PU. 1 is a suppressor of myeloid leukemia, inactivated in mice by gene deletion and mutation of its DNA binding domain
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Publication Year 2004-12-01,Volume 104,Issue #12,Page 3437-3444
Journal Title
BLOOD
Publication Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In most myeloid leukemias induced in mice by gamma-racliation, one copy of chromosome 2 has suffered a deletion. To search for a potential tumor suppressor gene in that region, we have delineated the deletions in a panel of these tumors. A commonly deleted region of 2 megabase pairs (Mbp) includes the gene encoding the PUA transcription factor, a powerful inducer of g ran u locytic/monocytic differentiation. Significantly, in 87% of these tumors the remaining PUA allele exhibited point mutations in the PUA DNA binding domain. Surprisingly, 86% of these mutations altered a single CpG, implicating deamination of deoxycytidine, a common mutational mechanism, as the origin of this lesion. The "hot spot" resides in the codon for a Contact residue essential for DNA binding by PU.1.. In keeping with a tumor suppressor role for PU.1, enforced expression of wild-type PU.1 in the promyelocytic leukemia cells inhibited their clonogenic growth, induced monocytic differentiation, and elicited apoptosis. The mutant PU.1. found in tumors retained only minimal growth suppressive function. The results suggest that PU.1 normally suppresses development of myeloid leukemia by promoting differentiation and that the combination of gene deletion and a point mutation that impairs its ability to bind DNA is particularly leukemogenic.
Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
Keywords
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU.1; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; CELL-LINES; P53 GENE; IN-VITRO; DIFFERENTIATION; EXPRESSION; AML; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE
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