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CDKN2A-independent role of BMI1 in promoting growth and survival of Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


ABSTRACT: BMI1 is a key component of the PRC1 (polycomb repressive complex-1) complex required for maintenance of normal and cancer stem cells. Its aberrant expression is detected in chronic myeloid leukemia and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but no data exist on BMI1 requirement in ALL cells. We show here that BMI1 expression is important for proliferation and survival of Ph+ ALL cells and for leukemogenesis of Ph+ cells in vivo. Levels of BIM, interferon-? (IFN?)-regulated genes and E2F7 were upregulated in BMI1-silenced cells, suggesting that repressing their expression is important for BMI1 biological effects. Consistent with this hypothesis, we found that: (i) downregulation of BIM or E2F7 abrogated apoptosis or rescued, in part, the reduced proliferation and colony formation of BMI1 silenced BV173 cells; (ii) BIM/E2F7 double silencing further enhanced colony formation and in vivo leukemogenesis of BMI1-silenced cells; (iii) overexpression of BIM and E2F7 mimicked the effect of BMI1 silencing in BV173 and SUP-B15 cells; and (iv) treatment with IFN? suppressed proliferation and colony formation of Ph+ ALL cells. These studies indicate that the growth-promoting effects of BMI1 in Ph+ ALL cells depend on suppression of multiple pathways and support the use of IFN? in the therapy of Ph+ ALL.

SUBMITTER: Mariani SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4972639 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CDKN2A-independent role of BMI1 in promoting growth and survival of Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Mariani S A SA   Minieri V V   De Dominici M M   Iacobucci I I   Peterson L F LF   Calabretta B B  

Leukemia 20160405 8


BMI1 is a key component of the PRC1 (polycomb repressive complex-1) complex required for maintenance of normal and cancer stem cells. Its aberrant expression is detected in chronic myeloid leukemia and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but no data exist on BMI1 requirement in ALL cells. We show here that BMI1 expression is important for proliferation and survival of Ph+ ALL cells and for leukemogenesis of Ph+ cells in vivo. Levels of BIM, interferon-α (IFNα)-regulated genes and E2F7 were u  ...[more]

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