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The PAX5-JAK2 translocation acts as dual-hit mutation that promotes aggressive B-cell leukemia via nuclear STAT5 activation


ABSTRACT: While PAX5 is an important tumor suppressor gene in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), it is also involved in oncogenic translocations coding for diverse PAX5 fusion proteins. PAX5-JAK2 encodes a protein consisting of the PAX5 DNA-binding region fused to the constitutively active JAK2 kinase domain. Here, we studied the oncogenic function of the PAX5-JAK2 fusion protein in a mouse model expressing it from the endogenous Pax5 locus, resulting in inactivation of one of the two Pax5 alleles. Pax5Jak2/+ mice rapidly developed an aggressive B-ALL in the absence of another cooperating exogeneous gene mutation. The DNA-binding function and kinase activity of Pax5-Jak2 as well as IL-7 signaling contributed to leukemia development. Interestingly, all Pax5Jak2/+ tumors lost the remaining wild-type Pax5 allele, allowing efficient DNA binding of Pax5-Jak2. While we could not find evidence for a nuclear role of Pax5-Jak2 as an epigenetic regulator, high levels of active phosphorylated STAT5 and increased expression of STAT5 target genes were seen in Pax5Jak2/+ B-ALL tumors, implying that nuclear Pax5-Jak2 phosphorylates STAT5. Together, these data reveal Pax5-Jak2 as an important nuclear driver of leukemogenesis by maintaining phosphorylated STAT5 levels in the nucleus.

SUBMITTER: Sabine Jurado 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-EMBOJ-2021-108397 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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