Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Mutant ASXL1 cooperates with BAP1 to promote myeloid leukaemogenesis

  • Shuhei Asada,
  • Susumu Goyama,
  • Daichi Inoue,
  • Shiori Shikata,
  • Reina Takeda,
  • Tsuyoshi Fukushima,
  • Taishi Yonezawa,
  • Takeshi Fujino,
  • Yasutaka Hayashi,
  • Kimihito Cojin Kawabata,
  • Tomofusa Fukuyama,
  • Yosuke Tanaka,
  • Akihiko Yokoyama,
  • Satoshi Yamazaki,
  • Hiroko Kozuka-Hata,
  • Masaaki Oyama,
  • Shinya Kojima,
  • Masahito Kawazu,
  • Hiroyuki Mano,
  • Toshio Kitamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05085-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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ASXL1 gene is often mutated in myeloid malignancies. Here, the authors show that mutant ASXL1 and BAP1 are in a positive feedback loop such that BAP1 induces monoubiquitination of mutant ASXL1, which in turn enhances BAP1 activity to potentiate myeloid transformation via HOXA clusters and IRF8.