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SWI/SNF blockade disrupts PU.1-directed enhancer programs in normal hematopoietic cells and acute myeloid leukemia

Overview of attention for article published in Cancer Research, January 2023
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Title
SWI/SNF blockade disrupts PU.1-directed enhancer programs in normal hematopoietic cells and acute myeloid leukemia
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Cancer Research, January 2023
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.can-22-2129
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Authors

Courtney Chambers, Katerina Cermakova, Yuen San Chan, Kristen Kurtz, Katharina Wohlan, Andrew Henry Lewis, Christiana Wang, Anh Pham, Milan Dejmek, Michal Sala, Mario Loeza Cabrera, Rogelio Aguilar, Radim Nencka, H. Daniel Lacorazza, Rachel E. Rau, H. Courtney Hodges

Abstract

In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes sustain leukemic identity by driving high levels of MYC. Previous studies have implicated the hematopoietic transcription factor PU.1 (SPI1) as an important target of SWI/SNF inhibition, but PU.1 is widely regarded to have pioneer-like activity. As a result, many questions have remained regarding the interplay between PU.1 and SWI/SNF in AML as well as normal hematopoiesis. Here we found that PU.1 binds to most of its targets in a SWI/SNF-independent manner and recruits SWI/SNF to promote accessibility for other AML core regulatory factors, including RUNX1, LMO2, and MEIS1. SWI/SNF inhibition in AML cells reduced DNA accessibility and binding of these factors at PU.1 sites and redistributed PU.1 to promoters. Analysis of non-tumor hematopoietic cells revealed that similar effects also impair PU.1-dependent B cell and monocyte populations. Nevertheless, SWI/SNF inhibition induced profound therapeutic response in an immunocompetent AML mouse model as well as in primary human AML samples. In vivo, SWI/SNF inhibition promoted leukemic differentiation and reduced the leukemic stem cell burden in bone marrow but also induced leukopenia. These results reveal a variable therapeutic window for SWI/SNF blockade in AML and highlight important off-tumor effects of such therapies in immunocompetent settings.

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Unknown 26 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 19%
Researcher 3 12%
Unspecified 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Professor 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 10 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 15%
Unspecified 2 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 4%
Unknown 11 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 135. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2023.
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#315,625
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