The Growth factor independence 1 (GFI1) 36N variant predisposes to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by inducing epigenetic changes at the Hoxa9 locus

ABSTRACT: GFI136N is a coding Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in the gene GFI1 that increases the risk for Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by 60%. It is present in 3-5% of Caucasians and has a prevalence of 12% among AML patients. We generated knockin mice expressing either the human GFI136N variant or the more common GFI136S form and observed that GFI136N, in contrast to GFI136S, lacked the ability to bind to the Gfi1 target gene and leukemia associated transcription factor Hoxa9 in myeloid precursors and failed to initiate the histone modifications that regulate HoxA9 expression. Consistent with this, GFI136N heterozygous AML patients showed increased HOXA9 expression compared to control patients. In the knockin mice, granulo-monocytic pogenitors (GMPs), a bone marrow subset from which AML can a

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Judith Schütte 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-31657 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress