Expression data from wild type, CBFB-MYH11-overexpressing, DNMT3A knockdown and RUNX1 knockdown K562 cells
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ABSTRACT: We searched for genes which are mutated in a manner that is linked with gene mutations involved in DNA de/methylation in AML. We found that recurrent CBFB-MYH11 fusions, which result in the expression of fusion protein comprising core-binding factor β (CBFB) and myosin heavy chain 11 (MYH11), occur mutually exclusively with DNMT3A mutations. The CBFB-MYH11 fusion tumors show DNA hypomethylation patterns similar to cancers with loss-of-function mutation of DNMT3A. Expression of CBFB-MYH11 fusion protein or inhibition of DNMT3A similarly impairs the methylation and expression of target genes of Runt related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1), a functional partner of CBFB. We demonstrate that RUNX1 directly interacts with DNMT3A and that CBFB-MYH11 fusion protein sequesters RUNX1 in the cytoplasm, thereby preventing RUNX1 from interacting with and recruiting DNMT3A to its target genes. Our results identify a novel regulation of DNA methylation and provide a molecular basis how CBFB-MYH11 fusion contributes to leukemogenesis.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE169682 | GEO | 2021/04/13
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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