ETO2-GLIS2 Hijacks Transcriptional Complexes to Drive Cellular Identity and Self-Renewal in Pediatric Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia.

Chimeric transcription factors are a hallmark of human leukemia, but the molecular mechanisms by which they block differentiation and promote aberrant self-renewal remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the ETO2-GLIS2 fusion oncoprotein, which is found in aggressive acute megakaryoblastic leukemia, confers megakaryocytic identity via the GLIS2 moiety while both ETO2 and GLIS2 domains are required to drive increased self-renewal properties. ETO2-GLIS2 directly binds DNA to control transcription of associated genes by upregulation of expression and interaction with the ETS-related ERG protein at enhancer elements. Importantly, specific interference with ETO2-GLIS2 oligomerization reverses the transcriptional activation at enhancers and promotes megakaryocytic differentiation, providing a relevant interface to target in this poor-prognosis pediatric leukemia. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Cécile Thirant, Cathy Ignacimouttou, Cécile K Lopez, M'Boyba Diop, Lou Le Mouël, Clarisse Thiollier, Aurélie Siret, Phillipe Dessen, Zakia Aid, Julie Rivière, Philippe Rameau, Céline Lefebvre, Mehdi Khaled, Guy Leverger, Paola Ballerini, Arnaud Petit, Hana Raslova, Catherine L Carmichael, Benjamin T Kile, Eric Soler, John D Crispino, Christian Wichmann, Françoise Pflumio, Jürg Schwaller, William Vainchenker, Camille Lobry, Nathalie Droin, Olivier A Bernard, Sébastien Malinge, Thomas Mercher. ETO2-GLIS2 Hijacks Transcriptional Complexes to Drive Cellular Identity and Self-Renewal in Pediatric Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia. Cancer cell. 2017 Mar 13;31(3):452-465

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