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ArticleBlood2022

Aberrant MYCN expression drives oncogenic hijacking of EZH2 as a transcriptional activator in peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Marlies Vanden Bempt, Koen Debackere, Sofie Demeyer, Quentin Van Thillo, Nienke Meeuws, Cristina Prieto, Sarah Provost, Nicole Mentens, Kris Jacobs, Olga Gielen and 7 more

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Article in Blood, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting MYC-Driven Cancers: From Oncogenic Addiction to Therapeutic Vulnerability.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  10. Non-canonical functions of EZH2 in cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Marlies Vanden BemptLaboratory for Experimental Hematology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0111-0263
Koen DebackereLaboratory for Experimental Hematology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7701-326X
Sofie DemeyerLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8193-5734
Quentin Van ThilloLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3260-280X
Nienke MeeuwsLaboratory for Experimental Hematology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7313-8129
Cristina PrietoLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sarah ProvostLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3253-021X
Nicole MentensLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4616-4778
Kris JacobsLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Olga GielenLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
David NittnerHistopathology Expertise Center, VIB- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2939-2453
Seishi OgawaDepartment of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-5374
Keisuke KataokaDivision of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Carlos GrauxDepartment of Hematology, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium.
Thomas TousseynTranslational Cell & Tissue Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0397-1086
Jan CoolsLaboratory for the Molecular Biology of Leukemia, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6626-5843
Daan DierickxLaboratory for Experimental Hematology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BECHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur · BEKeio University · JPKU Leuven · BEKyoto University · JPVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a heterogeneous group of hematological cancers arising from the malignant transformation of mature T cells. In a cohort of 28 PTCL cases, we identified recurrent overexpression of MYCN, a member of the MYC family of oncogenic transcription factors. Approximately half of all PTCL cases was characterized by a MYC expression signature. Inducible expression of MYCN in lymphoid cells in a mouse model caused T-cell lymphoma that recapitulated human PTCL with an MYC expression signature. Integration of mouse and human expression data identified EZH2 as a key downstream target of MYCN. Remarkably, EZH2 was found to be an essential cofactor for the transcriptional activation of the MYCN-driven gene expression program, which was independent of methyltransferase activity but dependent on phosphorylation by CDK1. MYCN-driven T-cell lymphoma was sensitive to EZH2 degradation or CDK1 inhibition, which displayed synergy with US Food and Drug Administration-approved histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors.

Indexed as

Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinLymphoma, T-Cell, PeripheralN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinHumansEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanMYCN protein, humanN-Myc Proto-Oncogene Protein

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PMID35960849
PMCPMC10653048
OpenAlexW4290888818

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