Role of DPYSL2A in KLF4-mediated monocytic differentiation in AML cells
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ABSTRACT: To compare the global gene expressions in between KLF4- and DPYSL2A-expressed AML cells, we conducted gene expression arrays in THP-1 cells lentivirally-transduced with doxycycline-inducible KLF4 or DPYSL2A. We identified the pivotal role of KLF4-DPYSL2A axis in differentiating AML cells, which could be theraputically-tageted in conventional therapy-resistant AML patients.
Project description:To compare the global gene expressions between KLF4-expressed AML cells and albendazole-treated AML cells, we conducted gene expression arrays in THP-1 cells lentivirally-transduced with doxycycline-inducible KLF4 or in THP-1 cells treated with albendazole in different concentrations. We identified that albendazole induces prominent differentiation in THP-1 cells through up-regulating KLF4 and DPYSL2A expressions. Considering the guaranteed safety and tolerability of albendazole in humans, this drug could easily be repositioned to AML patients once its anti-tumor efficacy is clarified.
Project description:We explored the role of SMARCA4 and the two Brahma associated factors SMARCD2 and DPF2 in leukaemia. We observed the selective requirement for these factors for leukemic cell expansion, as well as extended survival of mice transplanted with leukaemic cells with reduced expression of these genes. Gene expression profiling revealed largely similar alterations with the down-regulation of each of these three factors, suggesting a concerted function in transformed blood cells. These changes included loss of pluripotency-associated signature but did not correlate with c-MYC down-regulation. Human acute monocytic leukemia cells (THP-1, ACC 16) were lentivirally transduced with pLKO-puro vectors carrying shRNAs against SMARCA4, SMARCD2 or DPF2. As a negative control, THP-1 cells were transduced with pLKO-puro-shScr (Scrambled). All samples were prepared as biological triplicates.
Project description:Inhibition of leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 4 (Lgr4) prevents the development of Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL)-arranged AML in mice and suppresses activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. To identify key downstream targets of Lgr4, we performed genome-wide gene expression analysis. Our microarray analysis and subsequent in vivo studies demonstrate a novel functional role for growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 (Gadd45a) in promoting in vivo self-renewal of leukemic stem cells in MLL-rearranged AML. GFP-positive leukemic cells flow-sorted by BD Influx cell sorter from bone marrow of primary AML mice induced by MLL-AF9 oncogene were lentivirally transduced with Lgr4 shRNA (MSH040504-3-LVRU6MP, GeneCopoeia) or Scrambled control (CSHCTR001-LVRU6MP, GeneCopoeia), and replated in methylcellulose supplemented with IL3. Each group contains triplicate samples.
Project description:RNA sequencing (RNAseq) of N/TERT2G keratinocytes transduced with pooled siRNAs targeting KLF4, or non-targeting control siRNA (siCon)
Project description:Aberrant expression of the homeodomain transcription factor CDX2 occurs in most cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and promotes leukemogenesis, making CDX2, in principle, an attractive therapeutic target. Conversely, CDX2 acts as a tumor suppressor in colonic epithelium. The effectors mediating the leukemogenic activity of CDX2 and the mechanism underlying its context-dependent properties are poorly characterized, and strategies for interfering with CDX2 function in AML remain elusive. We report data implicating repression of the transcription factor KLF4 as important for the oncogenic activity of CDX2, and demonstrate that CDX2 differentially regulates KLF4 in AML versus colon cancer cells through a mechanism that involves tissue-specific patterns of promoter binding and epigenetic modifications. Furthermore, we identified deregulation of the PPARγ signaling pathway as a feature of AML expressing CDX2, and observed that PPARγ agonists derepress KLF4 and are preferentially toxic to CDX2-positive leukemic cells. These data delineate transcriptional programs associated with CDX2 expression in hematopoietic cells; provide insight into the antagonistic duality of CDX2 function in AML versus colon cancer; and suggest reactivation of KLF4 expression, through modulation of PPARγ signaling, as a new therapeutic modality in a large proportion of AML patients. Experiment 1 (Samples 1-6): The transcriptional changes induced by Cdx2 were assessed ex vivo in primary murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Bone marrow cells were harvested from 3x15 C57BL/6 mice, and differentiated cells were removed by incubation with rat antibodies against lineage antigens (CD3, CD4, CD8, Gr-1, B220, CD19, IL-7R, Ter119) followed by depletion with magnetic beads (Dynabeads, Invitrogen). Lineage-depleted cells were stained with APC-conjugated anti-c-Kit and PE-Cy5-conjugated goat anti-rat antibodies, and c-Kit+ Lin– cells were sorted using a BD FACSAria cell sorter (BD Biosciences). Cells were plated in RetroNectin-coated tissue culture dishes (Takara Bio) and transduced twice with pMSCV-Cdx2-IRES-GFP or pMSCV-IRES-GFP retroviral constructs. After 48 hours, GFP-positive cells were sorted using a BD FACSAria cell sorter. Experiment 2 (Samples 7-10): The transcriptional changes induced by Cdx2 were assessed in vivo in Cdx2-initiated murine leukemias and compared with those of leukemias initiated by 5 different MLL fusion oncogenes (previously published data, available at GSE13690). Bone marrow cells isolated from C57BL/6 mice were transduced with pMSCV-Cdx2-IRES-GFP, and 8x10e5 GFP-positive cells were injected into lethally irradiated syngeneic recipient mice after 48 hours, followed by injection of 1x10e6 spleen cells from primary leukemic animals into sublethally irradiated secondary recipients. Spleen cells from secondary leukemic animals were harvested.
Project description:To determine if fibroblasts could be reprogrammed to a keratinocyte phenotype p63+KLF4 or LacZ expressing retroviruses were transduced into primary human neonatal fibroblasts. Global gene expression profiling using U133 plus 2.0 arrays were used to deteremine the extent of reprogramming to a keratinocyte phenoypte upon transduction with p63+KLF4. Fibroblasts transduced with p63+KLF4 were also treated +/- high calcium to determine if treatment with calcium could induce differentiation of these cells. Microarray analysis was also performed on cells treated +/- calcium.
Project description:Aberrant expression of the homeodomain transcription factor CDX2 occurs in most cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and promotes leukemogenesis, making CDX2, in principle, an attractive therapeutic target. Conversely, CDX2 acts as a tumor suppressor in colonic epithelium. The effectors mediating the leukemogenic activity of CDX2 and the mechanism underlying its context-dependent properties are poorly characterized, and strategies for interfering with CDX2 function in AML remain elusive. We report data implicating repression of the transcription factor KLF4 as important for the oncogenic activity of CDX2, and demonstrate that CDX2 differentially regulates KLF4 in AML versus colon cancer cells through a mechanism that involves tissue-specific patterns of promoter binding and epigenetic modifications. Furthermore, we identified deregulation of the PPARγ signaling pathway as a feature of AML expressing CDX2, and observed that PPARγ agonists derepress KLF4 and are preferentially toxic to CDX2-positive leukemic cells. These data delineate transcriptional programs associated with CDX2 expression in hematopoietic cells; provide insight into the antagonistic duality of CDX2 function in AML versus colon cancer; and suggest reactivation of KLF4 expression, through modulation of PPARγ signaling, as a new therapeutic modality in a large proportion of AML patients.
Project description:To determine if fibroblasts could be reprogrammed to a keratinocyte phenotype p63+KLF4 or LacZ expressing retroviruses were transduced into primary human neonatal fibroblasts. Global gene expression profiling using U133 plus 2.0 arrays were used to deteremine the extent of reprogramming to a keratinocyte phenoypte upon transduction with p63+KLF4. Fibroblasts transduced with p63+KLF4 were also treated +/- high calcium to determine if treatment with calcium could induce differentiation of these cells. Microarray analysis was also performed on cells treated +/- calcium. For gene expression profiling, cultured human fibroblasts were infected with LacZ or p63+KLF4 expressing retroviruses. p63+KLF4 cells were also treated +/- calcium. Microarray analysis using Affymetrix HG-U133 2.0 plus arrays was performed on duplicate samples.
Project description:GEP of 10 day 10 EPCs : 5 transduced by a control Lentivirus at plasma blast stage, 5 transduced with a KLF4 expressing Lentivirus at plasma blast stage.
Project description:Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) with doxycycline (Dox)-inducible reprogramming cassette MKOS-ires-mOrange and a Nanog-GFP reporter were transduced with lentiviral Dox-inducible Ty1-BFP (blue fluoresce protein with Ty1 tag in the N-terminus) or Hic2-Ty1 (Hic2 with Ty1 tag in the C-terminus) expression vector with MOI 5. One day later reprogramming was initiated by the administration of Dox. 48 hours later, the cells for Hic2 ChIP-seq with anti-Ty1 antibody were crosslinked with 2mM of Disuccinimidyl Glutarate (DSG) for 45 min at room temperature (RT) under constant agitation, before being cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde solution for 10 min at room temperature. For KLF4 ChIP-seq, cells were only cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde solution for 10 min at room temperature. ChIP-seq library was generated with the NEBNext Ultra-II DNA Library Prep kit. Each library was uniquely barcoded using NEBNext Multiplex Oligos for Illumina. Samples were sequenced with the NextSeq High 40PE.