Hierarchical maintenance of MLL myeloid leukemia stem cells employs a transcriptional program shared with embryonic rather than adult stem cells.
Authors
Somervaille, Tim C PMatheny, Christina J
Spencer, Gary J
Iwasaki, Masayuki
Rinn, John L
Witten, Daniela M
Chang, Howard Y
Shurtleff, Sheila A
Downing, James R
Cleary, Michael L
Affiliation
Cancer Research UK Leukaemia Biology Group, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.Issue Date
2009-02-06
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The genetic programs that promote retention of self-renewing leukemia stem cells (LSCs) at the apex of cellular hierarchies in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are not known. In a mouse model of human AML, LSCs exhibit variable frequencies that correlate with the initiating MLL oncogene and are maintained in a self-renewing state by a transcriptional subprogram more akin to that of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) than to that of adult stem cells. The transcription/chromatin regulatory factors Myb, Hmgb3, and Cbx5 are critical components of the program and suffice for Hoxa/Meis-independent immortalization of myeloid progenitors when coexpressed, establishing the cooperative and essential role of an ESC-like LSC maintenance program ancillary to the leukemia-initiating MLL/Hox/Meis program. Enriched expression of LSC maintenance and ESC-like program genes in normal myeloid progenitors and poor-prognosis human malignancies links the frequency of aberrantly self-renewing progenitor-like cancer stem cells (CSCs) to prognosis in human cancer.Citation
Hierarchical maintenance of MLL myeloid leukemia stem cells employs a transcriptional program shared with embryonic rather than adult stem cells. 2009, 4 (2):129-40 Cell Stem CellJournal
Cell Stem CellDOI
10.1016/j.stem.2008.11.015PubMed ID
19200802Type
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enISSN
1934-5909ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.stem.2008.11.015
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