PLX117504

GSE54478: Identification of a dynamic core transcriptional network in t(8;21) AML regulating differentiation block and self-renewal [RNA-Seq]

• Organsim human
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

The leukemogenic fusion protein RUNX1/ETO impairs myeloid differentiation and drives malignant self-renewal. Here we use digital footprinting and ChIP-sequencing to identify the core RUNX1/ETO responsive transcriptional network of t(8;21) cells. We show that the transcriptional programme underlying leukemic propagation is regulated by a dynamic equilibrium between RUNX1/ETO and RUNX1 complexes, which bind in a mutually exclusive fashion to identical genomic sites. Perturbation of this equilibrium by RUNX1/ETO knockdown results in a global reassembly of transcription factor complexes within pre-existing open chromatin and the formation of a new C/EBP-dominated transcriptional network driving myeloid differentiation. Our work demonstrates that the block in myeloid differentiation in t(8;21) is caused by the dynamic balance between RUNX1/ETO and RUNX1 activities and the repression of C/EBP and highlights the core targets of epigenetic reprogramming in t(8;21) AML. SOURCE: Salam,Adli,Assi (s.a.assi@leeds.ac.uk) - University of Leeds