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ArticleNature communications2018

SRPK1 maintains acute myeloid leukemia through effects on isoform usage of epigenetic regulators including BRD4.

Konstantinos Tzelepis, Etienne De Braekeleer, Demetrios Aspris, Isaia Barbieri, M S Vijayabaskar, Wen-Hsin Liu, Malgorzata Gozdecka, Emmanouil Metzakopian, Hamish D Toop, Monika Dudek and 25 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. SRPKs: a promising therapeutic target in cancer.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors at 11 institutions in 4 countries.

Konstantinos TzelepisHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. kt404@cam.ac.uk.
Etienne De BraekeleerHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Demetrios AsprisHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Isaia BarbieriDivision of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, CB2 0QQ, Cambridge, UK.
M S VijayabaskarHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Wen-Hsin LiuResearch Unit Apoptosis in Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU), 81377, Munich, Germany.
Malgorzata GozdeckaHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Emmanouil MetzakopianUK Dementia Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Hills Rd, Cambridge, CB2 0AH, UK.
Hamish D ToopSchool of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4637-4764
Monika DudekHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Samuel C RobsonSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, UK.
Francisco Hermida-PradoHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Yu Hsuen YangHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Roya Babaei-JadidiSchool of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Dimitrios A GaryfallosHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Hannes PonstinglHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7573-1703
Joao M L DiasCancer Molecular Diagnosis Laboratory, National Institute for Health Research, Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8451-3537
Paolo GallipoliWellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7254-2253
Michael SeilerH3 Biomedicine Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Silvia BuonamiciH3 Biomedicine Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Binje VickResearch Unit Apoptosis in Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU), 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1956-2778
Andrew J BannisterGurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK.
Roland RadInstitute of Molecular Oncology and Functional Genomics, Department of Medicine II and TranslaTUM Cancer Center, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Rab K PrinjhaEpigenetics DPU, Immunoinflammation and Oncology TA Unit, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2NY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-3326
John C MarioniCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-0852
Brian HuntlyWellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0312-161X
Jennifer BatsonExonate Ltd, Milton Science Park, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-4336
Jonathan C MorrisSchool of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-9069
Cristina PinaDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, UK.
Allan BradleyWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Irmela JeremiasResearch Unit Apoptosis in Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU), 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-7677
David O BatesExonate Ltd, Milton Science Park, Cambridge, UK.
Kosuke YusaStem Cell Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. ky1@sanger.ac.uk.
Tony KouzaridesGurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK. t.kouzarides@gurdon.cam.ac.uk.
George S VassiliouHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. gsv20@sanger.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-8022
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GBThe Gurdon Institute · GBUNSW Sydney · AUGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEAge UK · GBEuropean Bioinformatics Institute · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Portsmouth · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 17001Cancer Research UK 22231Cancer Research UK 23015Cancer Research UK 25508European Research Council 681524Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009Medical Research Council MR/M010392/1Medical Research Council MR/R009708/1Wellcome Trust 210926/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently identified the splicing kinase gene SRPK1 as a genetic vulnerability of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Here, we show that genetic or pharmacological inhibition of SRPK1 leads to cell cycle arrest, leukemic cell differentiation and prolonged survival of mice transplanted with MLL-rearranged AML. RNA-seq analysis demonstrates that SRPK1 inhibition leads to altered isoform levels of many genes including several with established roles in leukemogenesis such as MYB, BRD4 and MED24. We focus on BRD4 as its main isoforms have distinct molecular properties and find that SRPK1 inhibition produces a significant switch from the short to the long isoform at the mRNA and protein levels. This was associated with BRD4 eviction from genomic loci involved in leukemogenesis including BCL2 and MYC. We go on to show that this switch mediates at least part of the anti-leukemic effects of SRPK1 inhibition. Our findings reveal that SRPK1 represents a plausible new therapeutic target against AML.

Indexed as

Bromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Cycle ProteinsCell DifferentiationChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticHematopoiesisHL-60 CellsHumansK562 CellsLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteNuclear ProteinsProtein IsoformsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA SplicingTranscription FactorsBRD4 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinNuclear ProteinsProtein IsoformsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSRPK1 protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID30568163
PMCPMC6300607
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