Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

The ubiquitin ligase RNF5 determines acute myeloid leukemia growth and susceptibility to histone deacetylase inhibitors

  • Ali Khateb,
  • Anagha Deshpande,
  • Yongmei Feng,
  • Darren Finlay,
  • Joo Sang Lee,
  • Ikrame Lazar,
  • Bertrand Fabre,
  • Yan Li,
  • Yu Fujita,
  • Tongwu Zhang,
  • Jun Yin,
  • Ian Pass,
  • Ido Livneh,
  • Irmela Jeremias,
  • Carol Burian,
  • James R. Mason,
  • Ronit Almog,
  • Nurit Horesh,
  • Yishai Ofran,
  • Kevin Brown,
  • Kristiina Vuori,
  • Michael Jackson,
  • Eytan Ruppin,
  • Aniruddha J. Deshpande,
  • Ze’ev A. Ronai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25664-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Epigenetic changes are implicated in Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) tumorigenesis. Here, the authors show that the ubiquitin ligase RNF5 and its substrate RBBP4 contribute to AML development by regulating epigenetic-controlled transcription which determines AML sensitivity to HDAC inhibitors.