| First Author | Pang SH | Year | 2016 |
| Journal | Leukemia | Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 1375-87 |
| PubMed ID | 26932576 | Mgi Jnum | J:231921 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5775503 | Doi | 10.1038/leu.2016.27 |
| Citation | Pang SH, et al. (2016) PU.1 cooperates with IRF4 and IRF8 to suppress pre-B-cell leukemia. Leukemia 30(6):1375-87 |
| abstractText | The Ets family transcription factor PU.1 and the interferon regulatory factor (IRF)4 and IRF8 regulate gene expression by binding to composite DNA sequences known as Ets/interferon consensus elements. Although all three factors are expressed from the onset of B-cell development, single deficiency of these factors in B-cell progenitors only mildly impacts on bone marrow B lymphopoiesis. Here we tested whether PU.1 cooperates with IRF factors in regulating early B-cell development. Lack of PU.1 and IRF4 resulted in a partial block in development the pre-B-cell stage. The combined deletion of PU.1 and IRF8 reduced recirculating B-cell numbers. Strikingly, all PU.1/IRF4 and ~50% of PU.1/IRF8 double deficient mice developed pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) associated with reduced expression of the established B-lineage tumor suppressor genes, Ikaros and Spi-B. These genes are directly regulated by PU.1/IRF4/IRF8, and restoration of Ikaros or Spi-B expression inhibited leukemic cell growth. In summary, we demonstrate that PU.1, IRF4 and IRF8 cooperate to regulate early B-cell development and to prevent pre-B-ALL formation. |
