title: Cell context in the control of self-renewal and proliferation regulated by MLL1.
abstract: Mixed lineage leukemia 1 (MLL1) is a gene that is disrupted by chromosomal translocation characteristically in a large proportion of infant leukemia and also in a fraction of childhood and adult leukemia. MLL1 encodes a chromatin regulatory protein related to the Drosophila Trithorax protein, a well-studied epigenetic factor that functions during development to maintain expression of its target genes. Although tremendous progress has been made understanding the downstream targets of MLL1 fusion oncoproteins and how manipulation of those targets impacts leukemogenesis, very little is known regarding how the initial expression of an MLL1 fusion protein impacts on that cell's behavior, particularly how the cell cycle is affected. Here, we focused on the function of endogenous MLL1 in the stem and progenitor cell types that are likely to be transformed upon MLL1 translocation. Our studies reveal a differential response of stem or progenitor populations to acute loss of MLL1 on proliferation and survival. These data suggest that the effects of MLL1 fusion oncoproteins will initiate the leukemogenic process differentially depending on the differentiation state of the cell type in which the translocation occurs.
authors: Department of Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Hanover, NH USA.
authors: Erika L
authors: EL
authors: Artinger
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Ernst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000071178:CD48 Antigen; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000071178:CD48 Antigen; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; C497423:Kmt2a protein, mouse
keywords: HSC; MLL; leukemia; progenitors; proliferation; quiescence; trithorax
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