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Continuous supply of immune cells throughout life relies on the delicate balance in the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) pool between long-term maintenance and meeting the demands of both normal blood production and unexpected stress conditions. Here we identified distinct subsets of human long-term (LT)-HSCs that responded differently to regeneration-mediated stress: an immune checkpoint ligand CD112lo subset that exhibited a transient engraftment restraint (termed latency) before contributing to hematopoietic reconstitution and a primed CD112hi subset that responded rapidly. This functional heterogeneity and CD112 expression are regulated by INKA1 through direct interaction with PAK4 and SIRT1, inducing epigenetic changes and defining an alternative state of LT-HSC quiescence that serves to preserve self-renewal and regenerative capacity upon regeneration-mediated stress. Collectively, our data uncovered the molecular intricacies underlying HSC heterogeneity and self-renewal regulation and point to latency as an orchestrated physiological response that balances blood cell demands with preserving a stem cell reservoir.
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Autorrenovação Celular/imunologia , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/fisiologia , Reconstituição Imune , Células-Tronco Multipotentes/fisiologia , Estresse Fisiológico/imunologia , Adulto , Animais , Autorrenovação Celular/genética , Células Cultivadas , Epigênese Genética/imunologia , Feminino , Sangue Fetal/citologia , Citometria de Fluxo , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Hematopoese , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Separação Imunomagnética , Recém-Nascido , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nectinas/metabolismo , Cultura Primária de Células , RNA-Seq , Análise de Célula Única , Sirtuína 1/metabolismo , Estresse Fisiológico/genética , Transplante Heterólogo , Quinases Ativadas por p21/genética , Quinases Ativadas por p21/metabolismoRESUMO
In the originally published version of this Letter, ref. 43 was erroneously provided twice. In the 'Estimation of relative cell-type-specific composition of AML samples' section in the Methods, the citation to ref. 43 after the GEO dataset GSE24759 is correct. However, in the 'Mice' section of the Methods, the citation to ref. 43 after 'TAMERE' should have been associated with a new reference1. The original Letter has been corrected online (with the new reference included as ref. 49).
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The transcription factor Myc is essential for the regulation of haematopoietic stem cells and progenitors and has a critical function in haematopoietic malignancies. Here we show that an evolutionarily conserved region located 1.7 megabases downstream of the Myc gene that has previously been labelled as a 'super-enhancer' is essential for the regulation of Myc expression levels in both normal haematopoietic and leukaemic stem cell hierarchies in mice and humans. Deletion of this region in mice leads to a complete loss of Myc expression in haematopoietic stem cells and progenitors. This caused an accumulation of differentiation-arrested multipotent progenitors and loss of myeloid and B cells, mimicking the phenotype caused by Mx1-Cre-mediated conditional deletion of the Myc gene in haematopoietic stem cells. This super-enhancer comprises multiple enhancer modules with selective activity that recruits a compendium of transcription factors, including GFI1b, RUNX1 and MYB. Analysis of mice carrying deletions of individual enhancer modules suggests that specific Myc expression levels throughout most of the haematopoietic hierarchy are controlled by the combinatorial and additive activity of individual enhancer modules, which collectively function as a 'blood enhancer cluster' (BENC). We show that BENC is also essential for the maintenance of MLL-AF9-driven leukaemia in mice. Furthermore, a BENC module, which controls Myc expression in mouse haematopoietic stem cells and progenitors, shows increased chromatin accessibility in human acute myeloid leukaemia stem cells compared to blasts. This difference correlates with MYC expression and patient outcome. We propose that clusters of enhancers, such as BENC, form highly combinatorial systems that allow precise control of gene expression across normal cellular hierarchies and which also can be hijacked in malignancies.
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Elementos Facilitadores Genéticos/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Genes myc/genética , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/citologia , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/metabolismo , Leucemia/genética , Leucemia/patologia , Família Multigênica/genética , Animais , Linfócitos B/citologia , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem da Célula/genética , Cromatina/genética , Cromatina/metabolismo , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Deleção de Genes , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/patologia , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Células-Tronco Multipotentes/citologia , Células Mieloides/citologia , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/patologia , Prognóstico , Deleção de Sequência , Análise de Sobrevida , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismoRESUMO
We investigated the role of 3D genome architecture in instructing functional properties of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) by generating sub-5-kb resolution 3D genome maps by in situ Hi-C. Contact maps at sub-5-kb resolution allow identification of individual DNA loops, domain organization, and large-scale genome compartmentalization. We observed differences in looping architectures among GSCs from different patients, suggesting that 3D genome architecture is a further layer of inter-patient heterogeneity for glioblastoma. Integration of DNA contact maps with chromatin and transcriptional profiles identified specific mechanisms of gene regulation, including the convergence of multiple super enhancers to individual stemness genes within individual cells. We show that the number of loops contacting a gene correlates with elevated transcription. These results indicate that stemness genes are hubs of interaction between multiple regulatory regions, likely to ensure their sustained expression. Regions of open chromatin common among the GSCs tested were poised for expression of immune-related genes, including CD276 We demonstrate that this gene is co-expressed with stemness genes in GSCs and that CD276 can be targeted with an antibody-drug conjugate to eliminate self-renewing cells. Our results demonstrate that integrated structural genomics data sets can be employed to rationally identify therapeutic vulnerabilities in self-renewing cells.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Cromatina/ultraestrutura , Mapeamento Cromossômico/métodos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glioblastoma/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Antígenos B7/antagonistas & inibidores , Antígenos B7/genética , Antígenos B7/metabolismo , Neoplasias Encefálicas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Proliferação de Células , Cromatina/química , Elementos Facilitadores Genéticos , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Heterogeneidade Genética , Genoma Humano , Genômica/métodos , Glioblastoma/metabolismo , Glioblastoma/patologia , Humanos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Proteínas de Neoplasias/classificação , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/patologia , Cultura Primária de Células , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Transcrição GênicaRESUMO
The acquisition of the cytogenetic abnormalities hyperdiploidy or translocations into the immunoglobulin gene loci are considered as initiating events in the pathogenesis of myeloma and were often assumed to be mutually exclusive. These lesions have clinical significance; hyperdiploidy or the presence of the t(11;14) translocation is associated with a favorable outcome, whereas t(4;14), t(14;16), and t(14;20) are unfavorable. Poor outcomes are magnified when lesions occur in association with other high-risk features, del17p and +1q. Some patients have coexistence of both good and poor prognostic lesions, and there has been no consensus on their risk status. To address this, we have investigated their clinical impact using cases in the Myeloma IX study (ISRCTN68454111) and shown that the coexistence of hyperdiploidy or t(11;14) does not abrogate the poor prognosis associated with adverse molecular lesions, including translocations. We have also used single-cell analysis to study cases with coexistent translocations and hyperdiploidy to determine how these lesions cosegregate within the clonal substructure, and we have demonstrated that hyperdiploidy may precede IGH translocation in a proportion of patients. These findings have important clinical and biological implications, as we conclude patients with coexistence of adverse lesions and hyperdiploidy should be considered high risk and treated accordingly.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica , Diploide , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Cadeias Pesadas de Imunoglobulinas/genética , Mieloma Múltiplo/tratamento farmacológico , Mieloma Múltiplo/genética , Translocação Genética , Idoso , Cromossomos Humanos Par 11 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 14 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 16 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 20 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 4 , Análise Citogenética , Feminino , Humanos , Cadeias Pesadas de Imunoglobulinas/imunologia , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mieloma Múltiplo/imunologia , Mieloma Múltiplo/mortalidade , Prognóstico , Transdução de Sinais , Análise de Célula Única , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
The leukemia stem cell (LSC) compartment is a complex reservoir fueling disease progression in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The existence of heterogeneity within this compartment is well documented but prior studies have focused on genetic heterogeneity without being able to address functional heterogeneity. Understanding this heterogeneity is critical for the informed design of therapies targeting LSC, but has been hampered by LSC scarcity and the lack of reliable cell surface markers for viable LSC isolation. To overcome these challenges, we turned to the patient-derived OCI-AML22 cell model. This model includes functionally, transcriptionally and epigenetically characterized LSC broadly representative of LSC found in primary AML samples. Focusing on the pool of LSC, we used an integrated approach combining xenograft assays with single-cell analysis to identify two LSC subtypes with distinct transcriptional, epigenetic and functional properties. These LSC subtypes differed in depth of quiescence, differentiation potential, repopulation capacity, sensitivity to chemotherapy and could be isolated based on CD112 expression. A majority of AML patient samples had transcriptional signatures reflective of either LSC subtype, and some even showed coexistence within an individual sample. This work provides a framework for investigating the LSC compartment and designing combinatorial therapeutic strategies in AML.
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Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) arises when hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) acquire mutations, most frequently in the DNMT3A and TET2 genes, conferring a competitive advantage through mechanisms that remain unclear. To gain insight into how CH mutations enable gradual clonal expansion, we used single-cell multi-omics with high-fidelity genotyping on human CH bone marrow (BM) samples. Most of the selective advantage of mutant cells occurs within HSCs. DNMT3A- and TET2-mutant clones expand further in early progenitors, while TET2 mutations accelerate myeloid maturation in a dose-dependent manner. Unexpectedly, both mutant and non-mutant HSCs from CH samples are enriched for inflammatory and aging transcriptomic signatures, compared with HSCs from non-CH samples, revealing a non-cell-autonomous effect. However, DNMT3A- and TET2-mutant HSCs have an attenuated inflammatory response relative to wild-type HSCs within the same sample. Our data support a model whereby CH clones are gradually selected because they are resistant to the deleterious impact of inflammation and aging.
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Envelhecimento , Hematopoiese Clonal , DNA (Citosina-5-)-Metiltransferases , DNA Metiltransferase 3A , Dioxigenases , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Inflamação , Mutação , Humanos , Inflamação/genética , Inflamação/patologia , Envelhecimento/genética , Hematopoiese Clonal/genética , Mutação/genética , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/metabolismo , DNA (Citosina-5-)-Metiltransferases/genética , DNA (Citosina-5-)-Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Hematopoese/genéticaRESUMO
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by high rate of therapy resistance. Since the cell of origin can impact response to therapy, it is crucial to understand the lineage composition of AML cells at time of therapy resistance. Here we leverage single-cell chromatin accessibility profiling of 22 AML bone marrow aspirates from eight patients at time of therapy resistance and following subsequent therapy to characterize their lineage landscape. Our findings reveal a complex lineage architecture of therapy-resistant AML cells that are primed for stem and progenitor lineages and spanning quiescent, activated and late stem cell/progenitor states. Remarkably, therapy-resistant AML cells are also composed of cells primed for differentiated myeloid, erythroid and even lymphoid lineages. The heterogeneous lineage composition persists following subsequent therapy, with early progenitor-driven features marking unfavorable prognosis in The Cancer Genome Atlas AML cohort. Pseudotime analysis further confirms the vast degree of heterogeneity driven by the dynamic changes in chromatin accessibility. Our findings suggest that therapy-resistant AML cells are characterized not only by stem and progenitor states, but also by a continuum of differentiated cellular lineages. The heterogeneity in lineages likely contributes to their therapy resistance by harboring different degrees of lineage-specific susceptibilities to therapy.
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Cromatina , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Humanos , Cromatina/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Diferenciação Celular , Divisão Celular , Linhagem da Célula/genéticaRESUMO
Transposable elements hold regulatory functions that impact cell fate determination by controlling gene expression. However, little is known about the transcriptional machinery engaged at transposable elements in pluripotent and mature versus oncogenic cell states. Through positional analysis over repetitive DNA sequences of H3K27ac chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing data from 32 normal cell states, we report pluripotent/stem and mature cell state-specific "regulatory transposable elements." Pluripotent/stem elements are binding sites for pluripotency factors (e.g., NANOG, SOX2, OCT4). Mature cell elements are docking sites for lineage-specific transcription factors, including AR and FOXA1 in prostate epithelium. Expanding the analysis to prostate tumors, we identify a subset of regulatory transposable elements shared with pluripotent/stem cells, including Tigger3a. Using chromatin editing technology, we show how such elements promote prostate cancer growth by regulating AR transcriptional activity. Collectively, our results suggest that oncogenesis arises from lineage-specific transcription factors hijacking pluripotent/stem cell regulatory transposable elements. SIGNIFICANCE: We show that oncogenesis relies on co-opting transposable elements from pluripotent stem cells as regulatory elements altering the recruitment of lineage-specific transcription factors. We further discover how co-option is dependent on active chromatin states with important implications for developing treatment options against drivers of oncogenesis across the repetitive DNA. This article is featured in Selected Articles from This Issue, p. 2293.
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Neoplasias da Próstata , Fatores de Transcrição , Masculino , Humanos , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Elementos de DNA Transponíveis/genética , Diferenciação Celular , Cromatina/genética , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Carcinogênese/genéticaRESUMO
Introduction: The imbalance between Th17 and regulatory T cells in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) promotes intestinal epithelial cell damage. In this scenario, T helper cell lineage commitment is accompanied by dynamic changes to the chromatin that facilitate or repress gene expression. Methods: Here, we characterized the chromatin landscape and heterogeneity of intestinal and peripheral CD4 T cellsfrom IBD patients using in house ATAC-Seq and single cell RNA-Seq libraries. Results: We show that chromatin accessibility profiles of CD4 T cells from inflamed intestinal biopsies relate to genes associated with a network of inflammatory processes. After integrating the chromatin profiles of tissue-derived CD4 T cells and in-vitro polarized CD4 T cell subpopulations, we found that the chromatin accessibility changes of CD4 T cells were associated with a higher predominance of pathogenic Th17 cells (pTh17 cells) in inflamed biopsies. In addition, IBD risk loci in CD4 T cells were colocalized with accessible chromatin changes near pTh17-related genes, as shown in intronic STAT3 and IL23R regions enriched in areas of active intestinal inflammation. Moreover, single cell RNA-Seq analysis revealed a population of pTh17 cells that co-expresses Th1 and cytotoxic transcriptional programs associated with IBD severity. Discussion: Altogether, we show that cytotoxic pTh17 cells were specifically associated with IBD genetic variants and linked to intestinal inflammation of IBD patients.
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Cromatina , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais , Humanos , Cromatina/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Células Th17 , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/genética , InflamaçãoRESUMO
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous, aggressive malignancy with dismal prognosis and with limited availability of targeted therapies. Epigenetic deregulation contributes to AML pathogenesis. KDM6 proteins are histone-3-lysine-27-demethylases that play context-dependent roles in AML. We inform that KDM6-demethylase function critically regulates DNA-damage-repair-(DDR) gene expression in AML. Mechanistically, KDM6 expression is regulated by genotoxic stress, with deficiency of KDM6A-(UTX) and KDM6B-(JMJD3) impairing DDR transcriptional activation and compromising repair potential. Acquired KDM6A loss-of-function mutations are implicated in chemoresistance, although a significant percentage of relapsed-AML has upregulated KDM6A. Olaparib treatment reduced engraftment of KDM6A-mutant-AML-patient-derived xenografts, highlighting synthetic lethality using Poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase-(PARP)-inhibition. Crucially, a higher KDM6A expression is correlated with venetoclax tolerance. Loss of KDM6A increased mitochondrial activity, BCL2 expression, and sensitized AML cells to venetoclax. Additionally, BCL2A1 associates with venetoclax resistance, and KDM6A loss was accompanied with a downregulated BCL2A1. Corroborating these results, dual targeting of PARP and BCL2 was superior to PARP or BCL2 inhibitor monotherapy in inducing AML apoptosis, and primary AML cells carrying KDM6A-domain mutations were even more sensitive to the combination. Together, our study illustrates a mechanistic rationale in support of a novel combination therapy for AML based on subtype-heterogeneity, and establishes KDM6A as a molecular regulator for determining therapeutic efficacy.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases , Humanos , Histona Desmetilases/genética , Histona Desmetilases/metabolismo , Histona Desmetilases com o Domínio Jumonji , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/farmacologia , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/genéticaRESUMO
Transition between activation and quiescence programs in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSC/HSPCs) is perceived to be governed intrinsically and by microenvironmental co-adaptation. However, HSC programs dictating both transition and adaptability, remain poorly defined. Single cell multiome analysis divulging differential transcriptional activity between distinct HSPC states, indicated for the exclusive absence of Fli-1 motif from quiescent HSCs. We reveal that Fli-1 activity is essential for HSCs during regenerative hematopoiesis. Fli-1 directs activation programs while manipulating cellular sensory and output machineries, enabling HSPCs co-adoptability with a stimulated vascular niche. During regenerative conditions, Fli-1 presets and enables propagation of niche-derived Notch1 signaling. Constitutively induced Notch1 signaling is sufficient to recuperate functional HSC impairments in the absence of Fli-1. Applying FLI-1 modified-mRNA transduction into lethargic adult human mobilized HSPCs, enables their vigorous niche-mediated expansion along with superior engraftment capacities. Thus, decryption of stem cell activation programs offers valuable insights for immune regenerative medicine.
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Sequencing of bulk tumor populations has improved genetic classification and risk assessment of B-ALL, but does not directly examine intratumor heterogeneity or infer leukemia cellular origins. We profiled 89 B-ALL samples by single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) and compared them to a reference map of normal human B-cell development established using both functional and molecular assays. Intra-sample heterogeneity was driven by cell cycle, metabolism, differentiation, and inflammation transcriptional programs. By inference of B lineage developmental state composition, nearly all samples possessed a high abundance of pro-B cells, with variation between samples mainly driven by sub-populations. However, ZNF384- r and DUX4- r B-ALL showed composition enrichment of hematopoietic stem cells, BCR::ABL1 and KMT2A -r ALL of Early Lymphoid progenitors, MEF2D -r and TCF3::PBX1 of Pre-B cells. Enrichment of Early Lymphoid progenitors correlated with high-risk clinical features. Understanding variation in transcriptional programs and developmental states of B-ALL by scRNA-seq refines existing clinical and genomic classifications and improves prediction of treatment outcome.
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Protein methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) symmetrically dimethylates arginine residues leading to regulation of transcription and splicing programs. Although PRMT5 has emerged as an attractive oncology target, the molecular determinants of PRMT5 dependency in cancer remain incompletely understood. Our transcriptomic analysis identified PRMT5 regulation of the activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) pathway in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). PRMT5 inhibition resulted in the expression of unstable, intron-retaining ATF4 mRNA that is detained in the nucleus. Concurrently, the decrease in the spliced cytoplasmic transcript of ATF4 led to lower levels of ATF4 protein and downregulation of ATF4 target genes. Upon loss of functional PRMT5, cells with low ATF4 displayed increased oxidative stress, growth arrest, and cellular senescence. Interestingly, leukemia cells with EVI1 oncogene overexpression demonstrated dependence on PRMT5 function. EVI1 and ATF4 regulated gene signatures were inversely correlated. We show that EVI1-high AML cells have reduced ATF4 levels, elevated baseline reactive oxygen species and increased sensitivity to PRMT5 inhibition. Thus, EVI1-high cells demonstrate dependence on PRMT5 function and regulation of oxidative stress response. Overall, our findings identify the PRMT5-ATF4 axis to be safeguarding the cellular redox balance that is especially important in high oxidative stress states, such as those that occur with EVI1 overexpression.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases , Fator 4 Ativador da Transcrição/genética , Fator 4 Ativador da Transcrição/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Oxirredução , Estresse Oxidativo , Proteínas Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/genética , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/metabolismoRESUMO
Many cancers are organized as cellular hierarchies sustained by cancer stem cells (CSC), whose eradication is crucial for achieving long-term remission. Difficulties to isolate and undertake in vitro and in vivo experimental studies of rare CSC under conditions that preserve their original properties currently constitute a bottleneck for identifying molecular mechanisms involving coding and non-coding genomic regions that govern stemness. We focussed on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as a paradigm of the CSC model and developed a patient-derived system termed OCI-AML22 that recapitulates the cellular hierarchy driven by leukemia stem cells (LSC). Through classical flow sorting and functional analyses, we established that a single phenotypic population is highly enriched for LSC. The LSC fraction can be easily isolated and serially expanded in culture or in xenografts while faithfully recapitulating functional, transcriptional and epigenetic features of primary LSCs. A novel non-coding regulatory element was identified with a new computational approach using functionally validated primary AML LSC fractions and its role in LSC stemness validated through efficient CRISPR editing using methods optimized for OCI-AML22 LSC. Collectively, OCI-AML22 constitutes a valuable resource to uncover mechanisms governing CSC driven malignancies.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas , Humanos , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/patologia , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologiaRESUMO
Gene expression profiling and proteome analysis of normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) point to shared core stemness properties. However, discordance between mRNA and protein signatures highlights an important role for post-transcriptional regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) in governing this critical nexus. Here, we identify miR-130a as a regulator of HSC self-renewal and differentiation. Enforced expression of miR-130a impairs B lymphoid differentiation and expands long-term HSCs. Integration of protein mass spectrometry and chimeric AGO2 crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP) identifies TBL1XR1 as a primary miR-130a target, whose loss of function phenocopies miR-130a overexpression. Moreover, we report that miR-130a is highly expressed in t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia (AML), where it is critical for maintaining the oncogenic molecular program mediated by the AML1-ETO complex. Our study establishes that identification of the comprehensive miRNA targetome within primary cells enables discovery of genes and molecular networks underpinning stemness properties of normal and leukemic cells.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , MicroRNAs , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Autorrenovação Celular/genética , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Receptores Citoplasmáticos e Nucleares/genética , Receptores Citoplasmáticos e Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Proteínas Repressoras/metabolismoRESUMO
It is critical to understand how human quiescent long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) sense demand from daily and stress-mediated cues and then transition into bioenergetically active progeny to differentiate and meet these cellular needs. However, the demand-adapted regulatory circuits of these early steps of hematopoiesis are largely unknown. Here we show that lysosomes, sophisticated nutrient-sensing and signaling centers, are regulated dichotomously by transcription factor EB (TFEB) and MYC to balance catabolic and anabolic processes required for activating LT-HSCs and guiding their lineage fate. TFEB-mediated induction of the endolysosomal pathway causes membrane receptor degradation, limiting LT-HSC metabolic and mitogenic activation, promoting quiescence and self-renewal, and governing erythroid-myeloid commitment. In contrast, MYC engages biosynthetic processes while repressing lysosomal catabolism, driving LT-HSC activation. Our study identifies TFEB-mediated control of lysosomal activity as a central regulatory hub for proper and coordinated stem cell fate determination.
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Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina e Hélice-Alça-Hélix Básicos , Hematopoese , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Diferenciação Celular , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/citologia , Humanos , Lisossomos , Transdução de SinaisRESUMO
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), molecular heterogeneity across patients constitutes a major challenge for prognosis and therapy. AML with NPM1 mutation is a distinct genetic entity in the revised World Health Organization classification. However, differing patterns of co-mutation and response to therapy within this group necessitate further stratification. Here we report two distinct subtypes within NPM1 mutated AML patients, which we label as primitive and committed based on the respective presence or absence of a stem cell signature. Using gene expression (RNA-seq), epigenomic (ATAC-seq) and immunophenotyping (CyToF) analysis, we associate each subtype with specific molecular characteristics, disease differentiation state and patient survival. Using ex vivo drug sensitivity profiling, we show a differential drug response of the subtypes to specific kinase inhibitors, irrespective of the FLT3-ITD status. Differential drug responses of the primitive and committed subtype are validated in an independent AML cohort. Our results highlight heterogeneity among NPM1 mutated AML patient samples based on stemness and suggest that the addition of kinase inhibitors to the treatment of cases with the primitive signature, lacking FLT3-ITD, could have therapeutic benefit.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Mutação/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Cromatina/metabolismo , Análise por Conglomerados , Regulação Leucêmica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Imunofenotipagem , Nucleofosmina , Fenótipo , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
Lifelong blood production requires long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs), marked by stemness states involving quiescence and self-renewal, to transition into activated short-term HSCs (ST-HSCs) with reduced stemness. As few transcriptional changes underlie this transition, we used single-cell and bulk assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (ATAC-seq) on human HSCs and hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) subsets to uncover chromatin accessibility signatures, one including LT-HSCs (LT/HSPC signature) and another excluding LT-HSCs (activated HSPC [Act/HSPC] signature). These signatures inversely correlated during early hematopoietic commitment and differentiation. The Act/HSPC signature contains CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) binding sites mediating 351 chromatin interactions engaged in ST-HSCs, but not LT-HSCs, enclosing multiple stemness pathway genes active in LT-HSCs and repressed in ST-HSCs. CTCF silencing derepressed stemness genes, restraining quiescent LT-HSCs from transitioning to activated ST-HSCs. Hence, 3D chromatin interactions centrally mediated by CTCF endow a gatekeeper function that governs the earliest fate transitions HSCs make by coordinating disparate stemness pathways linked to quiescence and self-renewal.
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Cromatina , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Diferenciação Celular , Divisão Celular , Hematopoese , HumanosRESUMO
Children with Down syndrome have a 150-fold increased risk of developing myeloid leukemia, but the mechanism of predisposition is unclear. Because Down syndrome leukemogenesis initiates during fetal development, we characterized the cellular and developmental context of preleukemic initiation and leukemic progression using gene editing in human disomic and trisomic fetal hematopoietic cells and xenotransplantation. GATA binding protein 1 (GATA1) mutations caused transient preleukemia when introduced into trisomy 21 long-term hematopoietic stem cells, where a subset of chromosome 21 microRNAs affected predisposition to preleukemia. By contrast, progression to leukemia was independent of trisomy 21 and originated in various stem and progenitor cells through additional mutations in cohesin genes. CD117+/KIT proto-oncogene (KIT) cells mediated the propagation of preleukemia and leukemia, and KIT inhibition targeted preleukemic stem cells.