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PU.1 cooperates with IRF4 and IRF8 to suppress pre-B-cell leukemia

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Pang, S H M, Minnich, M, Gangatirkar, P, Zheng, Z, Ebert, A, Song, G, Dickins, R A, Corcoran, L M +5 more·2016·Leukemia

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The Ets family transcription factor PU.1 and the interferon regulatory factor (IRF)4 and IRF8 regulate gene expression by binding to composite DNA sequences known as Ets/interferon consensus elements. Although all three factors are expressed from the onset of B-cell development, single deficiency of these factors in B-cell progenitors only mildly impacts on bone marrow B lymphopoiesis. Here we tested whether PU.1 cooperates with IRF factors in regulating early B-cell development. Lack of PU.1 and IRF4 resulted in a partial block in development the pre-B-cell stage. The combined deletion of PU.1 and IRF8 reduced recirculating B-cell numbers. Strikingly, all PU.1/IRF4 and ~50% of PU.1/IRF8 double deficient mice developed pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) associated with reduced expression of the established B-lineage tumor suppressor genes, Ikaros and Spi-B. These genes are directly regulated by PU.1/IRF4/IRF8, and restoration of Ikaros or Spi-B expression inhibited leukemic cell growth. In summary, we demonstrate that PU.1, IRF4 and IRF8 cooperate to regulate early B-cell development and to prevent pre-B-ALL formation.

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Pang, S. H. M., Minnich, M., Gangatirkar, P., Zheng, Z., Ebert, A., Song, G., Dickins, R. A., Corcoran, L. M., Mullighan, C. G., Busslinger, M., Huntington, N. D., Nutt, S. L., & Carotta, S.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (AT)
  • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (AU)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
  • Nutt, S L
  • Carotta, S
Venue
Leukemia
Published
2016-03-02
Volume
30
Issue
6
Pages
1375-1387
ISSN
  • 0887-6924 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5551
OpenAlex
W2291893165
Cited by
69
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Leukemia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (P30CA021765)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
PU.1, IRF4, IRF8, pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B cell development, transcription factor cooperation, Ikaros, Spi-B, tumor suppressor, B cell progenitors
MeSH terms
Interferon Regulatory Factor-8, Interferon Regulatory Factor-4, Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1, Animals, B-Lymphocytes, Gene Expression Regulation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Trans-Activators, Mice, Knockout, Lymphopoiesis, Interferon Regulatory Factors, Mice

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