Epigenomic profiling studies of murine leukemia stem cell (LSC) lines established ex vivo by coexpression of R882H-mutated DNMT3A and NRAS-G12D (ChIP-seq)

ABSTRACT: DNA Methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) is frequently mutated in various hematopoietic malignancies; however, the underlying oncogenic mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report that DNMT3A mutational ‘hotspot’ at Arg882 (DNMT3A-R882H) cooperates with constitutively activated RAS in transforming murine hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) ex vivo and inducing acute leukemias in vivo. DNMT3A-R882H potentiates aberrant transactivation of ‘stemness’ gene expression programs, notably transcription factors Meis1, Hox-A, Mn1 and Mycn. Mechanistically, R882-mutated DNMT3A directly binds to cis-regulatory elements of these genes and induces focal CpG hypomethylation reminiscent of what was seen in human leukemias bearing DNMT3A R882 mutation. Furthermore, DNMT3A-R882H induced DNA hypometh

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Rui Lu 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-71474 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress