Identifying STRN3-RARA as a new fusion gene for acute promyelocytic leukemia
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE224816 | GEO | 2024/04/23
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subtype of acute myeloid leukemia, that is generally driven by PML-RARA, resulting from a balanced chromosomal translocation t(15;17) (q24.1;q21.2). However, approximately 2% of APL patients carry other variants of RARA-fusions, which pose challenges for diagnosis and treatment. Here, we report a novel t(14;17) translocation in an APL patient that gave rise to a new fusion gene, STRN3-RARA. STRN3 forms a complex called the striatin-interacting phosphatase and kinase (STRIPAK), which couples kinases to protein phosphatase 2A and regulates their activities. Like other APL patients with RARA-variants, this patient quickly relapsed after the initial response to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that STRN3-RARA, in cooperating with UTX deficiency, which was mutated in the patient, drove APL formation in mice. Additionally, we found that STRN3-RARA cells were specifically susceptible to the TNFα pathway. Inhibition of this pathway by cepharanthine, an FDA-approved drug, effectively suppressed the growth of U937 cells with STRN3-RARA expression, as well as relapsed APL cells from the patient. Taken together, our study identified a new APL fusion gene, STRN3-RARA, and validated it as a functional APL driver, providing insight into the diagnosis and treatment of non-classic APL patients.
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Project description:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subtype of acute myeloid leukemia, that is generally driven by PML-RARA, resulting from a balanced chromosomal translocation t(15;17) (q24.1;q21.2). However, approximately 2% of APL patients carry other variants of RARA-fusions, which pose challenges for diagnosis and treatment. Here, we report a novel t(14;17) translocation in an APL patient that gave rise to a new fusion gene, STRN3-RARA. STRN3 forms a complex called the striatin-interacting phosphatase and kinase (STRIPAK), which couples kinases to protein phosphatase 2A and regulates their activities. Like other APL patients with RARA-variants, this patient quickly relapsed after the initial response to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that STRN3-RARA, in cooperating with UTX deficiency, which was mutated in the patient, drove APL formation in mice. Additionally, we found that STRN3-RARA cells were specifically susceptible to the TNFα pathway. Inhibition of this pathway by cepharanthine, an FDA-approved drug, effectively suppressed the growth of U937 cells with STRN3-RARA expression, as well as relapsed APL cells from the patient. Taken together, our study identified a new APL fusion gene, STRN3-RARA, and validated it as a functional APL driver, providing insight into the diagnosis and treatment of non-classic APL patients.
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