Splicing factor YBX1 mediates persistence of JAK2-mutated neoplasms

Janus kinases (JAKs) mediate responses to cytokines, hormones and growth factors in haematopoietic cells1,2. The JAK gene JAK2 is frequently mutated in the ageing haematopoietic system3,4 and in haematopoietic cancers5. JAK2 mutations constitutively activate downstream signalling and are drivers of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). In clinical use, JAK inhibitors have mixed effects on the overall disease burden of JAK2-mutated clones6,7, prompting us to investigate the mechanism underlying disease persistence. Here, by in-depth phosphoproteome profiling, we identify proteins involved in mRNA processing as targets of mutant JAK2. We found that inactivation of YBX1, a post-translationally modified target of JAK2, sensitizes cells that persist despite treatment with JAK inhibitors to apoptosis and results in RNA mis-splicing, enrichment for retained introns and disruption of the transcriptional control of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signalling. In combination with pharmacological JAK inhibition, YBX1 inactivation induces apoptosis in JAK2-dependent mouse and primary human cells, causing regression of the malignant clones in vivo, and inducing molecular remission. This identifies and validates a cell-intrinsic mechanism whereby differential protein phosphorylation causes splicing-dependent alterations of JAK2-ERK signalling and the maintenance of JAK2V617F malignant clones. Therapeutic targeting of YBX1-dependent ERK signalling in combination with JAK2 inhibition could thus eradicate cells harbouring mutations in JAK2.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:588

Enthalten in:

Nature - 588(2020), 7836 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 157-163

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jayavelu, Ashok Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Schnöder, Tina M [VerfasserIn]
Perner, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Herzog, Carolin [VerfasserIn]
Meiler, Arno [VerfasserIn]
Krishnamoorthy, Gurumoorthy [VerfasserIn]
Huber, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Mohr, Juliane [VerfasserIn]
Edelmann-Stephan, Bärbel [VerfasserIn]
Austin, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Brandt, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Palandri, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Schröder, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Isermann, Berend [VerfasserIn]
Edlich, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Sinha, Amit U [VerfasserIn]
Ungelenk, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Hübner, Christian A [VerfasserIn]
Zeiser, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Rahmig, Susann [VerfasserIn]
Waskow, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Coldham, Iain [VerfasserIn]
Ernst, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Hochhaus, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Jilg, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Jost, Philipp J [VerfasserIn]
Mullally, Ann [VerfasserIn]
Bullinger, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Mertens, Peter R [VerfasserIn]
Lane, Steven W [VerfasserIn]
Mann, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Heidel, Florian H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.10.2
EC 2.7.11.1
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
JAK2 protein, human
Janus Kinase 2
Journal Article
MKNK1 protein, human
Phosphoproteins
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Proteome
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
YBX1 protein, human

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Date Completed 05.02.2021

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41586-020-2968-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318063700