In:
Genes & Development, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Vol. 30, No. 1 ( 2016-01-01), p. 78-91
Kurzfassung:
Unlike clustered HOX genes, the role of nonclustered homeobox gene family members in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis has not been extensively studied. Here we found that the hematopoietically expressed homeobox gene Hhex is overexpressed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is essential for the initiation and propagation of MLL-ENL-induced AML but dispensable for normal myelopoiesis, indicating a specific requirement for Hhex for leukemic growth. Loss of Hhex leads to expression of the Cdkn2a -encoded tumor suppressors p16 INK4a and p19 ARF , which are required for growth arrest and myeloid differentiation following Hhex deletion. Mechanistically, we show that Hhex binds to the Cdkn2a locus and directly interacts with the Polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to enable H3K27me3-mediated epigenetic repression. Thus, Hhex is a potential therapeutic target that is specifically required for AML stem cells to repress tumor suppressor pathways and enable continued self-renewal.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0890-9369
,
1549-5477
DOI:
10.1101/gad.268425.115
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Publikationsdatum:
2016
ZDB Id:
1467414-2
SSG:
12
