Enhanced hemato-endothelial specification during human embryonic differentiation through developmental cooperation between AF4-MLL and MLL-AF4 fusions

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• dc.contributor.author Bueno, Clara
• dc.contributor.author Calero-Nieto, Fernando J.
• dc.contributor.author Wang, Xiaonan
• dc.contributor.author Valdés-Mas, Rafael
• dc.contributor.author Gutiérrez-Agüera, Francisco
• dc.contributor.author Roca-Ho, Heleia
• dc.contributor.author Ayllon, Verónica
• dc.contributor.author Real, Pedro J.
• dc.contributor.author Arambilet, David
• dc.contributor.author Espinosa Blay, Lluís
• dc.contributor.author Torres-Ruiz, Raul
• dc.contributor.author Agraz-Doblas, Antonio
• dc.contributor.author Varela, Ignacio
• dc.contributor.author de Boer, Jasper
• dc.contributor.author Bigas Salvans, Anna
• dc.contributor.author Gottgens, Bertie
• dc.contributor.author Marschalek, Rolf
• dc.contributor.author Menéndez, Pablo
• dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-22T07:57:13Z
• dc.date.available 2019-07-22T07:57:13Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract The t(4;11)(q21;q23) translocation is associated with high-risk infant pro-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and arises prenatally during embryonic/fetal hematopoiesis. The developmental/pathogenic contribution of the t(4;11)-resulting MLL-AF4 (MA4) and AF4-MLL (A4M) fusions remains unclear; MA4 is always expressed in patients with t(4;11)+ B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but the reciprocal fusion A4M is expressed in only half of the patients. Because prenatal leukemogenesis manifests as impaired early hematopoietic differentiation, we took advantage of well-established human embryonic stem cell-based hematopoietic differentiation models to study whether the A4M fusion cooperates with MA4 during early human hematopoietic development. Co-expression of A4M and MA4 strongly promoted the emergence of hemato-endothelial precursors, both endothelial- and hemogenic-primed. Double fusion-expressing hemato-endothelial precursors specified into significantly higher numbers of both hematopoietic and endothelial-committed cells, irrespective of the differentiation protocol used and without hijacking survival/proliferation. Functional analysis of differentially expressed genes and differentially enriched H3K79me3 genomic regions by RNA-sequencing and H3K79me3 chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing, respectively, confirmed a hematopoietic/endothelial cell differentiation signature in double fusion-expressing hemato-endothelial precursors. Importantly, chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing analysis revealed a significant enrichment of H3K79 methylated regions specifically associated with HOX-A cluster genes in double fusion-expressing differentiating hematopoietic cells. Overall, these results establish a functional and molecular cooperation between MA4 and A4M fusions during human hematopoietic development.
• dc.description.sponsorship Financial support for this work was obtained from the European Research Council (CoG-2014-646903 and PoC-2018-811220) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR330 and PERIS 2017-2019) to PM, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (SAF2016-80481-R and SAF2016-76758-R) to PM and IV, the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC-CI-2015) and Fero Foudation to CB, the Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII/FEDER, PI17/01028 and PI17/01028) to CB and PJR, the NIHR GOSH BRC and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity to J.dB, and Bloodwise and Cancer Research UK to BG. RM and PM were also supported by the Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung. PM also acknowledges financial support from the Obra Social La Caixa-Fundaciò Josep Carreras. R-T-R is supported by a fellowship from the Spanish Association of Cancer Research (AECC). RV-M is supported by a Torres Quevedo fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PTQ-16-08623). P.M is an investigator of the Spanish Cell Therapy cooperative network (TERCEL).
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• dc.identifier.citation Bueno C, Calero-Nieto FJ, Wang X, Valdés-Mas R, Gutiérrez-Agüera F, Roca-Ho H. et al. Enhanced hemato-endothelial specification during human embryonic differentiation through developmental cooperation between AF4-MLL and MLL-AF4 fusions. Haematologica. 2019 Jun;104(6):1189-1201. DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.202044
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.202044
• dc.identifier.issn 0390-6078
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42126
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Ferrata Storti Foundation
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• dc.subject.other Leucèmia
• dc.subject.other Hematopoesi
• dc.title Enhanced hemato-endothelial specification during human embryonic differentiation through developmental cooperation between AF4-MLL and MLL-AF4 fusions
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