RNA Demethylase ALKBH5 Selectively Promotes Tumorigenesis and Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Abstract:

:N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant internal modification in mRNA, has been implicated in tumorigenesis. As an m6A demethylase, ALKBH5 has been shown to promote the development of breast cancer and brain tumors. However, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), ALKBH5 was reported to be frequently deleted, implying a tumor-suppressor role. Here, we show that ALKBH5 deletion is rare in human AML; instead, ALKBH5 is aberrantly overexpressed in AML. Moreover, its increased expression correlates with poor prognosis in AML patients. We demonstrate that ALKBH5 is required for the development and maintenance of AML and self-renewal of leukemia stem/initiating cells (LSCs/LICs) but not essential for normal hematopoiesis. Mechanistically, ALKBH5 exerts tumor-promoting effects in AML by post-transcriptional regulation of its critical targets such as TACC3, a prognosis-associated oncogene in various cancers. Collectively, our findings reveal crucial functions of ALKBH5 in leukemogenesis and LSC/LIC self-renewal/maintenance and highlight the therapeutic potential of targeting the ALKBH5/m6A axis.

journal_name

Cell Stem Cell

journal_title

Cell stem cell

authors

Shen C,Sheng Y,Zhu AC,Robinson S,Jiang X,Dong L,Chen H,Su R,Yin Z,Li W,Deng X,Chen Y,Hu YC,Weng H,Huang H,Prince E,Cogle CR,Sun M,Zhang B,Chen CW,Marcucci G,He C,Qian Z,Chen J

doi

10.1016/j.stem.2020.04.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-07-02 00:00:00

pages

64-80.e9

issue

1

eissn

1934-5909

issn

1875-9777

pii

S1934-5909(20)30148-X

journal_volume

27

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