Project description:To eliminate cell-cycle arrested AML cells, we developed a FL-Fc-DM1 drug by conjugating FLT3 liangd Fc fusion protein and mertansine. We used the Molm-13 cells as a AML model. The total mRNA of Molm-13 cells treated with different concentration of FL-Fc-DM1 were sequenced.
Project description:Cytarabine is one of the first line chemo drugs to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, cytarabine can induce AML cell cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase. These cell-cycle-arrested AML cells resist cytarabine, show a senescence-like phenotype or stem-cell like phenotype. To eliminate these cell-cycle arrested cells, we developed a FL-Fc-DM1 drug by conjugating FLT3 liangd Fc fusion protein and mertansine. We used the Molm-13 cells as a AML model. The total mRNA of Molm-13 cells treated with different drugs (cytarabine, FL-Fc-DM1) were sequenced.
Project description:To explore the function of Mitochondrial Fission 1 (FIS1) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), we used shRNA to knock down the expression of FIS1 in leukemia cell line MOLM-13 cells and performed RNA-seq experiments to profile transcriptional changes upon FIS1 depletion.
Project description:The METTL3 methyltransferase is responsible for the deposition of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications in RNA and has been identified as essential for survival and proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells in a genome-wide CRISPR screen. In our experiments involving a small-molecule METTL3 inhibitor (UZH2) in the AML cell line MOLM-13, we observed suppression of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and differentiation. The aim of RNA-seq experiment was to characterize the transcriptomic changes occurring in MOLM-13 cell line after treatment UZH2. Cell were treated with 10 µM of UZH2 for 16 h and compered to untreated controls (5 % DMSO).
Project description:The growth arrest and DNA-damage induced 45 gamma (GADD45g) is rapidly induced by various physiological and environmental stresses associated with growth arrest. GADD45g has been observed implicated in cell survival, apoptosis, senescence, cell cycle regulation and DNA repair in a variety of human solid tumor types, acting as either tumor promoter or tumor suppressor. To date, the role of GADD45g in hematopoietic malignancies remains completely unknown. Here, we transduced Molm-13 cells with lentiviral vectors expressing doxycycline-inducible GADD45g. Molm-13 cells with dox administration or not were collected for RNA-seq.
Project description:Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous malignancy characterized by genetic and epigenetic dysregulation. Despite advances in targeted therapies against individual epigenetic regulators, clinical responses are often transient due to complex compensatory mechanisms. Identifying functional interactions between chromatin regulators and their associated transcriptional programs represents a promising strategy to overcome resistance and enhance therapeutic efficacy. Results: Using Perturb-seq combined with computational modeling and machine learning approaches, we systematically investigated 16 key epigenetic regulators across the Menin-MLL, Polycomb, and histone acetyltransferase complexes in MOLM-13 cells. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of 31,015 cells revealed 17 distinct gene programs with differential impacts on AML pathogenesis. We identified strong synergy between KAT6A and the Menin-DOT1L axis in regulating oncogenic pathways, particularly gene program P-15 (Pro-Differentiation Program), which significantly correlates with favorable clinical outcomes in both TCGA and Beat-AML cohorts. Notably, P-15 showed high expression in NPM1-mutated AML and remission-stage patients but was suppressed in TP53-mutated cases with poor prognosis. Validating our computational predictions, dual inhibition of Menin (VTP-50469) and KAT6A (WM119, a preclinical compound) demonstrated significant therapeutic synergy in MOLM-13 cells, reducing the IC50 from 35nM to 12nM. Conversely, PCGF1 disruption conferred resistance to DOT1L inhibition, revealing a novel mechanism of therapeutic resistance. Bulk RNA-seq analysis of combination treatments confirmed that dual KAT6A-Menin inhibition uniquely modulates specific gene modules associated with myeloid differentiation. Conclusions: Our integrated experimental-computational approach, distinct from prior studies examining individual epigenetic regulators in isolation, identifies the KAT6A-Menin-DOT1L axis as a critical regulator of AML transcriptional programs in MLL-rearranged leukemia and reveals gene program P-15 as both a favorable prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target. These findings provide mechanistic insights into epigenetic regulation in AML and establish a framework for developing rational combination therapies targeting cooperative epigenetic dependencies while preventing compensatory resistance mechanisms.