title: Role of the RUNX1-EVI1 fusion gene in leukemogenesis.
abstract: RUNX1-EVI1 is a chimeric gene generated by t(3;21)(q26;q22) observed in patients with aggressive transformation of myelodysplastic syndrome or chronic myelogenous leukemia. RUNX1-EVI1 has oncogenic potentials through dominant-negative effect over wild-type RUNX1, inhibition of Jun kinase (JNK) pathway, stimulation of cell growth via AP-1, suppression of TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition and repression of C/EBPalpha. Runx1-EVI1 heterozygous knock-in mice die in uteri due to central nervous system (CNS) hemorrhage and severe defects in definitive hematopoiesis as Runx1-/- mice do, indicating that RUNX1-EVI1 dominantly suppresses functions of wild-type RUNX1 in vivo. Acute myelogenous leukemia is induced in mice transplanted with bone marrow cells expressing RUNX1-EVI1, and a Runx1-EVI1 knock-in chimera mouse developed acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. These results suggest that RUNX1-EVI1 plays indispensable roles in leukemogenesis of t(3;21)-positive leukemia. Major leukemogenic effect of RUNX1-EVI1 is mainly through histone deacetyltransferase recruitment via C-terminal binding protein. Histone deacetyltransferase could be a target in molecular therapy of RUNX1-EVI1-expressing leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuga-Gun, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: Kinuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitani
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics*; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D051379:Mice; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C063575:MECOM protein, human; C499305:Mecom protein, mouse; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C096794:C-terminal binding protein