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Genome Res ; 30(9): 1217-1227, 2020 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32820006

ABSTRACT

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm associated with a broad variety of genetic lesions. In spite of this genetic heterogeneity, MMs share a characteristic malignant phenotype whose underlying molecular basis remains poorly characterized. In the present study, we examined plasma cells from MM using a multi-epigenomics approach and demonstrated that, when compared to normal B cells, malignant plasma cells showed an extensive activation of regulatory elements, in part affecting coregulated adjacent genes. Among target genes up-regulated by this process, we found members of the NOTCH, NF-kB, MTOR signaling, and TP53 signaling pathways. Other activated genes included sets involved in osteoblast differentiation and response to oxidative stress, all of which have been shown to be associated with the MM phenotype and clinical behavior. We functionally characterized MM-specific active distant enhancers controlling the expression of thioredoxin (TXN), a major regulator of cellular redox status and, in addition, identified PRDM5 as a novel essential gene for MM. Collectively, our data indicate that aberrant chromatin activation is a unifying feature underlying the malignant plasma cell phenotype.


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Chromatin/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Multiple Myeloma/genetics , Plasma Cells/metabolism , Cell Line , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Epigenesis, Genetic , Humans , NF-kappa B/metabolism , Osteogenesis/genetics , Receptors, Notch/metabolism , Signal Transduction , TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism , Thioredoxins/metabolism , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism , Up-Regulation
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