Project description:PHF6 is a transcriptional regulator mutated in 3-5% of acute myeloid leukemia. To understand the effect of loss and clinical mutation of PHF6 on the transcriptome of myeloid cells we generated multiple wildtype and Phf6 knockout clones. We observed that loss of PHF6 upregulated genes related to stemness and downregulates genes related to myeloid differentiation.
Project description:CRISPR Cas9 guided knockout (KO) of PHF6 in human THP1 AML cell line. We performed bulk RNA-Seq on knockout (PHF6 KO) and wildtype (CTRL) clones derived from THP1 cells transduced with lentiviral vectors encoding Cas9 protein and either PHF6 gRNAs or non-targeting gRNAs. Our results reveal that PHF6 knockout upregulates self-renewal gene sets and downregulates myeloid differentiation gene sets.
Project description:PHF6 is a transcriptional regulator mutated in 3-5% of acute myeloid leukemia. To understand the effect of loss and clinical mutation of PHF6 on the transcriptome of myeloid cells, we generated multiple wildtype and PHF6 knockout clones, as well as clones expressing the most common clinical mutant of the protein-PHF6R274Q. We observed that both single and double knockouts and mutation of PHF6 shifted the cells towards stemness and away from differentiation. Additionally we identified PHIP as a possible functional partner for PHF6. To investigate their common biological function, we generated multiple single knockout clones of PHIP as well as double knockout clones of PHIP and PHF6, and observed that, similar to single knockout of PHF6, PHIP knockout and double knockout also shifted cells towards stemness and away from differentiation. Collectively, our experiments show that PHF6 and PHIP, separately identified as being mutated in AML, exert similar downstream effects on the AML transcriptome.
Project description:PHF6 is a transcriptional regulator mutated in 3-5% of acute myeloid leukemia. To understand the effect of loss and clinical mutation of PHF6 on the transcriptome of myeloid cells, we generated multiple wildtype and PHF6 knockout clones, as well as clones expressing the most common clinical mutant of the protein-PHF6R274Q. We observed that both single and double knockouts and mutation of PHF6 shifted the cells towards stemness and away from differentiation. Additionally we identified PHIP as a possible functional partner for PHF6. To investigate their common biological function, we generated multiple single knockout clones of PHIP as well as double knockout clones of PHIP and PHF6, and observed that, similar to single knockout of PHF6, PHIP knockout and double knockout also shifted cells towards stemness and away from differentiation. Collectively, our experiments show that PHF6 and PHIP, separately identified as being mutated in AML, exert similar downstream effects on the AML transcriptome.
Project description:PHF6 is a transcriptional regulator mutated in 3-5% of acute myeloid leukemia. To understand how PHF6 and its functional partner PHIP interact with each other on chromatin, we performed ChIP-Seq for PHF6 (in the presence and absence of PHIP), and for PHIP. We observd that PHF6 and PHIP peaks overlap on chromatin, and PHF6 requires PHIP for its chromatin occupancy. ATAC-Seq and H3K27ac ChIP-Seq showed that PHF6 and PHIP occupy open and active regions of the genome.
Project description:PHF6 is a transcriptional regulator mutated in 3-5% of acute myeloid leukemia. To understand how PHF6 and its functional partner PHIP interact with each other on chromatin, we performed ChIP-Seq for PHF6 (in the presence and absence of PHIP), for PHF6R274Q mutant, and for PHIP. We observd that PHF6 and PHIP peaks overlap on chromatin, and PHF6 requires PHIP for its chromatin occupancy. ATAC-Seq and H3K27ac ChIP-Seq showed that PHF6 and PHIP occupy open and active regions of the genome.
Project description:Loss-of-function mutations Phf6 occur frequently in both adult and pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL). Although Phf6 is widely expressed, little is known about its proposed function as epigenetic regulator and tumor suppressor. To address the role of Phf6 in the leukemia development, here we analyze by RNAseq the gene expression profiles of isogenic Phf6 wild type and Phf6 knockout leukemia cells transformed by overexpression of an oncogenic mutant form of the NOTCH1 receptor.