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CBFβ-MYH11 fusion blocks hematopoietic differentiation via repression of a GATA2 gene program

ABSTRACT: The CBFβ-MYH11 fusion generated by inv(16) aberration is proposed to block normal myeloid differentiation, but whether this subtype of leukemia cells is poised for an unique cell lineage remains unclear. Here, we surveyed the functional consequences of CBFβ-MYH11 in inv(16) patient blasts and two inducible systems by multi-omics profiling. The primary inv(16) cells stay closer with megakaryocyte and erythrocyte lineages along the cell differentiation trajectory, and share common transcriptomic signatures and epigenetic determiners. Using in vitro differentiation systems, we reveal that CBFβ-MYH11 knockdown establishes normal endomitosis-related processes, which are crucial for megakaryocyte maturation. Two pivotal regulators, GATA2 and KLF1, are identified to complementally occupy RUNX1 binding sites upon the fusion protein knockdown. Overexpression of GATA2 partly restores megakaryocyte directed differentiation suppressed by CBFβ-MYH11, and additional factors like KLF1 and EGR1 might be required to coordinately prevent CFB-MYH11 leukemogenesis. Together, our findings suggest that in inv(16) leukemia, the CBFβ-MYH11 fusion inhibits primed megakaryopoiesis by interfering with a balanced transcriptional program involving GATA2 and KLF1.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE117138 | GEO | 2019/03/22

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Different mechanisms for CBF-MYH11 function in acute myeloid Leukemia (AML) with inv(16) have been proposed such as tethering of RUNX1 outside the nucleus, interference with transcription factor complex assembly and recruitment of histone deacetylases, all resulting in transcriptional repression of RUNX1 target genes. Here, through genome-wide CBF-MYH11 binding site analysis and quantitative interaction proteomics we found that CBF-MYH11 localizes to RUNX1 occupied promoters where it interacts with TAL1, FLI1 and TBP associated factors (TAFs) in the context of the hematopoietic transcription factors ERG, GATA2 and PU.1/SPI1 and the co regulators EP300 and HDAC1. Transcriptional analysis revealed that upon fusion protein knock down a subset of the CBF-MYH11 target genes show increased expression, confirming a role in transcriptional repression. However, the majority of CBF-MYH11 target genes, including genes implicated in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal such as ID1, LMO1 and JAG1, are actively transcribed and upon fusion protein knock down repressed. Together these results suggest an essential role for CBF-MYH11 in regulating expression of genes involved in maintaining a stem cell phenotype. 17 ChIP-seq samples using antibodies recognizing the indicated proteins and one RNA-seq file from ME-1 cells were analyzed. In addition 2 ChIP-seq profiles were generated using patient AML cells. A CBFβ-MYH11 inducible U937 system (U937CM) was used to examine binding patterns before (1 profile) and after (2 profiles) induction of CBFb-MYH11. In addition, expression was measured through RNA-seq analysis of the two states. The U937CM cells were maintained in the presence of tetracyclin (Tet, 1 uM) and grown in the absence of tetracycline for 3 days to induce expression of CBFβ-MYH11. Finally, a CBFb-MYH11 knock down system was developed in ME-1 cells. Two ME-1 cell lines were created, one with a stably integrated shRNA construct that targets CBFb-MYH11 (ME-1_knockdown) and one with a scrambled shRNA construct (ME-1_SCR). Expression of the shRNA constructs was induced using doxycyclin (dox; 1 mM) treatment for 3 days.

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CBFβ-MYH11 fusion blocks hematopoietic differentiation via repression of a GATA2 gene program

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