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Leukemia ; 31(6): 1314-1324, 2017 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27872496

ABSTRACT

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive hematological malignancy with a high incidence of relapse in pediatric ALL. Although most T-ALL patients exhibit activating mutations in NOTCH1, the cooperating genetic events required to accelerate the onset of leukemia and worsen disease progression are largely unknown. Here, we show that the gene encoding the transcription factor KLF4 is inactivated by DNA methylation in children with T-ALL. In mice, loss of KLF4 accelerated the development of NOTCH1-induced T-ALL by enhancing the G1-to-S transition in leukemic cells and promoting the expansion of leukemia-initiating cells. Mechanistically, KLF4 represses the gene encoding the kinase MAP2K7. Our results showed that in murine and pediatric T-ALL, loss of KLF4 leads to aberrant activation of MAP2K7 and of the downstream effectors JNK and ATF2. As a proof-of-concept for the development of a targeted therapy, administration of JNK inhibitors reduced the expansion of leukemia cells in cell-based and patient-derived xenograft models. Collectively, these data uncover a novel function for KLF4 in regulating the MAP2K7 pathway in T-ALL cells, which can be targeted to eradicate leukemia-initiating cells in T-ALL patients.


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Cell Proliferation/genetics , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/deficiency , MAP Kinase Kinase 7/metabolism , Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/pathology , Animals , Apoptosis , Child , Female , Humans , Kruppel-Like Factor 4 , MAP Kinase Kinase 7/genetics , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Inbred NOD , Mice, Knockout , Mice, SCID , Mice, Transgenic , Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics , Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/metabolism , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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