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ArticleCell reports2018

Trisomy of a Down Syndrome Critical Region Globally Amplifies Transcription via HMGN1 Overexpression.

Cody T Mowery, Jaime M Reyes, Lucia Cabal-Hierro, Kelly J Higby, Kristen L Karlin, Jarey H Wang, Robert J Kimmerling, Paloma Cejas, Klothilda Lim, Hubo Li and 9 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Cody T MoweryDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jaime M ReyesDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Lucia Cabal-HierroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kelly J HigbyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kristen L KarlinVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Therapeutic Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jarey H WangInterdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Robert J KimmerlingKoch Institute for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Paloma CejasDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Klothilda LimDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Hubo LiDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Takashi FurusawaLaboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Henry W LongDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
David PellmanDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Bjoern ChapuyDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Michael BustinLaboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Scott R ManalisKoch Institute for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Thomas F WestbrookDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Therapeutic Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Charles Y LinDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Therapeutic Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Andrew A LaneDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: andrew_lane@dfci.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBaylor College of Medicine · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Biological Functions of Chromosomal ProteinsZIABC011154 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BUSTIN, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2023
$11.0M
PROGRAM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICST32GM008307 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SHAULSKY, GAD · 1990 to 2020
$6.6M
Therapeutic Targeting of RNA Splicing in Triple-Negative Breast CancerR01CA215226 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Thomas Westbrook · 2018 to 2026
$5.6M
Targeting blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN)R37CA225191 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI LANE, ANDREW A · 2018 to 2024
$3.0M
Identifying and Targeting Onocgenic MYC Enhancer Control in Pediatric TumorsR01CA215452 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WESTBROOK, THOMAS · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Targeting Chromatin Modifications in Leukemia with Trisomy 21K08CA181340 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI LANE, ANDREW A · 2014 to 2018
$752k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA181340NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215226NCI NIH HHS R01 CA215452NCI NIH HHS R37 CA225191NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS, trisomy 21) is associated with developmental abnormalities and increased leukemia risk. To reconcile chromatin alterations with transcriptome changes, we performed paired exogenous spike-in normalized RNA and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing in DS models. Absolute normalization unmasks global amplification of gene expression associated with trisomy 21. Overexpression of the nucleosome binding protein HMGN1 (encoded on chr21q22) recapitulates transcriptional changes seen with triplication of a Down syndrome critical region on distal chromosome 21, and HMGN1 is necessary for B cell phenotypes in DS models. Absolute exogenous-normalized chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Rx) also reveals a global increase in histone H3K27 acetylation caused by HMGN1. Transcriptional amplification downstream of HMGN1 is enriched for stage-specific programs of B cells and B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, dependent on the developmental cellular context. These data offer a mechanistic explanation for DS transcriptional patterns and suggest that further study of HMGN1 and RNA amplification in diverse DS phenotypes is warranted.

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Transcription, GeneticAcetylationAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell LineDown SyndromeGenomeHistonesHMGN1 ProteinHumansLysineMice, Inbred C57BLModels, GeneticNucleosomesPhenotypeRNAHistonesHMGN1 ProteinLysineNucleosomesRNAB cellsChIP-RxDown syndromeDown syndrome critical regionDSCRHMGN1leukemiaRNA sequencingspike-in normalizationtranscriptional amplificationtrisomy 21

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PMID30428356
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