lncRNA requirements for mouse acute myeloid leukemia and normal differentiation

  1. M Joaquina Delás
  2. Leah R Sabin
  3. Egor Dolzhenko
  4. Simon RV Knott
  5. Ester Munera Maravilla
  6. Benjamin T Jackson
  7. Sophia A Wild
  8. Tatjana Kovacevic
  9. Eva Maria Stork
  10. Meng Zhou
  11. Nicolas Erard
  12. Emily Lee
  13. David R Kelley
  14. Mareike Roth
  15. Inês AM Barbosa
  16. Johannes Zuber
  17. John L Rinn
  18. Andrew D Smith  Is a corresponding author
  19. Gregory J Hannon  Is a corresponding author
  1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States
  2. University of Southern California, United States
  3. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  4. Watson School of Biological Sciences, United States
  5. Harvard University, United States
  6. Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria
  7. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United Kingdom

Abstract

A substantial fraction of the genome is transcribed in a cell type-specific manner, producing long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), rather than protein-coding transcripts. Here we systematically characterize transcriptional dynamics during hematopoiesis and in hematological malignancies. Our analysis of annotated and de novo assembled lncRNAs showed many are regulated during differentiation and mis-regulated in disease. We assessed lncRNA function via an in vivo RNAi screen in a model of acute myeloid leukemia. This identified several lncRNAs essential for leukemia maintenance, and found that a number act by promoting leukemia stem cell signatures. Leukemia blasts show a myeloid differentiation phenotype when these lncRNAs were depleted, and our data indicates that this effect is mediated via effects on the c-MYC oncogene. Bone marrow reconstitutions showed that a lncRNA expressed across all progenitors was required for the myeloid lineage, whereas the other leukemia-induced lncRNAs were dispensable in the normal setting.

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  1. M Joaquina Delás

    Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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  2. Leah R Sabin

    Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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  3. Egor Dolzhenko

    Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Simon RV Knott

    Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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  5. Ester Munera Maravilla

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  6. Benjamin T Jackson

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  7. Sophia A Wild

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  8. Tatjana Kovacevic

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  9. Eva Maria Stork

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  10. Meng Zhou

    Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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  11. Nicolas Erard

    Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  12. Emily Lee

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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  13. David R Kelley

    Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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  14. Mareike Roth

    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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  15. Inês AM Barbosa

    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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  16. Johannes Zuber

    Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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  17. John L Rinn

    Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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  18. Andrew D Smith

    Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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    andrewds@usc.edu
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  19. Gregory J Hannon

    Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United Kingdom
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    greg.hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk
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Funding

Cancer Research UK

  • Gregory J Hannon

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (PhD Fellowship)

  • M Joaquina Delás

Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona " (Graduate Studies Fellowship)

  • M Joaquina Delás

National Institutes of Health (R01 HG007650)

  • Andrew D Smith

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (DRG-2016-12)

  • Leah R Sabin

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Investigator)

  • Gregory J Hannon

Wellcome Trust (Investigator)

  • Gregory J Hannon

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: For animal experiments conducted at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, all the animals were handled according to the approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocol (#14-11-18). For animal experiments conducted at CRUK Cambridge Institute, all the animals were handled according to project and personal licenses issued under the United Kingdom Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 (PPL 70/8391).

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© 2017, Delás et al.

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  1. M Joaquina Delás
  2. Leah R Sabin
  3. Egor Dolzhenko
  4. Simon RV Knott
  5. Ester Munera Maravilla
  6. Benjamin T Jackson
  7. Sophia A Wild
  8. Tatjana Kovacevic
  9. Eva Maria Stork
  10. Meng Zhou
  11. Nicolas Erard
  12. Emily Lee
  13. David R Kelley
  14. Mareike Roth
  15. Inês AM Barbosa
  16. Johannes Zuber
  17. John L Rinn
  18. Andrew D Smith
  19. Gregory J Hannon
(2017)
lncRNA requirements for mouse acute myeloid leukemia and normal differentiation
eLife 6:e25607.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25607

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