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ArticleScientific reports2022

Epigenomic analysis of KLF1 haploinsufficiency in primary human erythroblasts.

Steven Heshusius, Laura Grech, Nynke Gillemans, Rutger W W Brouwer, Xander T den Dekker, Wilfred F J van IJcken, Benjamin Nota, Alex E Felice, Thamar B van Dijk, Marieke von Lindern and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Steven HeshusiusDepartment of Hematopoiesis, Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Laura GrechDepartment of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, MSD2090, Malta.
Nynke GillemansDepartment of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Rutger W W BrouwerCenter for Biomics, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Xander T den DekkerCenter for Biomics, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Wilfred F J van IJckenCenter for Biomics, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Benjamin NotaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alex E FeliceThalassaemia Testing and Haemoglobin Research Laboratory, University of Malta, and Thalassaemia Clinic, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, MSD2090, Malta.
Thamar B van DijkDepartment of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Marieke von LindernDepartment of Hematopoiesis, Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Joseph Borg *Department of Applied Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, MSD2090, Malta.
Emile van den Akker *Department of Hematopoiesis, Department of Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sjaak Philipsen *Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, P.O. box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.philipsen@erasmusmc.nl.
Erasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLMater Dei Hospital · MTSanquin · NL

Funding

Landsteiner Foundation for Blood Transfusion Research 1040, 1627Netherland Genomics Initiative 93511036Seventh Framework Programme 306201ZonMw 40-00812-98-12128, 40-41400-98-1327
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haploinsufficiency for the erythroid-specific transcription factor KLF1 is associated with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH). Increased HbF ameliorates the symptoms of β-hemoglobinopathies and downregulation of KLF1 activity has been proposed as a potential therapeutic strategy. However, the feasibility of this approach has been challenged by the observation that KLF1 haploinsufficient individuals with the same KLF1 variant, within the same family, display a wide range of HbF levels. This phenotypic variability is not readily explained by co-inheritance of known HbF-modulating variants in the HBB, HBS1L-MYB and/or BCL11A loci. We studied cultured erythroid progenitors obtained from Maltese individuals in which KLF1 p.K288X carriers display HbF levels ranging between 1.3 and 12.3% of total Hb. Using a combination of gene expression analysis, chromatin accessibility assays and promoter activity tests we find that variation in expression of the wildtype KLF1 allele may explain a significant part of the variability in HbF levels observed in KLF1 haploinsufficiency. Our results have general bearing on the variable penetrance of haploinsufficiency phenotypes and on conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity of variants in other transcriptional regulators such as EP300, GATA2 and RUNX1.

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Epigenesis, GeneticEpigenomeEpigenomicsHaploinsufficiencyCells, CulturedChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingErythroblastsErythropoiesisFetal HemoglobinGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHemoglobinopathiesHumansKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMaltaPenetrancePhenotypeerythroid Kruppel-like factorFetal HemoglobinKruppel-Like Transcription Factors

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PMID35013432
PMCPMC8748495
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