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ArticleNature communications2024

MLL oncoprotein levels influence leukemia lineage identities.

Derek H Janssens, Melodie Duran, Dominik J Otto, Weifang Wu, Yiling Xu, Danielle Kirkey, Charles G Mullighan, Joanna S Yi, Soheil Meshinchi, Jay F Sarthy and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Derek H JanssensBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1079-9525
Melodie DuranBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-6224-3971
Dominik J OttoBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6116-053X
Weifang WuBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yiling XuBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Danielle KirkeyTranslational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Charles G MullighanDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1871-1850
Joanna S YiPediatric Hematology and Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Soheil MeshinchiTranslational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jay F SarthySeattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5244-7865
Kami AhmadBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. kahmad@fredhutch.org.ORCID 0000-0001-8572-6182
Steven HenikoffBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. steveh@fredhutch.org.ORCID 0000-0002-7621-8685

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Shondra Michelle Miller · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Epigenomic profiling of complex tissues with single-cell CUT&RUNR01HG010492 · NHGRI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HENIKOFF, STEVEN · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
Oncoprotein-regulated lineage plasticity in acute leukemiaK22CA272912 · NCI · VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Derek Henry Janssens · 2024 to 2026
$577k
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) MullighanHartwell Foundation (The Hartwell Foundation) Derek JanssensHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) HenikoffNCI NIH HHS K22 CA272912NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG010492U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) NCI R35 CA297695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromosomal translocations involving the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) locus generate potent oncogenic fusion proteins (oncoproteins) that disrupt regulation of developmental gene expression. By profiling the oncoprotein-target sites of 36 broadly representative MLL-rearranged leukemia samples, including three samples that underwent a lymphoid-to-myeloid lineage-switching event in response to therapy, we find the genomic enrichment of the oncoprotein is highly variable between samples and subject to dynamic regulation. At high levels of expression, the oncoproteins preferentially activate either an acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) program, enriched for pro-B-cell genes, or an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) program, enriched for hematopoietic-stem-cell genes. The fusion-partner-specific-binding patterns over these gene sets are highly correlated with the prevalence of each mutation in ALL versus AML. In lineage-switching samples the oncoprotein levels are reduced and the oncoproteins preferentially activate granulocyte-monocyte progenitor (GMP) genes. In a sample that lineage switched during treatment with the menin inhibitor revumenib, the oncoprotein and menin are reduced to undetectable levels, but ENL, a transcriptional cofactor of the oncoprotein, persists on numerous oncoprotein-target loci, including genes in the GMP-like lineage-switching program. We propose MLL oncoproteins promote lineage-switching events through dynamic chromatin binding at lineage-specific target genes, and may support resistance to menin inhibitors through similar changes in chromatin occupancy.

Indexed as

Cell LineageHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinOncogene Proteins, FusionChromatinGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansMutationPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProto-Oncogene ProteinsTranslocation, GeneticChromatinHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseKMT2A protein, humanMEN1 protein, humanMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Proteins

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PMID39472576
PMCPMC11522475

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