg Saint Antoine, 75571, Paris, cedex 12, France
- Department of Hematology and Cell therapy, Hospital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Ospedale San Raffaele s.r.l., Haematology and BMT, Milano, Italy
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- EBMT Paris Office, Hôpital Saint Antoine 184, rue du faubourg Saint Antoine, 75571, Paris, cedex 12, France.
- Department of Hematology and Cell therapy, Hospital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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- EBMT Paris Office, Hôpital Saint Antoine 184, rue du faubourg Saint Antoine, 75571, Paris, cedex 12, France.
- Department of Hematology and Cell therapy, Hospital Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
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Lian X, Chatterjee S, Sun Y, Dilliard SA, Moore S, Xiao Y, Bian X, Yamada K, Sung YC, Levine RM, Mayberry K, John S, Liu X, Smith C, Johnson LT, Wang X, Zhang CC, Liu DR, Newby GA, Weiss MJ, Yen JS, Siegwart DJ. Bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles for genome editing in diseased and malignant haematopoietic stem cells. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024:10.1038/s41565-024-01680-8. [PMID: 38783058 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01680-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Therapeutic genome editing of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) would provide long-lasting treatments for multiple diseases. However, the in vivo delivery of genetic medicines to HSCs remains challenging, especially in diseased and malignant settings. Here we report on a series of bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to a broad group of at least 14 unique cell types in the bone marrow, including healthy and diseased HSCs, leukaemic stem cells, B cells, T cells, macrophages and leukaemia cells. CRISPR/Cas and base editing is achieved in a mouse model expressing human sickle cell disease phenotypes for potential foetal haemoglobin reactivation and conversion from sickle to non-sickle alleles. Bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles were also able to achieve Cre-recombinase-mediated genetic deletion in bone-marrow-engrafted leukaemic stem cells and leukaemia cells. We show evidence that diverse cell types in the bone marrow niche can be edited using bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles.
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- Xizhen Lian
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Hematology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Kaisrlikova M, Kundrat D, Koralkova P, Trsova I, Lenertova Z, Votavova H, Merkerova MD, Krejcik Z, Vesela J, Vostry M, Simeckova R, Markova MS, Lauermannova M, Jonasova A, Cermak J, Divoky V, Belickova M. Attenuated cell cycle and DNA damage response transcriptome signatures and overrepresented cell adhesion processes imply accelerated progression in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic neoplasms. Int J Cancer 2024; 154:1652-1668. [PMID: 38180088 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
Abstract
Patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) are classified according to the risk of acute myeloid leukemia transformation. Some lower-risk MDS patients (LR-MDS) progress rapidly despite expected good prognosis. Using diagnostic samples, we aimed to uncover the mechanisms of this accelerated progression at the transcriptome level. RNAseq was performed on CD34+ ribodepleted RNA samples from 53 LR-MDS patients without accelerated progression (stMDS) and 8 who progressed within 20 months (prMDS); 845 genes were differentially expressed (ІlogFCІ > 1, FDR < 0.01) between these groups. stMDS CD34+ cells exhibited transcriptional signatures of actively cycling, megakaryocyte/erythrocyte lineage-primed progenitors, with upregulation of cell cycle checkpoints and stress pathways, which presumably form a tumor-suppressing barrier. Conversely, cell cycle, DNA damage response (DDR) and energy metabolism-related pathways were downregulated in prMDS samples, whereas cell adhesion processes were upregulated. Also, prMDS samples showed high levels of aberrant splicing and global lncRNA expression that may contribute to the attenuation of DDR pathways. We observed overexpression of multiple oncogenes and diminished differentiation in prMDS; the expression of ZEB1 and NEK3, genes not previously associated with MDS prognosis, might serve as potential biomarkers for LR-MDS progression. Our 19-gene DDR signature showed a significant predictive power for LR-MDS progression. In validation samples (stMDS = 3, prMDS = 4), the key markers and signatures retained their significance. Collectively, accelerated progression of LR-MDS appears to be associated with transcriptome patterns of a quiescent-like cell state, reduced lineage differentiation and suppressed DDR, inherent to CD34+ cells. The attenuation of DDR-related gene-expression signature may refine risk assessment in LR-MDS patients.
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- First Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Hematology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Guo T, Wang Y, Sun X, Hou S, Lan Y, Yuan S, Yang S, Zhao F, Chu Y, Ma Y, Cheng T, Yu J, Liu B, Yuan W, Wang X. Loss of RNA-binding protein CELF2 promotes acute leukemia development via FAT10-mTORC1. Oncogene 2024; 43:1476-1487. [PMID: 38514854 PMCID: PMC11068570 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are critical regulators for RNA transcription and translation. As a key member of RBPs, ELAV-like family protein 2 (CELF2) has been shown to regulate RNA splicing and embryonic hematopoietic development and was frequently seen dysregulated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the functional role(s) of CELF2 in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis has not been fully elucidated. In the current study, we showed that Celf2 deficiency in hematopoietic system led to enhanced HSCs self-renewal and differentiation toward myeloid cells in mice. Loss of Celf2 accelerated myeloid cell transformation and AML development in MLL-AF9-induced AML murine models. Gene expression profiling integrated with RNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (RIP-Seq), together with biochemical experiments revealed that CELF2 deficiency stabilizes FAT10 mRNA, promotes FAT10 translation, thereby increases AKT phosphorylation and mTORC1 signaling pathway activation. Notably, combination therapy with a mTORC1 inhibitor (Rapamycin) and a MA9/DOTL1 inhibitor (EPZ-5676) reduced the leukemia burden in MLL-AF9 mice lacking Celf2 in vivo. Our study elucidated a novel mechanism by which the CELF2/FAT10-AKT/mTORC1 axis regulates the proliferation of normal blood cells and the development of AML, thus providing potential therapeutic targets for myeloid leukemia suppression.
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- Tengxiao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
- Biomedical Center of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, National Health Commission of China (NHC), Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Peking Union Medicine College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, 100005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Translational Medicine Center of Stem Cells, 307-Ivy Translational Medicine Center, Laboratory of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China.
- Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Tianjin, 301600, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Lymphoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China.
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Chen DW, Fan JM, Schrey JM, Mitchell DV, Jung SK, Hurwitz SN, Perez EB, Muraro MJ, Carroll M, Taylor DM, Kurre P. Inflammatory recruitment of healthy hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the acute myeloid leukemia niche. Leukemia 2024; 38:741-750. [PMID: 38228679 PMCID: PMC10997516 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-024-02136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
Inflammation in the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment is a constitutive component of leukemogenesis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Current evidence suggests that both leukemic blasts and stroma secrete proinflammatory factors that actively suppress the function of healthy hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). HSPCs are also cellular components of the innate immune system, and we reasoned that they may actively propagate the inflammation in the leukemic niche. In two separate congenic models of AML we confirm by evaluation of the BM plasma secretome and HSPC-selective single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) that multipotent progenitors and long-lived stem cells adopt inflammatory gene expression programs, even at low leukemic infiltration of the BM. In particular, we observe interferon gamma (IFN-γ) pathway activation, along with secretion of its chemokine target, CXCL10. We show that AML-derived nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles (EVAML) are sufficient to trigger this inflammatory HSPC response, both in vitro and in vivo. Altogether, our studies indicate that HSPCs are an unrecognized component of the inflammatory adaptation of the BM by leukemic cells. The pro-inflammatory conversion and long-lived presence of HSPCs in the BM along with their regenerative re-expansion during remission may impact clonal selection and disease evolution.
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- Ding-Wen Chen
- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center, Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Bassani B, Simonetti G, Cancila V, Fiorino A, Ciciarello M, Piva A, Khorasani AM, Chiodoni C, Lecis D, Gulino A, Fonzi E, Botti L, Portararo P, Costanza M, Brambilla M, Colombo G, Schwaller J, Tzankov A, Ponzoni M, Ciceri F, Bolli N, Curti A, Tripodo C, Colombo MP, Sangaletti S. ZEB1 shapes AML immunological niches, suppressing CD8 T cell activity while fostering Th17 cell expansion. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113794. [PMID: 38363677 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) progression is influenced by immune suppression induced by leukemia cells. ZEB1, a critical transcription factor in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, demonstrates immune regulatory functions in AML. Silencing ZEB1 in leukemic cells reduces engraftment and extramedullary disease in immune-competent mice, activating CD8 T lymphocytes and limiting Th17 cell expansion. ZEB1 in AML cells directly promotes Th17 cell development that, in turn, creates a self-sustaining loop and a pro-invasive phenotype, favoring transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), interleukin-23 (IL-23), and SOCS2 gene transcription. In bone marrow biopsies from AML patients, immunohistochemistry shows a direct correlation between ZEB1 and Th17. Also, the analysis of ZEB1 expression in larger datasets identifies two distinct AML groups, ZEB1high and ZEB1low, each with specific immunological and molecular traits. ZEB1high patients exhibit increased IL-17, SOCS2, and TGF-β pathways and a negative association with overall survival. This unveils ZEB1's dual role in AML, entwining pro-tumoral and immune regulatory capacities in AML blasts.
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- Barbara Bassani
- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Biosciences Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", Meldola, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Human Pathology Section, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Predictive Medicine: Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- CNR Institute of Molecular Genetics "Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza," Unit of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Trials, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori," Meldola, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- University Children's Hospital Basel & Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- IRCCS Ospedale S. Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale S. Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, Institute of Hematology "Seràgnoli," Bologna, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Human Pathology Section, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; IFOM-ETS-The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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- Molecular Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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Varisli L, Vlahopoulos S. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Acute Leukemias. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2173. [PMID: 38396852 PMCID: PMC10889420 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25042173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a metabolic process that confers phenotypic flexibility to cells and the ability to adapt to new functions. This transition is critical during embryogenesis and is required for the differentiation of many tissues and organs. EMT can also be induced in advanced-stage cancers, leading to further malignant behavior and chemotherapy resistance, resulting in an unfavorable prognosis for patients. Although EMT was long considered and studied only in solid tumors, it has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of hematological malignancies, including acute leukemias. Indeed, there is increasing evidence that EMT promotes the progression of acute leukemias, leading to the emergence of a more aggressive phenotype of the disease, and also causes chemotherapy resistance. The current literature suggests that the levels and activities of EMT inducers and markers can be used to predict prognosis, and that targeting EMT in addition to conventional therapies may increase treatment success in acute leukemias.
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- Lokman Varisli
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science Faculty, Dicle University, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey
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- First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Thivon & Levadeias 8, Goudi, 11527 Athens, Greece
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Long ZJ, Wang JD, Qiu SX, Zhang Y, Wu SJ, Lei XX, Huang ZW, Chen JJ, Yang YL, Zhang XZ, Liu Q. Dietary γ-mangostin triggers immunogenic cell death and activates cGAS signaling in acute myeloid leukemia. Pharmacol Res 2023; 197:106973. [PMID: 37898441 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Immunogenic cell death (ICD), one of cell-death types through release of damage-associated molecular patterns from dying tumor cells, activates tumor-specific immune response and elicits anti-tumor immunity by traditional radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, whether natural products could induce ICD in leukemia is not elucidated. Here, we report dietary γ-mangostin eradicates murine primary leukemic cells and prolongs the survival of leukemic mice. As well, it restrains primary leukemic cells and CD34+ leukemic progenitor cells from leukemia patients. Strikingly, γ-mangostin attenuates leukemic cells by inducing ICD as characterized by expression of HSP90B1, ANXA1 and IL1B. Additionally, γ-mangostin accelerates cytoplasmic chromatin fragments generation, promoting DNA damage response, and enhances cGAS activation, leading to up-regulation of chemokines. Meanwhile, it induces HDAC4 degradation and acetylated histone H3 accumulation, which promotes chemokines transcription. Ultimately, CD8+ T cell is activated and recruited by γ-mangostin-induced chemokines in the microenvironment. Our study identifies γ-mangostin triggers ICD and activates cGAS signaling through DNA damage response and epigenetic modification. Therefore, dietary γ-mangostin would act as a potential agent to provoke anti-tumor immunity in the prevention and treatment of leukemia.
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- Zi-Jie Long
- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Institute of Hematology, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, China.
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Heyes E, Wilhelmson AS, Wenzel A, Manhart G, Eder T, Schuster MB, Rzepa E, Pundhir S, D'Altri T, Frank AK, Gentil C, Woessmann J, Schoof EM, Meggendorfer M, Schwaller J, Haferlach T, Grebien F, Porse BT. TET2 lesions enhance the aggressiveness of CEBPA-mutant acute myeloid leukemia by rebalancing GATA2 expression. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6185. [PMID: 37794021 PMCID: PMC10550934 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41927-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The myeloid transcription factor CEBPA is recurrently biallelically mutated (i.e., double mutated; CEBPADM) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a combination of hypermorphic N-terminal mutations (CEBPANT), promoting expression of the leukemia-associated p30 isoform, and amorphic C-terminal mutations. The most frequently co-mutated genes in CEBPADM AML are GATA2 and TET2, however the molecular mechanisms underlying this co-mutational spectrum are incomplete. By combining transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses of CEBPA-TET2 co-mutated patients with models thereof, we identify GATA2 as a conserved target of the CEBPA-TET2 mutational axis, providing a rationale for the mutational spectra in CEBPADM AML. Elevated CEBPA levels, driven by CEBPANT, mediate recruitment of TET2 to the Gata2 distal hematopoietic enhancer thereby increasing Gata2 expression. Concurrent loss of TET2 in CEBPADM AML induces a competitive advantage by increasing Gata2 promoter methylation, thereby rebalancing GATA2 levels. Of clinical relevance, demethylating treatment of Cebpa-Tet2 co-mutated AML restores Gata2 levels and prolongs disease latency.
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- Elizabeth Heyes
- University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedicine, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria.
- St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria.
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- The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nojszewska N, Idilli O, Sarkar D, Ahouiyek Z, Arroyo-Berdugo Y, Sandoval C, Amin-Anjum MS, Bowers S, Greaves D, Saeed L, Khan M, Salti S, Al-Shami S, Topoglu H, Punzalan JK, Farias JG, Calle Y. Bone marrow mesenchymal/fibroblastic stromal cells induce a distinctive EMT-like phenotype in AML cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2023; 102:151334. [PMID: 37354622 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) like features is emerging as a critical factor involved in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). However, the extracellular signals and the signalling pathways in AML that may regulate EMT remain largely unstudied. We found that the bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal/fibroblastic cell line HS5 induces an EMT-like migratory phenotype in AML cells. AML cells underwent a strong increase of vimentin (VIM) levels that was not mirrored to the same extent by changes of expression of the other EMT core proteins SNAI1 and SNAI2. We validated these particular pattern of co-expression of core-EMT markers in AML cells by performing an in silico analysis using datasets of human tumours. Our data showed that in AML the expression levels of VIM does not completely correlate with the co-expression of core EMT markers observed in epithelial tumours. We also found that vs epithelial tumours, AML cells display a distinct patterns of co-expression of VIM and the actin binding and adhesion regulatory proteins that regulate F-actin dynamics and integrin-mediated adhesions involved in the invasive migration in cells undergoing EMT. We conclude that the BM stroma induces an EMT related pattern of migration in AML cells in a process involving a distinctive regulation of EMT markers and of regulators of cell adhesion and actin dynamics that should be further investigated. Understanding the tumour specific signalling pathways associated with the EMT process may contribute to the development of new tailored therapies for AML as well as in different types of cancers.
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- N Nojszewska
- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 4JD, UK.
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Patnana PK, Liu L, Frank D, Nimmagadda SC, Behrens M, Ahmed H, Xie X, Liebmann M, Wei L, Gerdemann A, Thivakaran A, Humpf HU, Klotz L, Dugas M, Varghese J, Trajkovic-Arsic M, Siveke JT, Hanenberg H, Opalka B, Dührsen U, Reinhardt HC, Guenther U, von Bubnoff N, Khandanpour C. Dose-dependent expression of GFI1 alters metabolism in the haematopoietic progenitors and MLL::AF9-induced leukaemic cells. Br J Haematol 2023; 202:1033-1048. [PMID: 37423893 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
Growth factor independence 1 (GFI1) is a transcriptional repressor protein that plays an essential role in the differentiation of myeloid and lymphoid progenitors. We and other groups have shown that GFI1 has a dose-dependent role in the initiation, progression, and prognosis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients by inducing epigenetic changes. We now demonstrate a novel role for dose-dependent GFI1 expression in regulating metabolism in haematopoietic progenitor and leukaemic cells. Using in-vitro and ex-vivo murine models of MLL::AF9-induced human AML and extra-cellular flux assays, we now demonstrate that a lower GFI1 expression enhances oxidative phosphorylation rate via upregulation of the FOXO1- MYC axis. Our findings underscore the significance of therapeutic exploitation in GFI1-low-expressing leukaemia cells by targeting oxidative phosphorylation and glutamine metabolism.
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- Pradeep Kumar Patnana
- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Bridge Institute of Experimental Tumor Therapy, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Division of Solid Tumor Translational Oncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK Partner Site Essen) and German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Bridge Institute of Experimental Tumor Therapy, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Division of Solid Tumor Translational Oncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK Partner Site Essen) and German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinic for Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Pediatric Oncology, Hematology & Immunology, Heinrich Heine University, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Farge T, Nakhle J, Lagarde D, Cognet G, Polley N, Castellano R, Nicolau ML, Bosc C, Sabatier M, Sahal A, Saland E, Jeanson Y, Guiraud N, Boet E, Bergoglio C, Gotanègre M, Mouchel PL, Stuani L, Larrue C, Sallese M, De Mas V, Moro C, Dray C, Collette Y, Raymond-Letron I, Ader I, Récher C, Sarry JE, Cabon F, Vergez F, Carrière A. CD36 Drives Metastasis and Relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Res 2023; 83:2824-2838. [PMID: 37327406 PMCID: PMC10472106 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-22-3682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Identifying mechanisms underlying relapse is a major clinical issue for effective cancer treatment. The emerging understanding of the importance of metastasis in hematologic malignancies suggests that it could also play a role in drug resistance and relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In a cohort of 1,273 AML patients, we uncovered that the multifunctional scavenger receptor CD36 was positively associated with extramedullary dissemination of leukemic blasts, increased risk of relapse after intensive chemotherapy, and reduced event-free and overall survival. CD36 was dispensable for lipid uptake but fostered blast migration through its binding with thrombospondin-1. CD36-expressing blasts, which were largely enriched after chemotherapy, exhibited a senescent-like phenotype while maintaining their migratory ability. In xenograft mouse models, CD36 inhibition reduced metastasis of blasts and prolonged survival of chemotherapy-treated mice. These results pave the way for the development of CD36 as an independent marker of poor prognosis in AML patients and a promising actionable target to improve the outcome of patients. SIGNIFICANCE CD36 promotes blast migration and extramedullary disease in acute myeloid leukemia and represents a critical target that can be exploited for clinical prognosis and patient treatment.
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- Thomas Farge
- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Team CERAMIC, INSERM, Paul Sabatier University, UMR1297, Toulouse, France
- Institut Fédératif de Biologie (IFB), CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
- McGill University, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- McGill University, Department of Biochemistry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Univ, Inserm, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 13009 Marseille, France
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- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Service d'Hématologie, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Team MetaDiab, INSERM, Paul Sabatier University, UMR1297, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Service d'Hématologie, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Service d'Hématologie, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases, Team MetaDiab, INSERM, Paul Sabatier University, UMR1297, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, Aix-Marseille Univ, Inserm, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 13009 Marseille, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
- LabHPEC, Université de Toulouse, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Service d'Hématologie, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
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- Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- LabEx Toucan, Toulouse, France
- Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer 2023, Toulouse, France
- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse Oncopole, Service d'Hématologie, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- RESTORE Research Center, Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier, INSERM 1301, CNRS 5070, EFS, ENVT, Toulouse, France
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Radhakrishnan K, Truong L, Carmichael CL. An "unexpected" role for EMT transcription factors in hematological development and malignancy. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1207360. [PMID: 37600794 PMCID: PMC10435889 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1207360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental developmental process essential for normal embryonic development. It is also important during various pathogenic processes including fibrosis, wound healing and epithelial cancer cell metastasis and invasion. EMT is regulated by a variety of cell signalling pathways, cell-cell interactions and microenvironmental cues, however the key drivers of EMT are transcription factors of the ZEB, TWIST and SNAIL families. Recently, novel and unexpected roles for these EMT transcription factors (EMT-TFs) during normal blood cell development have emerged, which appear to be largely independent of classical EMT processes. Furthermore, EMT-TFs have also begun to be implicated in the development and pathogenesis of malignant hematological diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, and now present themselves or the pathways they regulate as possible new therapeutic targets within these malignancies. In this review, we discuss the ZEB, TWIST and SNAIL families of EMT-TFs, focusing on what is known about their normal roles during hematopoiesis as well as the emerging and "unexpected" contribution they play during development and progression of blood cancers.
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- Karthika Radhakrishnan
- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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He X, Zhong X, Fang Y, Hu Z, Chen Z, Wang Y, Huang H, Zhao S, Li D, Wei P. AF9 sustains glycolysis in colorectal cancer via H3K9ac-mediated PCK2 and FBP1 transcription. Clin Transl Med 2023; 13:e1352. [PMID: 37565737 PMCID: PMC10413954 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The tumourigenesis of various cancers is influenced by epigenetic deregulation. Among 591 epigenetic regulator factors (ERFs) examined, AF9 showed significant inhibition of malignancy in colorectal cancer (CRC) based on our wound healing assays. However, the precise role of AF9 in CRC remains to be explored. METHODS To investigate the function of AF9 in CRC, we utilised small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to knock down the expression of 591 ERFs. Subsequently, we performed wound healing assays to evaluate cell proliferation and migration. In vitro and in vivo assays were conducted to elucidate the potential impact of AF9 in CRC. Clinical samples were analysed to assess the association between AF9 expression and CRC prognosis. Additionally, an Azoxymethane-Dextran Sodium Sulfate (AOM/DSS) induced CRC AF9IEC-/- mouse model was employed to confirm the role of AF9 in CRC. To identify the target gene of AF9, RNA-seq and coimmunoprecipitation analyses were performed. Furthermore, bioinformatics prediction was applied to identify potential miRNAs that target AF9. RESULTS Among the 591 ERFs examined, AF9 exhibited downregulation in CRC and showed a positive correlation with prolonged survival in CRC patients. In vitro and in vivo assays proved that depletion of AF9 could promote cell proliferation, migration as well as glycolysis. Specifically, knockout of MLLT3 (AF9) in intestinal epithelial cells significantly increased tumour formation induced by AOM/DSS. We also identified miR-145 could target 3'untranslated region of AF9 to suppress AF9 expression. Loss of AF9 led to decreased expression of gluconeogenic genes, including phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 2 (PCK2) and fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase 1 (FBP1), subsequently promoting glucose consumption and tumourigenesis. CONCLUSIONS AF9 is essential for the upregulation of PCK2 and FBP1, and the disruption of the miR-145/AF9 axis may serve as a potential target for the development of CRC therapeutics.
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- Xuefeng He
- Department of Colorectal SurgeryFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Colorectal SurgeryFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Emergency DepartmentShanghai Tenth People's HospitalShanghaiChina
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- Department of PathologyFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Cancer InstituteFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Institute of PathologyFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Medical OncologyFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
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- Department of Colorectal SurgeryFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of PathologyFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Cancer InstituteFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Institute of PathologyFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Colorectal SurgeryFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Colorectal SurgeryFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of PathologyFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Cancer InstituteFudan University Shanghai Cancer CenterShanghaiChina
- Institute of PathologyFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of OncologyShanghai Medical College Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Park CS, Yoshihara H, Gao Q, Qu C, Iacobucci I, Ghate PS, Connelly JP, Pruett-Miller SM, Wagner B, Robinson CG, Mishra A, Peng J, Yang L, Rankovic Z, Finkelstein D, Luger S, Litzow M, Paietta EM, Hebbar N, Velasquez MP, Mullighan CG. Stromal-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition induces targetable drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112804. [PMID: 37453060 PMCID: PMC10529385 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The bone marrow microenvironment (BME) drives drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) through leukemic cell interactions with bone marrow (BM) niches, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that the interaction between ALL and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) through integrin β1 induces an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like program in MSC-adherent ALL cells, resulting in drug resistance and enhanced survival. Moreover, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of ALL-MSC co-culture identifies a hybrid cluster of MSC-adherent ALL cells expressing both B-ALL and MSC signature genes, orchestrated by a WNT/β-catenin-mediated EMT-like program. Blockade of interaction between β-catenin and CREB binding protein impairs the survival and drug resistance of MSC-adherent ALL cells in vitro and results in a reduction in leukemic burden in vivo. Targeting of this WNT/β-catenin-mediated EMT-like program is a potential therapeutic approach to overcome cell extrinsically acquired drug resistance in ALL.
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- Chun Shik Park
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Center for Advanced Genome Engineering, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Center for Advanced Genome Engineering, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Li J, Kalev‐Zylinska ML. Advances in molecular characterization of pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia not associated with Down syndrome; impact on therapy development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1170622. [PMID: 37325571 PMCID: PMC10267407 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1170622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a rare subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in which leukemic blasts have megakaryocytic features. AMKL makes up 4%-15% of newly diagnosed pediatric AML, typically affecting young children (less than 2 years old). AMKL associated with Down syndrome (DS) shows GATA1 mutations and has a favorable prognosis. In contrast, AMKL in children without DS is often associated with recurrent and mutually exclusive chimeric fusion genes and has an unfavorable prognosis. This review mainly summarizes the unique features of pediatric non-DS AMKL and highlights the development of novel therapies for high-risk patients. Due to the rarity of pediatric AMKL, large-scale multi-center studies are needed to progress molecular characterization of this disease. Better disease models are also required to test leukemogenic mechanisms and emerging therapies.
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- Jixia Li
- Blood and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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- Blood and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Haematology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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Li F, Han Y, Chen R, Jiang Y, Chen C, Wang X, Zhou J, Xu Q, Jiang S, Zhang S, Yu K, Zhang S. MicroRNA-143 acts as a tumor suppressor through Musashi-2/DLL1/Notch1 and Musashi-2/Snail1/MMPs axes in acute myeloid leukemia. J Transl Med 2023; 21:309. [PMID: 37149661 PMCID: PMC10164318 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04106-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The previous studies have revealed that abnormal RNA-binding protein Musashi-2 (MSI2) expression is associated with cancer progression through post-transcriptional mechanisms, however mechanistic details of this regulation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) still remain unclear. Our study aimed to explore the relationship between microRNA-143 (miR-143) and MSI2 and to clarify their clinical significance, biological function and mechanism. METHODS Abnormal expression of miR-143 and MSI2 were evaluated in bone marrow samples from AML patients by quantitative real time-PCR. Effects of miR-143 on regulating MSI2 expression were investigated using luciferase reporter assay. Functional roles of MSI2 and miR-143 on AML cell proliferation and migration were determined by CCK-8 assay, colony formation, and transwell assays in vitro and in mouse subcutaneous xenograft and orthotopic transplantation models in vivo. RNA immunoprecipitation, RNA stability measurement and Western blotting were performed to assess the effects of MSI2 on AML. RESULTS We found that MSI2 was significantly overexpressed in AML and exerted its role of promoting AML cell growth by targeting DLL1 and thereby activating Notch signaling pathway. Moreover, we found that MSI2 bound to Snail1 transcript and inhibited its degradation, which in turn upregulated the expression of matrix metalloproteinases. We also found that MSI2 targeting miR-143 is downregulated in AML. In the AML xenograft mouse model, overexpression of MSI2 recapitulated its leukemia-promoting effects, and overexpression of miR-143 partially attenuated tumor growth and prevented metastasis. Notably, low expression of miR-143, and high expression of MSI2 were associated with poor prognosis in AML patients. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that MSI2 exerts its malignant properties via DLL1/Notch1 cascade and the Snail1/MMPs axes in AML, and upregulation of miR-143 may be a potential therapeutic approach for AML.
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- Fanfan Li
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Central Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, NHC Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugates Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China.
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China.
- Institute of Hematology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Hematology, Wenzhou, 325015, Zhejiang, China.
- Laboratory Animal Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Heuts BMH, Arza-Apalategi S, Alkema SG, Tijchon E, Jussen L, Bergevoet SM, van der Reijden BA, Martens JHA. Inducible MLL-AF9 Expression Drives an AML Program during Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Differentiation. Cells 2023; 12:cells12081195. [PMID: 37190104 DOI: 10.3390/cells12081195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
Abstract
A t(9;11)(p22;q23) translocation produces the MLL-AF9 fusion protein, which is found in up to 25% of de novo AML cases in children. Despite major advances, obtaining a comprehensive understanding of context-dependent MLL-AF9-mediated gene programs during early hematopoiesis is challenging. Here, we generated a human inducible pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) model with a doxycycline dose-dependent MLL-AF9 expression. We exploited MLL-AF9 expression as an oncogenic hit to uncover epigenetic and transcriptomic effects on iPSC-derived hematopoietic development and the transformation into (pre-)leukemic states. In doing so, we observed a disruption in early myelomonocytic development. Accordingly, we identified gene profiles that were consistent with primary MLL-AF9 AML and uncovered high-confidence MLL-AF9-associated core genes that are faithfully represented in primary MLL-AF9 AML, including known and presently unknown factors. Using single-cell RNA-sequencing, we identified an increase of CD34 expressing early hematopoietic progenitor-like cell states as well as granulocyte-monocyte progenitor-like cells upon MLL-AF9 activation. Our system allows for careful chemically controlled and stepwise in vitro hiPSC-derived differentiation under serum-free and feeder-free conditions. For a disease that currently lacks effective precision medicine, our system provides a novel entry-point into exploring potential novel targets for personalized therapeutic strategies.
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- Branco M H Heuts
- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Hematology, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Hematology, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Hematology, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud University, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Wu S, Chi C, Weng S, Zhou W, Liu Z. IGF2BP2 promotes lncRNA DANCR stability mediated glycolysis and affects the progression of FLT3-ITD + acute myeloid leukemia. Apoptosis 2023:10.1007/s10495-023-01846-0. [PMID: 37060505 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-023-01846-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
Abstract
Internal tandem duplication (ITD) is the most common type of FLT3 mutation (FLT3-ITD), accounting for about 25% of AML patients. The expression of DANCR in FLT3-ITD AML had not been paid attention to, and whether its regulatory relationship with IGF2BP2 can affect the progression of FLT3-ITD AML was unclear. Our study sought to verify the biological role of IGF2BP2 as an m6A reading protein in FLT3-ITD AML. To further explore the role and mechanism of DANCR in AML, and provide a basis for the screening of biomarkers and the development of targeted drugs. The results show that IGF2BP2 was upregulated in FLT3-ITD+ AML patients and cells. Si-IGF2BP2 could inhibit the proliferation, glycolytic and promote the apoptosis in MV4-11 cells. IGF2BP2 could promote the DANCR RNA stability. This discovery will provide new horizons for early screening and targeted therapy of FLT3-ITD+ AML.
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- Shenghao Wu
- Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Wenzhou Central Hospital), Wenzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China
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Xie X, Zhang W, Zhou X, Ye Z, Wang H, Qiu Y, Pan Y, Hu Y, Li L, Chen Z, Yang W, Lu Y, Zou S, Li Y, Bai X. Abemaciclib drives the therapeutic differentiation of acute myeloid leukaemia stem cells. Br J Haematol 2023; 201:940-953. [PMID: 36916190 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023]
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Self-renewal and differentiation arrest are two features of leukaemia stem cells (LSCs) responsible for the high relapse rate of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). To screen drugs to overcome differentiation blockade for AML, we conducted screening of 2040 small molecules from a library of United States Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs and found that the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4/6 inhibitor, abemaciclib, exerts high anti-leukaemic activity. Abemaciclib significantly suppressed proliferation and promoted the differentiation of LSCs in vitro. Abemaciclib also efficiently induced differentiation and impaired self-renewal of LSCs, thus reducing the leukaemic cell burden and improving survival in various preclinical animal models, including patient-derived xenografts. Importantly, abemaciclib strongly enhanced anti-tumour effects in combination with venetoclax, a B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) inhibitor. This treatment combination led to a marked decrease in LSC-enriched populations and resulted in a synergistic anti-leukaemic effect. Target screening revealed that in addition to CDK4/6, abemaciclib bound to and inhibited CDK9, consequently attenuating the protein levels of global p-Ser2 RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) carboxy terminal domain (CTD), Myc, Bcl-2, and myeloid cell leukaemia-1 (Mcl-1), which was important for the anti-AML effect of abemaciclib. Collectively, these data provide a strong rationale for the clinical evaluation of abemaciclib to induce LSC differentiation and treat highly aggressive AML as well as other advanced haematological malignancies.
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- Xiaoling Xie
- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degenerative Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Zhu S, Li W, Zhang H, Yan Y, Mei Q, Wu K. Retinal determination gene networks: from biological functions to therapeutic strategies. Biomark Res 2023; 11:18. [PMID: 36750914 PMCID: PMC9906957 DOI: 10.1186/s40364-023-00459-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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The retinal determinant gene network (RDGN), originally discovered as a critical determinator in Drosophila eye specification, has become an important regulatory network in tumorigenesis and progression, as well as organogenesis. This network is not only associated with malignant biological behaviors of tumors, such as proliferation, and invasion, but also regulates the development of multiple mammalian organs. Three members of this conservative network have been extensively investigated, including DACH, SIX, and EYA. Dysregulated RDGN signaling is associated with the initiation and progression of tumors. In recent years, it has been found that the members of this network can be used as prognostic markers for cancer patients. Moreover, they are considered to be potential therapeutic targets for cancer. Here, we summarize the research progress of RDGN members from biological functions to signaling transduction, especially emphasizing their effects on tumors. Additionally, we discuss the roles of RDGN members in the development of organs and tissue as well as their correlations with the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease and coronary heart disease. By summarizing the roles of RDGN members in human diseases, we hope to promote future investigations into RDGN and provide potential therapeutic strategies for patients.
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- Shuangli Zhu
- grid.412793.a0000 0004 1799 5032Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- grid.412793.a0000 0004 1799 5032Department of Geriatrics, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China ,grid.470966.aCancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030032 China
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- grid.412793.a0000 0004 1799 5032Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- grid.412793.a0000 0004 1799 5032Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 China
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- Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. .,Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030032, China.
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- Cancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030032, China. .,Cancer Center, Tongji hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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ERGonomics for EVI1 acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2023; 141:441-443. [PMID: 36729544 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022018318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation. Blood 2023; 141:453-466. [PMID: 36095844 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022016592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chromosomal rearrangements involving the MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus (MECOM) on chromosome 3q26 define an aggressive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that is associated with chemotherapy resistance and dismal prognosis. Established treatment regimens commonly fail in these patients, therefore, there is an urgent need for new therapeutic concepts that will require a better understanding of the molecular and cellular functions of the ecotropic viral integration site 1 (EVI1) oncogene. To characterize gene regulatory functions of EVI1 and associated dependencies in AML, we developed experimentally tractable human and murine disease models, investigated the transcriptional consequences of EVI1 withdrawal in vitro and in vivo, and performed the first genome-wide CRISPR screens in EVI1-dependent AML. By integrating conserved transcriptional targets with genetic dependency data, we identified and characterized the ETS transcription factor ERG as a direct transcriptional target of EVI1 that is aberrantly expressed and selectively required in both human and murine EVI1-driven AML. EVI1 controls the expression of ERG and occupies a conserved intragenic enhancer region in AML cell lines and samples from patients with primary AML. Suppression of ERG induces terminal differentiation of EVI1-driven AML cells, whereas ectopic expression of ERG abrogates their dependence on EVI1, indicating that the major oncogenic functions of EVI1 are mediated through aberrant transcriptional activation of ERG. Interfering with this regulatory axis may provide entry points for the development of rational targeted therapies.
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Godfrey LC, Rodriguez-Meira A. Viewing AML through a New Lens: Technological Advances in the Study of Epigenetic Regulation. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14235989. [PMID: 36497471 PMCID: PMC9740143 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14235989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epigenetic modifications, such as histone modifications and DNA methylation, are essential for ensuring the dynamic control of gene regulation in every cell type. These modifications are associated with gene activation or repression, depending on the genomic context and specific type of modification. In both cases, they are deposited and removed by epigenetic modifier proteins. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the function of these proteins is perturbed through genetic mutations (i.e., in the DNA methylation machinery) or translocations (i.e., MLL-rearrangements) arising during leukemogenesis. This can lead to an imbalance in the epigenomic landscape, which drives aberrant gene expression patterns. New technological advances, such as CRISPR editing, are now being used to precisely model genetic mutations and chromosomal translocations. In addition, high-precision epigenomic editing using dCas9 or CRISPR base editing are being used to investigate the function of epigenetic mechanisms in gene regulation. To interrogate these mechanisms at higher resolution, advances in single-cell techniques have begun to highlight the heterogeneity of epigenomic landscapes and how these impact on gene expression within different AML populations in individual cells. Combined, these technologies provide a new lens through which to study the role of epigenetic modifications in normal hematopoiesis and how the underlying mechanisms can be hijacked in the context of malignancies such as AML.
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- Laura C. Godfrey
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Correspondence: (L.C.G.); (A.R.-M.)
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
- Correspondence: (L.C.G.); (A.R.-M.)
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Yao CY, Lin CC, Wang YH, Hsu CL, Kao CJ, Hou HA, Chou WC, Tien HF. The clinical and biological characterization of acute myeloid leukemia patients with S100A4 overexpression. J Formos Med Assoc 2022:S0929-6646(22)00422-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2022.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Five EMT-Related Gene Signatures Predict Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patient Outcome. DISEASE MARKERS 2022; 2022:7826393. [PMID: 36246561 PMCID: PMC9568336 DOI: 10.1155/2022/7826393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background The epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) gene has been shown to be significantly associated with the prognosis of solid tumors; however, there is a lack of models for the EMT gene to predict the prognosis of AML patients. Methods First, we downloaded clinical data and raw transcriptome sequencing data from the TCGA database of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. All currently confirmed EMT-related genes were obtained from the dbEMT 2.0 database, and 30% of the TCGA data were randomly selected as the test set. Univariate Cox regression analysis, random forest, and lasso regression were used to optimize the number of genes for model construction, and multivariate Cox regression was used for model construction. Area under the ROC curve was used to assess the efficacy of the model application, and the internal validation set was used to assess the stability of the model. Results A total of 173 AML samples were downloaded, and a total of 1184 EMT-related genes were downloaded. The results of univariate batch Cox regression analysis suggested that 212 genes were associated with patient prognosis, random forest and lasso regression yielded 18 and 8 prognosis-related EMT genes, respectively, and the results of multifactorial COX regression model suggested that 5 genes, CBR1, HS3ST3B1, LIMA1, MIR573, and PTP4A3, were considered as independent risk factors affecting patient prognosis. The model ROC results suggested that the area under the curve was 0.868 and the internal validation results showed that the area under the curve was 0.815. Conclusion During this study, we constructed a signature model of five EMT-related genes to predict overall survival in patients with AML; it will provide a useful tool for clinical decision making.
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Fu H, Nicolet D, Mrózek K, Stone RM, Eisfeld A, Byrd JC, Archer KJ. Controlled variable selection in Weibull mixture cure models for high-dimensional data. Stat Med 2022; 41:4340-4366. [PMID: 35792553 PMCID: PMC9545322 DOI: 10.1002/sim.9513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Medical breakthroughs in recent years have led to cures for many diseases. The mixture cure model (MCM) is a type of survival model that is often used when a cured fraction exists. Many have sought to identify genomic features associated with a time-to-event outcome which requires variable selection strategies for high-dimensional spaces. Unfortunately, currently few variable selection methods exist for MCMs especially when there are more predictors than samples. This study develops high-dimensional penalized Weibull MCMs, which allow for identification of prognostic factors associated with both cure status and/or survival. We demonstrated how such models may be estimated using two different iterative algorithms. The model-X knockoffs method was combined with these algorithms to control the false discovery rate (FDR) in variable selection. Through extensive simulation studies, our penalized MCMs have been shown to outperform alternative methods on multiple metrics and achieve high statistical power with FDR being controlled. In an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) application with gene expression data, our proposed approach identified 14 genes associated with potential cure and 12 genes with time-to-relapse, which may help inform treatment decisions for AML patients.
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- Han Fu
- Division of BiostatisticsCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhioUSA
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- Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes ResearchThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbusOhioUSA
- Alliance Statistics and Data Management CenterThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbusOhioUSA
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- Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes ResearchThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbusOhioUSA
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- Dana‐Farber/Partners CancerHarvard UniversityBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Clara D. Bloomfield Center for Leukemia Outcomes ResearchThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbusOhioUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnatiOhioUSA
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- Division of BiostatisticsCollege of Public Health, The Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhioUSA
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Wang W, Liang Q, Zhao J, Pan H, Gao Z, Fang L, Zhou Y, Shi J. Low expression of the metabolism-related gene SLC25A21 predicts unfavourable prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia. Front Genet 2022; 13:970316. [PMID: 36246603 PMCID: PMC9562002 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.970316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease associated with poor outcomes. To identify AML-specific genes with prognostic value, we analysed transcriptome and clinical information from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets, and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project. The metabolism-related gene, SLC25A21 was found to be significantly downregulated in AML, and was associated with high white blood cell (WBC) counts, high pretrial blood (PB) and bone marrow (BM) blast abundance, FLT3 mutation, NPM1 mutation, and death events (all p value <0.05). We validated the expression of SLC25A21 in our clinical cohort, and found that SLC25A21 was downregulated in AML. Moreover, we identified low expression of SLC25A21 as an independent prognostic factor by univariate Cox regression (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.550; 95% Confidence interval [CI]: 0.358–0.845; p value = 0.006) and multivariate Cox regression analysis (HR: 0.341; 95% CI: 0.209–0.557; p value <0.05). A survival prediction nomogram was established with a C-index of 0.735, which indicated reliable prognostic prediction. Subsequently, based on the median SLC25A21 expression level, patients in the TCGA-LAML cohort were divided into low- and high-expression groups. Gene ontology (GO) function and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses of DEGs highlighted growth factor binding, extracellular structure organization, cytokine‒cytokine receptor interaction, etc. The results of gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) indicated that the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, KRAS signalling, oxidative phosphorylation, and reactive oxygen species pathways were enriched. Through gene coexpression and protein‒protein interaction (PPI) network analysis, we identified two hub genes, EGFR and COL1A2, which were linked to worse clinical outcomes. Furthermore, we found that lower SLC25A21 expression was closely associated with a significant reduction in the levels of infiltrating immune cells, which might be associated with immune escape of AML cells. A similar trend was observed for the expression of checkpoint genes (CTLA4, LAG3, TIGIT, and HAVCR2). Finally, drug sensitivity testing suggested that the low-expression SLC25A21 group is sensitive to doxorubicin, mitomycin C, linifanib but resistant to JQ1, belinostat, and dasatinib. Hence, our study demonstrated that a low expression level of SLC25A21 predicts an unfavourable prognosis in patients with AML.
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- *Correspondence: Jun Shi, ; Yuan Zhou,
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- *Correspondence: Jun Shi, ; Yuan Zhou,
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Lewis AH, Bridges CS, Moorshead DN, Chen TJ, Du W, Zorman B, Sumazin P, Puppi M, Lacorazza HD. Krüppel-like Factor 4 Supports the Expansion of Leukemia Stem Cells in MLL-AF9-driven Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Stem Cells 2022; 40:736-750. [PMID: 35535819 PMCID: PMC9406610 DOI: 10.1093/stmcls/sxac033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive malignancy of the bone marrow with 5-year overall survival of less than 10% in patients over the age of 65. Limited progress has been made in the patient outcome because of the inability to selectively eradicate the leukemic stem cells (LSC) driving the refractory and relapsed disease. Herein, we investigated the role of the reprogramming factor KLF4 in AML because of its critical role in the self-renewal and stemness of embryonic and cancer stem cells. Using a conditional Cre-lox Klf4 deletion system and the MLL-AF9 retroviral mouse model, we demonstrated that loss-of-KLF4 does not significantly affect the induction of leukemia but markedly decreased the frequency of LSCs evaluated in limiting-dose transplantation studies. Loss of KLF4 in leukemic granulocyte-macrophage progenitors (L-GMP), a population enriched for AML LSCs, showed lessened clonogenicity and percentage in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle. RNAseq analysis of purified L-GMPs revealed decreased expression of stemness genes and MLL-target genes and upregulation of the RNA sensing helicase DDX58. However, silencing of DDX58 in KLF4 knockout leukemia indicated that DDX58 is not mediating this phenotype. CRISPR/Cas9 deletion of KLF4 in MOLM13 cell line and AML patient-derived xenograft cells showed impaired expansion in vitro and in vivo associated with a defective G2/M checkpoint. Collectively, our data suggest a mechanism in which KLF4 promotes leukemia progression by establishing a gene expression profile in AML LSCs supporting cell division and stemness.
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- Andrew Henry Lewis
- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Present address: Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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Hua Y, Dong J, Hong J, Wang B, Yan Y, Li Z. Clinical applications of circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma. Front Oncol 2022; 12:968591. [PMID: 36091119 PMCID: PMC9448983 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.968591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor and ranked as the fourth cause of cancer-related mortality. The poor clinical prognosis is due to an advanced stage and resistance to systemic treatment. There are no obvious clinical symptoms in the early stage and the early diagnosis rate remains low. Novel effective biomarkers are important for early diagnosis and tumor surveillance to improve the survival of HCC patients. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shed from primary or metastatic tumor and extravasate into the blood system. The number of CTCs is closely related to the metastasis of various solid tumors. CTCs escape from blood vessels and settle in target organs, then form micro-metastasis. Epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) plays a crucial role in distant metastasis, which confers strong invasiveness to CTCs. The fact that CTCs can provide complete cellular biological information, which allows CTCs to be one of the most promising liquid biopsy targets. Recent studies have shown that CTCs are good candidates for early diagnosis, prognosis evaluation of metastasis or recurrence, and even a potential therapeutic target in patients with HCC. It is a new indicator for clinical application in the future. In this review, we introduce the enrichment methods and mechanisms of CTCs, and focus on clinical application in patients with HCC.
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- Yinggang Hua
- Department of General Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Zhiming Li, ; Yong Yan,
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- Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Zhiming Li, ; Yong Yan,
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Pillai M, Rajaram G, Thakur P, Agarwal N, Muralidharan S, Ray A, Barbhaya D, Somarelli JA, Jolly MK. Mapping phenotypic heterogeneity in melanoma onto the epithelial-hybrid-mesenchymal axis. Front Oncol 2022; 12:913803. [PMID: 36003764 PMCID: PMC9395132 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.913803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a well-studied hallmark of epithelial-like cancers that is characterized by loss of epithelial markers and gain of mesenchymal markers. Melanoma, which is derived from melanocytes of the skin, also undergo phenotypic plasticity toward mesenchymal-like phenotypes under the influence of various micro-environmental cues. Our study connects EMT to the phenomenon of de-differentiation (i.e., transition from proliferative to more invasive phenotypes) observed in melanoma cells during drug treatment. By analyzing 78 publicly available transcriptomic melanoma datasets, we found that de-differentiation in melanoma is accompanied by upregulation of mesenchymal genes, but not necessarily a concomitant loss of an epithelial program, suggesting a more “one-dimensional” EMT that leads to a hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype. Samples lying in the hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype also correspond to the intermediate phenotypes in melanoma along the proliferative-invasive axis - neural crest and transitory ones. As melanoma cells progress along the invasive axis, the mesenchymal signature does not increase monotonically. Instead, we observe a peak in mesenchymal scores followed by a decline, as cells further de-differentiate. This biphasic response recapitulates the dynamics of melanocyte development, suggesting close interactions among genes controlling differentiation and mesenchymal programs in melanocytes. Similar trends were noted for metabolic changes often associated with EMT in carcinomas in which progression along mesenchymal axis correlates with the downregulation of oxidative phosphorylation, while largely maintaining glycolytic capacity. Overall, these results provide an explanation for how EMT and de-differentiation axes overlap with respect to their transcriptional and metabolic programs in melanoma.
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- Maalavika Pillai
- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Undergraduate Programme, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Undergraduate Programme, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- *Correspondence: Mohit Kumar Jolly,
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Dozzo A, Galvin A, Shin JW, Scalia S, O'Driscoll CM, Ryan KB. Modelling acute myeloid leukemia (AML): What's new? A transition from the classical to the modern. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2022:10.1007/s13346-022-01189-4. [PMID: 35930221 DOI: 10.1007/s13346-022-01189-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous malignancy affecting myeloid cells in the bone marrow (BM) but can spread giving rise to impaired hematopoiesis. AML incidence increases with age and is associated with poor prognostic outcomes. There has been a disconnect between the success of novel drug compounds observed in preclinical studies of hematological malignancy and less than exceptional therapeutic responses in clinical trials. This review aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview on the different preclinical models of AML available to expand insights into disease pathology and as preclinical screening tools. Deciphering the complex physiological and pathological processes and developing predictive preclinical models are key to understanding disease progression and fundamental in the development and testing of new effective drug treatments. Standard scaffold-free suspension models fail to recapitulate the complex environment where AML occurs. To this end, we review advances in scaffold/matrix-based 3D models and outline the most recent advances in on-chip technology. We also provide an overview of clinically relevant animal models and review the expanding use of patient-derived samples, which offer the prospect to create more "patient specific" screening tools either in the guise of 3D matrix models, microphysiological "organ-on-chip" tools or xenograft models and discuss representative examples.
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 909 S. Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL, 5091 COMRB, USA
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- Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,SSPC Centre for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. .,SSPC Centre for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Barreto IV, Pessoa FMCDP, Machado CB, Pantoja LDC, Ribeiro RM, Lopes GS, Amaral de Moraes ME, de Moraes Filho MO, de Souza LEB, Burbano RMR, Khayat AS, Moreira-Nunes CA. Leukemic Stem Cell: A Mini-Review on Clinical Perspectives. Front Oncol 2022; 12:931050. [PMID: 35814466 PMCID: PMC9270022 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.931050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are known for their ability to proliferate and self-renew, thus being responsible for sustaining the hematopoietic system and residing in the bone marrow (BM). Leukemic stem cells (LSCs) are recognized by their stemness features such as drug resistance, self-renewal, and undifferentiated state. LSCs are also present in BM, being found in only 0.1%, approximately. This makes their identification and even their differentiation difficult since, despite the mutations, they are cells that still have many similarities with HSCs. Although the common characteristics, LSCs are heterogeneous cells and have different phenotypic characteristics, genetic mutations, and metabolic alterations. This whole set of alterations enables the cell to initiate the process of carcinogenesis, in addition to conferring drug resistance and providing relapses. The study of LSCs has been evolving and its application can help patients, where through its count as a biomarker, it can indicate a prognostic factor and reveal treatment results. The selection of a target to LSC therapy is fundamental. Ideally, the target chosen should be highly expressed by LSCs, highly selective, absence of expression on other cells, in particular HSC, and preferentially expressed by high numbers of patients. In view of the large number of similarities between LSCs and HSCs, it is not surprising that current treatment approaches are limited. In this mini review we seek to describe the immunophenotypic characteristics and mechanisms of resistance presented by LSCs, also approaching possible alternatives for the treatment of patients.
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- Igor Valentim Barreto
- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Octávio Lobo Children’s Hospital, Belém, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Pharmacogenetics Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center (NPDM), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oncology Research Center, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Ceará State University, Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO), Fortaleza, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Caroline Aquino Moreira-Nunes,
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Mori JO, Shafran JS, Stojanova M, Katz MH, Gignac GA, Wisco JJ, Heaphy CM, Denis GV. Novel forms of prostate cancer chemoresistance to successful androgen deprivation therapy demand new approaches: Rationale for targeting BET proteins. Prostate 2022; 82:1005-1015. [PMID: 35403746 PMCID: PMC11134172 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In patients with prostate cancer, the duration of remission after treatment with androgen deprivation therapies (ADTs) varies dramatically. Clinical experience has demonstrated difficulties in predicting individual risk for progression due to chemoresistance. Drug combinations that inhibit androgen biosynthesis (e.g., abiraterone acetate) and androgen signaling (e.g., enzalutamide or apalutamide) have proven so effective that new forms of ADT resistance are emerging. In particular, prostate cancers with a neuroendocrine transcriptional signature, which demonstrate greater plasticity, and potentially, increased predisposition to metastasize, are becoming more prevalent. Notably, these subtypes had in fact been relatively rare before the widespread success of novel ADT regimens. Therefore, better understanding of these resistance mechanisms and potential alternative treatments are necessary to improve progression-free survival for patients treated with ADT. Targeting the bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) protein family, specifically BRD4, with newer investigational agents may represent one such option. Several families of chromatin modifiers appear to be involved in ADT resistance and targeting these pathways could also offer novel approaches. However, the limited transcriptional and genomic information on ADT resistance mechanisms, and a serious lack of patient diversity in clinical trials, demand profiling of a much broader clinical and demographic range of patients, before robust conclusions can be drawn and a clear direction established.
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- Joakin O. Mori
- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Domingo-Reinés J, Martínez-Navajas G, Montes R, Lamolda M, Simón I, Castaño J, Ríos-Pelegrina R, Lopez-Hidalgo JL, García del Moral R, Marchal JA, Real PJ, Ramos-Mejía V. Generation of a H9 Clonal Cell Line With Inducible Expression of NUP98-KDM5A Fusion Gene in the AAVS1 Safe Harbor Locus. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:846092. [PMID: 35721502 PMCID: PMC9200071 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.846092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rare and heterogeneous disease that remains the major cause of mortality in children with leukemia. To improve the outcome of pediatric AML we need to gain knowledge on the biological bases of this disease. NUP98-KDM5A (NK5A) fusion protein is present in a particular subgroup of young pediatric patients with poor outcome. We report the generation and characterization of human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) clonal lines with inducible expression of NK5A. Temporal control of NK5A expression during hematopoietic differentiation from hESC will be critical for elucidating its participation during the leukemogenic process.
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- Joan Domingo-Reinés
- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Cell Biology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Advanced Cell Therapy Service, Banc de Sang I Teixits, Edifici Dr. Frederic Duran I Jordà, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unidad de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Unidad de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Unidad de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Excellence Research Unit “Modeling Nature” (MNat), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- GENYO, Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Granada, Spain
- *Correspondence: Verónica Ramos-Mejía,
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Huang Z, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Liu L, Huang C. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition: The history, regulatory mechanism, and cancer therapeutic opportunities. MedComm (Beijing) 2022; 3:e144. [PMID: 35601657 PMCID: PMC9115588 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a program wherein epithelial cells lose their junctions and polarity while acquiring mesenchymal properties and invasive ability. Originally defined as an embryogenesis event, EMT has been recognized as a crucial process in tumor progression. During EMT, cell–cell junctions and cell–matrix attachments are disrupted, and the cytoskeleton is remodeled to enhance mobility of cells. This transition of phenotype is largely driven by a group of key transcription factors, typically Snail, Twist, and ZEB, through epigenetic repression of epithelial markers, transcriptional activation of matrix metalloproteinases, and reorganization of cytoskeleton. Mechanistically, EMT is orchestrated by multiple pathways, especially those involved in embryogenesis such as TGFβ, Wnt, Hedgehog, and Hippo, suggesting EMT as an intrinsic link between embryonic development and cancer progression. In addition, redox signaling has also emerged as critical EMT modulator. EMT confers cancer cells with increased metastatic potential and drug resistant capacity, which accounts for tumor recurrence in most clinic cases. Thus, targeting EMT can be a therapeutic option providing a chance of cure for cancer patients. Here, we introduce a brief history of EMT and summarize recent advances in understanding EMT mechanisms, as well as highlighting the therapeutic opportunities by targeting EMT in cancer treatment.
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- Zhao Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center West China Hospital, and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy Chengdu 610041 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center West China Hospital, and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy Chengdu 610041 China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery the Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University Ningbo China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery the Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University Ningbo China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center West China Hospital, and West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy Chengdu 610041 China
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Ye M, Chen Y, Wang Y, Xiao L, Lin Q, Lin H, Duan Z, Feng S, Cao Y, Zhang J, Li J, Hu J. Subtype discrimination of acute myeloid leukemia based on plasma SERS technique. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120865. [PMID: 35063821 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common hematologic malignancy. To this day, diagnose of AML and its genetic mutation still rely on invasive and time-consuming methods. In this study, 222 plasma samples were collected to discuss the performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to discriminate AML subtype acute promyelocytic leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia based on plasma. The Ag nanoparticles-based SERS technique was used to explore the biochemical differences among different AML subtypes. With the help of powerful supervised and unsupervised algorithms, the performance using the whole spectra and band intensities was confirmed to identify different subtypes of AML. The results demonstrated the intensities of several bands and band-intensity ratios were significantly different between groups, thus related to the discrimination of several AML subtypes and control. Combining indexes of band-intensity ratios, the result of multi-indexes ROC has excellent performance in differentiating AML patient with healthy control. Our work demonstrated the great potential of SERS technique as a rapid and micro detection method in clinical laboratory field, it's a new and powerful tool for analyzing human blood plasma.
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- Minlu Ye
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China; Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China; Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
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Bai H, Zhang Q, Zhang S, Wang J, Luo B, Dong Y, Gao J, Cheng T, Dong F, Ema H. Multiple cells of origin in common with various types of mouse N-Myc acute leukemia. Leuk Res 2022; 117:106843. [DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fragment-Based Discovery of AF9 YEATS Domain Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073893. [PMID: 35409252 PMCID: PMC8998803 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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YEATS (YAF9, ENL, AF9, TAF14, SAS5) family proteins recognize acylated histones and in turn regulate chromatin structure, gene transcription, and stress signaling. The chromosomal translocations of ENL and mixed lineage leukemia are considered oncogenic drivers in acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia. However, known ENL YEATS domain inhibitors have failed to suppress the proliferation of 60 tested cancer cell lines. Herein, we identified four hits from the NMR fragment-based screening against the AF9 YEATS domain. Ten inhibitors of new chemotypes were then designed and synthesized guided by two complex structures and affinity assays. The complex structures revealed that these inhibitors formed an extra hydrogen bond to AF9, with respect to known ENL inhibitors. Furthermore, these inhibitors demonstrated antiproliferation activities in AF9-sensitive HGC-27 cells, which recapitulated the phenotype of the CRISPR studies against AF9. Our work will provide the basis for further structured-based optimization and reignite the campaign for potent AF9 YEATS inhibitors as a precise treatment for AF9-sensitive cancers.
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Identification of a Twelve Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Related lncRNA Prognostic Signature in Kidney Clear Cell Carcinoma. DISEASE MARKERS 2022; 2022:8131007. [PMID: 35371341 PMCID: PMC8967576 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8131007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a vital role in tumor metastasis and drug resistance. It has been reported that EMT is regulated by several long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). We aimed to identify EMT-related lncRNAs and develop an EMT-related lncRNA prognostic signature in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC). Materials and Methods In total, 530 ccRCC patients with 611 transcriptome profiles were included in this study. We first identified differentially expressed EMT-related lncRNAs. Then, all the samples with transcriptional data and clinical survival information were randomly split into training/test sets at a ratio of 1 : 1. Accordingly, we further developed a twelve differentially expressed EMT-related lncRNA prognostic signature in the training set. Following this, risk analysis, survival analysis, subgroup analysis, and the construction of the ROC curves were applied to verify the efficacy of the signature in the training set, test set, and all patients. Besides, we further investigated the differential immune infiltration, immune checkpoint expression, and immune-related functions between high-risk patients. Finally, we explored the different drug responses to targeted therapy (sunitinib and sorafenib) and immunotherapy (anti-PD1 and anti-CTLA4). Results A twelve differentially expressed EMT-related lncRNA prognostic signature performed superior in predicting the overall survival of KIRC patients. High-risk patients were observed with a significantly higher immune checkpoint expression and showed better responses to the targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Conclusions Our study demonstrates that the twelve differentially expressed EMT-related lncRNA prognostic signature could act as an efficient prognostic indicator for KIRC, which also contributes to the decision-making of the further treatment.
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Olsen SN, Godfrey L, Healy JP, Choi YA, Kai Y, Hatton C, Perner F, Haarer EL, Nabet B, Yuan GC, Armstrong SA. MLL::AF9 degradation induces rapid changes in transcriptional elongation and subsequent loss of an active chromatin landscape. Mol Cell 2022; 82:1140-1155.e11. [PMID: 35245435 PMCID: PMC9044330 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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MLL rearrangements produce fusion oncoproteins that drive leukemia development, but the direct effects of MLL-fusion inactivation remain poorly defined. We designed models with degradable MLL::AF9 where treatment with small molecules induces rapid degradation. We leveraged the kinetics of this system to identify a core subset of MLL::AF9 target genes where MLL::AF9 degradation induces changes in transcriptional elongation within 15 minutes. MLL::AF9 degradation subsequently causes loss of a transcriptionally active chromatin landscape. We used this insight to assess the effectiveness of small molecules that target members of the MLL::AF9 multiprotein complex, specifically DOT1L and MENIN. Combined DOT1L/MENIN inhibition resembles MLL::AF9 degradation, whereas single-agent treatment has more modest effects on MLL::AF9 occupancy and gene expression. Our data show that MLL::AF9 degradation leads to decreases in transcriptional elongation prior to changes in chromatin landscape at select loci and that combined inhibition of chromatin complexes releases the MLL::AF9 oncoprotein from chromatin globally.
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- Sarah Naomi Olsen
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Internal Medicine C, University Medical Center Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Stavast CJ, van Zuijen I, Karkoulia E, Özçelik A, van Hoven-Beijen A, Leon LG, Voerman JSA, Janssen GMC, van Veelen PA, Burocziova M, Brouwer RWW, van IJcken WFJ, Maas A, Bindels EM, van der Velden VHJ, Schliehe C, Katsikis PD, Alberich-Jorda M, Erkeland SJ. The tumor suppressor MIR139 is silenced by POLR2M to promote AML oncogenesis. Leukemia 2022; 36:687-700. [PMID: 34741119 PMCID: PMC8885418 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01461-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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MIR139 is a tumor suppressor and is commonly silenced in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the tumor-suppressing activities of miR-139 and molecular mechanisms of MIR139-silencing remain largely unknown. Here, we studied the poorly prognostic MLL-AF9 fusion protein-expressing AML. We show that MLL-AF9 expression in hematopoietic precursors caused epigenetic silencing of MIR139, whereas overexpression of MIR139 inhibited in vitro and in vivo AML outgrowth. We identified novel miR-139 targets that mediate the tumor-suppressing activities of miR-139 in MLL-AF9 AML. We revealed that two enhancer regions control MIR139 expression and found that the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) downstream of MLL-AF9 epigenetically silenced MIR139 in AML. Finally, a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen revealed RNA Polymerase 2 Subunit M (POLR2M) as a novel MIR139-regulatory factor. Our findings elucidate the molecular control of tumor suppressor MIR139 and reveal a role for POLR2M in the MIR139-silencing mechanism, downstream of MLL-AF9 and PRC2 in AML. In addition, we confirmed these findings in human AML cell lines with different oncogenic aberrations, suggesting that this is a more common oncogenic mechanism in AML. Our results may pave the way for new targeted therapy in AML.
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- Christiaan J Stavast
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Childhood Leukemia Investigation Prague, Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Center for Biomics, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Cell Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Center for Biomics, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Cell Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Cell Biology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Hematology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hemato-Oncology, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Childhood Leukemia Investigation Prague, Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Immunology, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Schnoeder TM, Schwarzer A, Jayavelu AK, Hsu CJ, Kirkpatrick J, Döhner K, Perner F, Eifert T, Huber N, Arreba-Tutusaus P, Dolnik A, Assi SA, Nafria M, Jiang L, Dai YT, Chen Z, Chen SJ, Kellaway SG, Ptasinska A, Ng ES, Stanley EG, Elefanty AG, Buschbeck M, Bierhoff H, Brodt S, Matziolis G, Fischer KD, Hochhaus A, Chen CW, Heidenreich O, Mann M, Lane SW, Bullinger L, Ori A, von Eyss B, Bonifer C, Heidel FH. PLCG1 is required for AML1-ETO leukemia stem cell self-renewal. Blood 2022; 139:1080-1097. [PMID: 34695195 PMCID: PMC8854675 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2021012778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In an effort to identify novel drugs targeting fusion-oncogene-induced acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we performed high-resolution proteomic analysis. In AML1-ETO (AE)-driven AML, we uncovered a deregulation of phospholipase C (PLC) signaling. We identified PLCgamma 1 (PLCG1) as a specific target of the AE fusion protein that is induced after AE binding to intergenic regulatory DNA elements. Genetic inactivation of PLCG1 in murine and human AML inhibited AML1-ETO dependent self-renewal programs, leukemic proliferation, and leukemia maintenance in vivo. In contrast, PLCG1 was dispensable for normal hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell function. These findings are extended to and confirmed by pharmacologic perturbation of Ca++-signaling in AML1-ETO AML cells, indicating that the PLCG1 pathway poses an important therapeutic target for AML1-ETO+ leukemic stem cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Self Renewal
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit/genetics
- Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/pathology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Mice
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Phospholipase C gamma/genetics
- Phospholipase C gamma/metabolism
- Proteome
- RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein/genetics
- RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein/metabolism
- Transcriptome
- Translocation, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- Tina M Schnoeder
- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, and
- Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
| | - Joanna Kirkpatrick
- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA
| | - Theresa Eifert
- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
| | - Nicolas Huber
- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
| | - Patricia Arreba-Tutusaus
- Department of Oncology, Hematology, Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
| | - Anna Dolnik
- Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
| | - Salam A Assi
- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - Monica Nafria
- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - Lu Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, National Research Center for Translational Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, National Research Center for Translational Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, National Research Center for Translational Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, National Research Center for Translational Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
| | - Sophie G Kellaway
- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - Anetta Ptasinska
- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
| | - Edouard G Stanley
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
| | - Steffen Brodt
- University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department at Campus Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany
| | - Georg Matziolis
- University Hospital Jena, Orthopaedic Department at Campus Eisenberg, Eisenberg, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
| | - Andreas Hochhaus
- Innere Medizin 2, Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany
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- Department of Systems Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
| | - Olaf Heidenreich
- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Innere Medizin C, Hämatologie, Onkologie, Stammzelltransplantation und Palliativmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz-Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
- Innere Medizin 2, Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany
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