TET2-mediated mRNA demethylation regulates leukemia stem cell homing and self-renewal

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TET2 is recurrently mutated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and its deficiency promotes leukemogenesis (driven by aggressive oncogenic mutations) and enhances leukemia stem cell (LSC) self-renewal. However, the underlying cellular/molecular mechanisms have yet to be fully understood. Here, we show that Tet2 deficiency significantly facilitates leukemogenesis in various AML models (mediated by aggressive or less aggressive mutations) through promoting homing of LSCs into bone marrow (BM) niche to increase their self-renewal/proliferation. TET2 deficiency in AML blast cells increases expression of Tetraspanin 13 (TSPAN13) and thereby activates the CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling, leading to increased homing/migration of LSCs into BM niche. Mechanistically, TET2 deficiency results in the accumulation of methyl-5-cytosine (m5C) modification in TSPAN13 mRNA; YBX1 specifically recognizes the m5C modification and increases the stability and expression of TSPAN13 transcripts. Collectively, our studies reveal the functional importance of TET2 in leukemogenesis, leukemic blast cell migration/homing, and LSC self-renewal as an mRNA m5C demethylase.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Cell stem cell - 30(2023), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 1072-1090.e10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yangchan [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Meilin [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Xiaolan [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Le Xuan Truong [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Han, Li [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chenying [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Jianhuang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Zhicong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Qing, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhenhua [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Keith [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Kitty [VerfasserIn]
Swaminathan, Srividya [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wunderlich, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Mulloy, James C [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaobo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Horne, David [VerfasserIn]
Rosen, Steven T [VerfasserIn]
Marcucci, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Mingjiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zejuan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Minjie [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Jingyan [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Baiyong [VerfasserIn]
Su, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianjun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bone marrow microenvironment
CXCR4
DNA-Binding Proteins
Dioxygenases
EC 1.13.11.-
Homing
Journal Article
Leukemia stem cell
Migration
RNA, Messenger
RNA 5-methylcytosine methylation
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Self-renewal
TET2
TET2 protein, human
TSPAN13
TSPAN13 protein, human
Tetraspanins
YBX1

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Date Completed 07.08.2023

Date Revised 07.08.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.stem.2023.07.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360409024