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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Comparative modes of chromatin engagement by PAX::FOXO1 fusions in rhabdomyosarcoma.

Alexi Tallan, Jack Kucinski, Andrew M Vontell, Chamithi Karunanayake, Rachel A Hoffman, Benjamin D Sunkel, Cenny Taslim, Genevieve C Kendall, Benjamin Z Stanton

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alexi TallanNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6043-3233
Jack KucinskiNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1788-1305
Andrew M VontellNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-5755-1836
Chamithi KarunanayakeNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8502-5615
Rachel A HoffmanNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0032-2304
Benjamin D SunkelNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1376-9567
Cenny TaslimNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3302-9099
Genevieve C KendallNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3775-2006
Benjamin Z StantonNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Columbus, OH, USA. 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2613-2955

Funding

Translational Therapeutics Research Program (TT)P30CA016058 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Daniel G. Stover · 1985 to 2026
$132.3M
Transcriptional Coordination and Gene Regulation by MED12 in the CardiomyocyteR01HL166520 · NHLBI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KEDRYN K BASKIN · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Understanding Infantile Rhabdomyosarcoma Biology and Therapeutic TargetsR01CA272872 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Genevieve Claire Kendall · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
Training Program in Basic and Translational Pediatric Oncology ResearchT32CA269052 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI TIMOTHY P CRIPE · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
Histone Acetylation Dynamics and Epigenome DuplicationR01GM144601 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PARTHUN, MARK R · 2022 to 2025
$1.6M
Targeting mutant-MYOD1 driven rhabdomyosarcomaU01CA298763 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Benjamin Stanton · 2025 to 2026
$853k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016058NCI NIH HHS R01 CA272872NCI NIH HHS T32 CA269052NCI NIH HHS U01 CA298763NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL166520NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM144601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fusion positive rhabdomyosarcoma (FP-RMS) is an aggressive soft-tissue sarcoma that most frequently affects children and adolescents. Treatment options and outcomes for children with this cancer remain poor, non-specific, and broadly toxic despite decades of research. The defining molecular drivers of the more aggressive fusion-positive subtype of the disease arise from chromosomal translocations that fuse PAX3 or PAX7 to FOXO1 to form PAX3::FOXO1 or PAX7::FOXO1, encoding fusion oncoprotein transcription factors. Despite their high degree of similarity,

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CancerCancer epigenomicsChildhood cancer etiologyChromatinEpigenetic mechanismsFusion oncoproteinsMolecular geneticsPioneer functionRare disease epigeneticsSarcomaSystems biologyTranscription Factors

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PMID41756981
PMCPMC12934573

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