Project description:To study the oncogenic mechanism triggered by the leukemic fusion protein NUP98-HOXA9, we cloned the cDNA of NUP98-HOXA9 into a retroviral vector (pMSCV-IRES-GFP) and efficiently transduced the HEK293FT human cell line. We performed a ChIP-seq analysis to identify the DNA binding sites of NUP98-HOXA9. These results allowed us to demonstrate that NUP98-HOXA9 regulates the expression of genes involved in the development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by directly interacting with their enhancer regions. We further investigated the functional contribution to the DNA binding profile of the two moieties that compose the fusion protein. We cloned the coding region of HOXA9 wt and NUP98 wt in the same retroviral vector, established two new cellular models, 293FT-HOXA9 and 293FT-NUP98, and performed separate ChIP-seq analyses. We demonstrated that both moieties contribute importantly to the regulation of the target genes.
Project description:Leukemia is a complex malignancy with hundreds of distinct mutations associated with disease development. Studies have shown that oncogenes cooperate to promote leukemia transformation, however, the downstream effectors of this cooperation are largely unknown. Using a genetically defined mouse model of acute leuekmia, we investigated the regulated of genes downstream of the cooperative oncogenic interaction between BCR-ABL and NUP98-HOXA9 and identified a unique gene signature abberrantly expression in leukemia. Total RNA was isolated from hematopoietic cells transduced with BCR-ABL and Nup98-HOXA9 retroviruses and transplanted into recipient mice. Bone marrow cells were purified by GFP (BCR-ABL) and YFP (NUP98-HOXA9) using FACS.
Project description:Rearrangements involving the NUP98 gene resulting in fusions to several partner genes occur in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. This study demonstrates that the second FG repeat domain of the NUP98 moiety of the NUP98-HOXA9 fusion protein is important for its cell immortalization and leukemogenesis activities. We demonstrate that NUP98-HOXA9 interacts with MLL via this FG repeat domain and that, in the absence of MLL, NUP98-HOXA9-induced cell immortalization and leukemogenesis are severely inhibited. Molecular analyses indicate that MLL is important for the recruitment of NUP98-HOXA9 to the HOXA locus and for NUP98-HOXA9-induced HOXA gene expression. Our data indicate that MLL is crucial for NUP98-HOXA9 leukemia initiation.
Project description:RNA-seq of mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells expressing NUP98-HOXA9 (NHX9) show upregulation of HOX and other NUP98 fusion target genes, but expression changes are dampened or lost with the introduction of mutations in NUP98's FG repeats or HOXA9's DNA binding domain
Project description:We have cloned and characterized a fusion gene NUP98/HHEX1 resulting from t(7;10) from a patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). As NUP98/HHEX acts as an aberrant transcriptional activator, putative targets were searched upon transient expression of the fusion in primary murine bone marrow cells. Experiment Overall Design: Murine bone marrow cells were transduced with a retrovirus (MSCV-IRES-GFP, MIG) expressing either NUP98/HHEX or NUP98/HOXA9 (or the empty vector), mRNA was isolated after 72h. Each experiment was performed in triplicates.
Project description:To explore the molecular mechanisms induced by the leukemic fusion protein NUP98-HOXA9, we performed gene expression analysis of human hematopoietic progenitors and primary samples of patients that express NUP98-HOXA9. By combining these data with ChIP-seq results, we observed that the fusion protein is able to both activate and repress the expression of its target genes.
Project description:To investigate the effect of NUP98-HOXA9 on global gene expression, we established FLAG-NUP98-HOXA9 expressing mouse embryonic stem cell lines.
Project description:We report Illumina next generation RNA sequencing (RNAseq) of NUP98-HOXA9 in vitro transformed murine LSKs upon genetic deletion of Mll1. These gene expression data illustrate that Mll1 regulates Hoxa, Hoxb and Meis1 expression in NUP98-HOXA9 transformed murine BM cells.
Project description:Leukemia is a complex malignancy with hundreds of distinct mutations associated with disease development. Studies have shown that oncogenes cooperate to promote leukemia transformation, however, the downstream effectors of this cooperation are largely unknown. Using a genetically defined mouse model of acute leuekmia, we investigated the regulated of genes downstream of the cooperative oncogenic interaction between BCR-ABL and NUP98-HOXA9 and identified a unique gene signature abberrantly expression in leukemia.