Sox4 is a key oncogenic target in C/EBP? mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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ABSTRACT: Mutation or epigenetic silencing of the transcription factor C/EBP? is observed in ~10% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In both cases, a common global gene expression profile is observed, but down-stream targets relevant for leukemogenesis are not known. Here we identify Sox4 as a direct target of C/EBP? whereby its expression is inversely correlated with C/EBP? activity. Downregulation of Sox4 abrogated increased self-renewal of leukemic cells and restored their differentiation. Gene expression profiles of leukemia initiating cells (LICs) from both Sox4 overexpression and murine mutant C/EBP? AML models clustered together, but differed from other types of AML. Our data demonstrate that Sox4 overexpression resulting from C/EBP? inactivation contributes to the development of leukemias with a distinct LIC phenotype. K/L (bi-allelic Cebpa mutations) leukemic mice and Sox4 overexprssing leukemic mice were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We compared these microarray samples with the C57/BL6 wild type mice.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Henry Yang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-45430 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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