Project description:We recently mapped 605 chromosomal breakpoints in 61 ATL cases by spectral karyotyping and identified chromosome 14q11 as one of the most common chromosomal breakpoint regions. To map the precise location of chromosomal breakpoints at 14q11, we performed single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based comparative genomic hybridization on leukemia cells from acute-type ATL patients. Copy number analysis of Affymetrix 50K SNP arrays was performed for leukemic cell samples from10 acute-type ATL patients.
Project description:We recently mapped 605 chromosomal breakpoints in 61 ATL cases by spectral karyotyping and identified chromosome 14q11 as one of the most common chromosomal breakpoint regions. To map the precise location of chromosomal breakpoints at 14q11, we performed single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based comparative genomic hybridization on leukemia cells from acute-type ATL patients. The breakpoints accumulated frequently adjacent to the T cell receptor alpha/delta chain locus (TCRα/δ) with chromosomal deletions at 14q11 and a recurrent 0.9 Mb interstitial deletion was identified at a region including part of the TCRα/δ locus. Because leukemia-associated genes are frequently located near the breakpoint cluster regions, we then analyzed the gene expression profiles of ATL cells and identified N-myc downstream regulated gene 2 (NDRG2) as one of the genes that are down-regulated in ATLL cells among the 25 genes mapped to the region adjacent to the recurrently deleted regions at 14q11. We compared the gene expression profiles of ATL cells from seven acute-type ATL patients and CD4+ T lymphocytes from the peripheral blood of five healthy volunteers as references using oligonucleotide microarrays.
Project description:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a highly aggressive T-cell malignancy characterized by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. ATL has a very poor prognosis and lacks satisfactory treatments; therefore, it is critical to identify novel targets in ATL cells in order to develop effective targeted therapeutics. Here we report the identification of two novel oncogenes, AK4 and RHOC, as target genes of miR-455-3p, a tumor suppressive microRNA in ATL patients. Importantly, AK4 and RHOC are highly expressed in ATL and exhibit oncogenic potentials in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal a functional overlap of AK4 and RHOC, including activating oncogenic pathways such as Myc targets and deregulating lipid metabolism such as enhancing the production of sphingomyelin, a tumor-promoting lipid. In particular, compared to other types of T-cell malignancy such as T-ALL and CTCL, ATL is sensitive to sphingomyelin inhibition and AK4 or RHOC depletion. Altogether, we report a distinct dependency of ATL on newly characterized oncogenes AK4 and RHOC and an oncometabolite sphingomyelin, which together represent novel targetable vulnerabilities of ATL that could be exploited for developing effective therapeutics.
Project description:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a highly aggressive T-cell malignancy characterized by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. ATL has a very poor prognosis and lacks satisfactory treatments; therefore, it is critical to identify novel targets in ATL cells in order to develop effective targeted therapeutics. Here we report the identification of two novel oncogenes, AK4 and RHOC, as target genes of miR-455-3p, a tumor suppressive microRNA in ATL patients. Importantly, AK4 and RHOC are highly expressed in ATL and exhibit oncogenic potentials in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal a functional overlap of AK4 and RHOC, including activating oncogenic pathways such as Myc targets and deregulating lipid metabolism such as enhancing the production of sphingomyelin, a tumor-promoting lipid. In particular, compared to other types of T-cell malignancy such as T-ALL and CTCL, ATL is sensitive to sphingomyelin inhibition and AK4 or RHOC depletion. Altogether, we report a distinct dependency of ATL on newly characterized oncogenes AK4 and RHOC and an oncometabolite sphingomyelin, which together represent novel targetable vulnerabilities of ATL that could be exploited for developing effective therapeutics.
Project description:Genomic aberration profiles of chronic type adult T-cell leuekemia/lymphoma (ATL) and acute type ATL(clinical samples) . The Cy3-labeled normal control DNA was obtained from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy males.
Project description:Comprehensive gene expression profiles of thirteen samples of chronic type ATL and twenty one samples of acute type ATL were analyzed to detect tumor-specific genes. We studied a total of 34 adult T-cell leuekmia/lymphoma cases, whose samples and clinical data were available.