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ArticleNature communications2021

Oncogenic cooperation between TCF7-SPI1 and NRAS(G12D) requires β-catenin activity to drive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Quentin Van Thillo, Jolien De Bie, Janith A Seneviratne, Sofie Demeyer, Sofia Omari, Anushree Balachandran, Vicki Zhai, Wai L Tam, Bram Sweron, Ellen Geerdens and 20 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Quentin Van Thillo *Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3260-280X
Jolien De Bie *Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Janith A SeneviratneChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0413-5829
Sofie DemeyerDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sofia OmariChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0345-5601
Anushree BalachandranChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Vicki ZhaiChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Wai L TamTechnology Innovation Lab, VIB, Gent, Belgium.
Bram SweronDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ellen GeerdensDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Olga GielenDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sarah ProvostDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Heidi SegersLeuvens Kanker Instituut (LKI), KU Leuven - UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Nancy BoeckxDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Glenn M MarshallChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Belamy B CheungChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kiyotaka IsobeDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Itaru KatoDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2932-4960
Junko TakitaDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Timothy G AmosKinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5829-6655
Ira W DevesonKinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3861-0472
Hannah McCalmontChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Richard B LockChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ethan P OxleyAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Maximilian M GarwoodAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Ross A DickinsAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4112-5304
Anne UyttebroeckLeuvens Kanker Instituut (LKI), KU Leuven - UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5644-424X
Daniel R CarterChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jan CoolsDepartment of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. jan.cools@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0001-6626-5843
Charles E de BockChildren's Cancer Institute, UNSW Sydney, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia. cdebock@ccia.org.au.ORCID 0000-0001-5182-8535
Cancer Institute of New South Wales · AUVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BEUniversitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BEAustralian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research · AUKyoto University · JPGarvan Institute of Medical Research · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spi-1 Proto-Oncogene (SPI1) fusion genes are recurrently found in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cases but are insufficient to drive leukemogenesis. Here we show that SPI1 fusions in combination with activating NRAS mutations drive an immature T-ALL in vivo using a conditional bone marrow transplant mouse model. Addition of the oncogenic fusion to the NRAS mutation also results in a higher leukemic stem cell frequency. Mechanistically, genetic deletion of the β-catenin binding domain within Transcription factor 7 (TCF7)-SPI1 or use of a TCF/β-catenin interaction antagonist abolishes the oncogenic activity of the fusion. Targeting the TCF7-SPI1 fusion in vivo with a doxycycline-inducible knockdown results in increased differentiation. Moreover, both pharmacological and genetic inhibition lead to down-regulation of SPI1 targets. Together, our results reveal an example where TCF7-SPI1 leukemia is vulnerable to pharmacological targeting of the TCF/β-catenin interaction.

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Animalsbeta CateninBone Marrow TransplantationCarcinogenesisDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGTP PhosphohydrolasesHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationOncogene Proteins, FusionOncogenesPrecursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphomabeta CateninGTP PhosphohydrolasesMAS1 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsNRAS protein, humanOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1T Cell Transcription Factor 1TCF7 protein, humanTrans-Activators

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PMID34230493
PMCPMC8260768
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