NKL homeobox gene NKX2-2 is aberrantly expressed in Hodgkin lymphoma
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PROVIDER: GSE115191 | GEO | 2019/01/22
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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2021-10-31 | E-MTAB-10941 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2017-01-19 | GSE87334 | GEO
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2020-05-31 | GSE131113 | GEO
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2019-11-01 | E-MTAB-7734 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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Project description:NKL homeobox gene NKX2-2 is aberrantly expressed in Hodgkin lymphoma
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Project description:Recently, we have documented a hematopoietic NKL-code mapping physiological expression patterns of NKL homeobox genes in human myelopoiesis including monocytes and their derived dendritic cells (DCs). Here, we enlarge this map to include normal NKL homeobox gene expressions in progenitor-derived DCs. Analysis of public gene expression profiling and RNA-seq datasets containing plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells (pDC and cDC) demonstrated HHEX activity in both entities while cDCs expressed additionally VENTX. The subsequent aim of our study was to examine regulation and function of VENTX in DCs. We compared profiling data of VENTX-positive cDC and monocytes with VENTX-negative pDC and common myeloid progenitor entities and revealed several differentially expressed genes encoding transcription factors and pathway components, representing potential VENTX regulators. Screening of RNA-seq data for 100 leukemia/lymphoma cell lines identified prominent VENTX expression in acute myelomonocytic leukemia cell line MUTZ-3 containing inv(3)(q21q26) and t(12;22)(p13;q11) and representing a model for DC differentiation studies. Furthermore, extended gene analyses indicated that MUTZ-3 is associated with the subtype cDC2. Subsequent knockdown experiments and modulations of signalling pathways in MUTZ-3 and control cell lines, in addition to analysis of public chromatin immune-precipitation data confirmed identified candidate transcription factors CEBPB, ETV6, EVI1, GATA2, IRF2, MN1, SPIB and SPI1 and the CSF-, NOTCH- and TNFa-pathways as VENTX regulators. Live-cell imaging analyses of MUTZ-3 cells treated for VENTX knockdown excluded impacts in apoptosis or induced alteration of differentiation-associated cell morphology. In contrast, target gene analysis performed by expression profiling of knockdown-treated MUTZ-3 cells revealed VENTX-mediated activation of several cDC-specific genes including CSFR1, EGR2 and MIR10A and inhibition of pDC-specific genes like RUNX2. Taken together, we added NKL homeobox gene activities for progenitor-derived DCs to the NKL-code, showing that VENTX is expressed in cDCs but not in pDCs and part of a cDC-specific gene regulatory network operating in DC differentiation and function.
2021-12-01 | E-MTAB-10277 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:NKL homeobox genes encode developmental transcription factors regulating basic processes in cell differentiation. According to their physiological expression pattern in early hematopoiesis and B-cell development, particular members of this homeobox gene subclass constitute an NKL-code. These B-cell specific genes generate a regulatory network and their deregulation is implicated in B-cell lymphomagenesis. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects B-cells and influences the activity of signalling pathways including JAK/STAT and several genes encoding developmental regulators. Therefore, EBV-infection impacts the pathogenesis and the outcome of B-cell malignancies including Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Here, we isolated EBV-positive and EBV-negative subclones from the DLBCL derived cell line DOHH-2. These subclones served as model to investigate the role of EBV in deregulation of the B-cell specific NKL-code members HHEX, HLX, MSX1 and NKX6-3. We showed that the EBV-encoded factors LMP1 and LMP2A activated the expression of HLX via STAT3. HLX in turn repressed NKX6-3, SPIB and IL4R which normally mediate plasma cell differentiation. In addition, HLX repressed pro-apoptotic factor BCL2L11/BIM supporting cell survival. Thus, EBV aberrantly activated HLX thereby disturbing both B-cell differentiation and apoptosis in DLBCL. The results of our study contribute to better understand the pathogenic role of EBV in B-cell malignancies.
2020-09-10 | GSE146389 | GEO
Project description:NKL homeobox genes encode developmental transcription factors regulating basic processes in cell differentiation. According to their physiological expression pattern in early hematopoiesis and B-cell development, particular members of this homeobox gene subclass constitute an NKL-code. These B-cell specific genes generate a regulatory network and their deregulation is implicated in B-cell lymphomagenesis. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects B-cells and influences the activity of signalling pathways including JAK/STAT and several genes encoding developmental regulators. Therefore, EBV-infection impacts the pathogenesis and the outcome of B-cell malignancies including Hodgkin lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Here, we isolated EBV-positive and EBV-negative subclones from the DLBCL derived cell line DOHH-2. These subclones served as model to investigate the role of EBV in deregulation of the B-cell specific NKL-code members HHEX, HLX, MSX1 and NKX6-3. We showed that the EBV-encoded factors LMP1 and LMP2A activated the expression of HLX via STAT3. HLX in turn repressed NKX6-3, SPIB and IL4R which normally mediate plasma cell differentiation. In addition, HLX repressed pro-apoptotic factor BCL2L11/BIM supporting cell survival. Thus, EBV aberrantly activated HLX thereby disturbing both B-cell differentiation and apoptosis in DLBCL. The results of our study contribute to better understand the pathogenic role of EBV in B-cell malignancies.
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