Acute promyelocitic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the pathognomonic presence in leukemic blasts of the hybrid protein PML/RARA, that acts as a transcriptional repressor impairing the expression of genes that are critical to myeloid differentiation. Here, we show that primary blasts from APL patients express lower levels of the oncosuppressor protein PTEN, as compared to blast cells from other AML subtypes or normal bone marrow, and demonstrate that PML-RARA directly inhibits PTEN expression. We show that All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) triggers in APL cells an active chromatin status at the core regulatory region of the PTEN promoter, that allows the binding of the myeloid-regulating transcription factor PU.1, and, in turn, the transcriptional induction of PTEN. ATRA, via PML/RARA degradation, also promotes PTEN nuclear re-localization and decreases expression of the PTEN target Aurora A kinase. In conclusion, our findings support the notion that PTEN is one of the primary targets of PML/RARA in APL.

Noguera, N.i., Piredda, M.l., Taulli, R., Catalano, G., Angelini, G., Gaur, G., et al. (2016). PML/RARa inhibits PTEN expression in hematopoietic cells by competing with PU.1 transcriptional activity. ONCOTARGET [10.18632/oncotarget.11964].

PML/RARa inhibits PTEN expression in hematopoietic cells by competing with PU.1 transcriptional activity

NOGUERA, NELIDA INES;PIREDDA, MARIA LILIANA;CATALANO, GIANFRANCO;GAUR, GIRISH;VOSO, MARIA TERESA;LO COCO, FRANCESCO
2016-09-10

Abstract

Acute promyelocitic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the pathognomonic presence in leukemic blasts of the hybrid protein PML/RARA, that acts as a transcriptional repressor impairing the expression of genes that are critical to myeloid differentiation. Here, we show that primary blasts from APL patients express lower levels of the oncosuppressor protein PTEN, as compared to blast cells from other AML subtypes or normal bone marrow, and demonstrate that PML-RARA directly inhibits PTEN expression. We show that All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) triggers in APL cells an active chromatin status at the core regulatory region of the PTEN promoter, that allows the binding of the myeloid-regulating transcription factor PU.1, and, in turn, the transcriptional induction of PTEN. ATRA, via PML/RARA degradation, also promotes PTEN nuclear re-localization and decreases expression of the PTEN target Aurora A kinase. In conclusion, our findings support the notion that PTEN is one of the primary targets of PML/RARA in APL.
10-set-2016
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/15 - MALATTIE DEL SANGUE
English
PML-RARA; PTEN; PU.1; oncosuppressor
Noguera, N.i., Piredda, M.l., Taulli, R., Catalano, G., Angelini, G., Gaur, G., et al. (2016). PML/RARa inhibits PTEN expression in hematopoietic cells by competing with PU.1 transcriptional activity. ONCOTARGET [10.18632/oncotarget.11964].
Noguera, Ni; Piredda, Ml; Taulli, R; Catalano, G; Angelini, G; Gaur, G; Nervi, C; Voso, Mt; Lunardi, A; Pandolfi, P; LO COCO, F
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