MBNL1 regulates essential alternative RNA splicing patterns in MLL-rearranged leukemia.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 05 2020
Historique:
received: 27 01 2019
accepted: 25 03 2020
entrez: 14 5 2020
pubmed: 14 5 2020
medline: 1 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Despite growing awareness of the biologic features underlying MLL-rearranged leukemia, targeted therapies for this leukemia have remained elusive and clinical outcomes remain dismal. MBNL1, a protein involved in alternative splicing, is consistently overexpressed in MLL-rearranged leukemias. We found that MBNL1 loss significantly impairs propagation of murine and human MLL-rearranged leukemia in vitro and in vivo. Through transcriptomic profiling of our experimental systems, we show that in leukemic cells, MBNL1 regulates alternative splicing (predominantly intron exclusion) of several genes including those essential for MLL-rearranged leukemogenesis, such as DOT1L and SETD1A. We finally show that selective leukemic cell death is achievable with a small molecule inhibitor of MBNL1. These findings provide the basis for a new therapeutic target in MLL-rearranged leukemia and act as further validation of a burgeoning paradigm in targeted therapy, namely the disruption of cancer-specific splicing programs through the targeting of selectively essential RNA binding proteins.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32398749
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15733-8
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15733-8
pmc: PMC7217953
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents 0
DNA-Binding Proteins 0
MBNL1 protein, human 0
MLL-AF9 fusion protein, human 0
Mbnl1 protein, mouse 0
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion 0
RNA, Small Interfering 0
RNA-Binding Proteins 0
Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein 149025-06-9
DOT1L protein, human EC 2.1.1.-
Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase EC 2.1.1.43
Setd1A protein, human EC 2.1.1.43

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2369

Subventions

Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA226802
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R50 CA211404
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : S10 OD023410
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : L40 HL143713
Pays : United States

Commentaires et corrections

Type : ErratumIn

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Auteurs

Svetlana S Itskovich (SS)

Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Arun Gurunathan (A)

Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Jason Clark (J)

Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Matthew Burwinkel (M)

Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Mark Wunderlich (M)

Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Mikaela R Berger (MR)

College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA.

Aishwarya Kulkarni (A)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Kashish Chetal (K)

Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Meenakshi Venkatasubramanian (M)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Nathan Salomonis (N)

Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Ashish R Kumar (AR)

Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.

Lynn H Lee (LH)

Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. lynn.lee@cchmc.org.
Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. lynn.lee@cchmc.org.

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