2023
Immunoglobulin Light Chains Control Permissiveness to Malignant B-Cell Transformation By RAS-Pathway Lesions
Chan L, Kume K, Hurtz C, Robinson M, Cosgun K, Müschen M. Immunoglobulin Light Chains Control Permissiveness to Malignant B-Cell Transformation By RAS-Pathway Lesions. Blood 2023, 142: 2974. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-190163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchJeKo-1 cellsB cell precursorsMature B cellsB cellsMantle cell lymphoma cellsCell lymphoma cellsGenetic ablationImmunoglobulin light chainsRAS activationOncogenic RASMalignant transformationB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaConventional light chainsRAS pathwayLymphoma cellsCell deathOncogenic RAS activationLight chainAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaMature B-cell lymphomasTransgenic mouse modelB-cell lymphomaB-cell malignanciesMalignant B-cell transformationKappa-LC
2021
Identification of a Conserved Intracellular Loop (CIL) Structure That Scaffolds PIP3 to Amplify Oncogenic Signaling during Malignant B-Cell Transformation
Lee J, Robinson M, Ma N, Sadras T, Cosgun K, Chan L, Kume K, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Weinstock D, Diamond M, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. Identification of a Conserved Intracellular Loop (CIL) Structure That Scaffolds PIP3 to Amplify Oncogenic Signaling during Malignant B-Cell Transformation. Blood 2021, 138: 868. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2021-149646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLipid raftsB cell receptorB cell activationB cell activation signalsConstitutive membrane localizationMalignant B-cell transformationPleckstrin homology domainCell membrane lipid compositionMembrane lipid compositionNormal B-cell activationEndosomal proteinCell membrane lipidsBasic lysine residueHomology domainPH domainMembrane localizationB-cell transformationProteomic analysisEndosomal membranesPIP3PIP3 accumulationOncogenic signalingOncogenic transformationGene expressionInducible activation
2019
Signaling Input from Divergent Pathways Subverts Malignant B-Cell Transformation
Chan L, Murakami M, Caesar R, Hurtz C, Kume K, Sadras T, Shojaee S, Pölönen P, Ugale A, Lee J, Cosgun K, Geng H, Heinäniemi M, Lohi O, Wiita A, Izraeli S, Weinstock D, Müschen M. Signaling Input from Divergent Pathways Subverts Malignant B-Cell Transformation. Blood 2019, 134: 3944. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-130774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-cell transformationPrincipal oncogenic driverMalignant B-cell transformationOncogenic driversMalignant transformationNormal B cellsDrug-resistant cancersCentral oncogenic driverCurrent treatmentB cellsPharmacological reactivationSingle oncogenic pathwaySmall molecule agonistsSurface receptorsAdvisory CommitteeB cell receptorERK signal pathwayNormal B cell developmentTreatment responseRare caseDivergent signaling pathwaysSolid tumorsB cell developmentFatal diseaseMolecule agonistsLgr5 Functions As a Critical Negative Regulator of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling and Is Essential for B-Lymphopoiesis and Malignant B-Cell Transformation
Cosgun K, Deb G, Yang X, Xiao G, Sadras T, Lee J, Chan L, Kume K, Yang L, Geng H, Chan J, Song J, Jumaa H, Polson A, Clevers H, Müschen M. Lgr5 Functions As a Critical Negative Regulator of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling and Is Essential for B-Lymphopoiesis and Malignant B-Cell Transformation. Blood 2019, 134: 748. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemiaWnt/β-catenin signalingΒ-catenin signalingNuclear β-cateninAntibody-drug conjugatesB cell developmentB cell survivalΒ-cateninB lymphopoiesisFunction of LGR5Median mRNA levelsTime of diagnosisPoor clinical outcomeRole of LGR5Acute lymphoblastic leukemiaB-cell lymphomaLeukemia initiating cellsWnt/β-cateninHigh surface expressionMalignant B-cell transformationCell linesB cell precursorsTypes of cancerHuman colon cancer cell linesB-cell lineageIfitm3 Is Essential for PI(3,4,5)P3-Dependent B-Cell Activation and Leukemogenesis
Lee J, Xiao G, Cosgun K, Geng H, Ma N, Chan L, Kume K, Nix M, Chen Z, Chen C, Chen J, Khairnar V, Wiita A, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Farzan M, Diamond M, Jung J, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. Ifitm3 Is Essential for PI(3,4,5)P3-Dependent B-Cell Activation and Leukemogenesis. Blood 2019, 134: 2782. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-127615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor clinical outcomeB cellsBCR-ABL1Clinical outcomesPI3KAntigen-specific humoral immune responsesAntigen-specific B cell responsesAntiviral effector functionsTime of diagnosisMRNA levelsB cell responsesHumoral immune responseSurface expressionB cell populationsB-cell malignanciesB-cell receptor signalingDependent B cell activationTransplant recipient miceMalignant B-cell transformationB cell activationB cell precursorsColony formation capacityAdvisory CommitteeSrc kinaseB-cell transformation
2018
IFITM3-Mediated Regulation of Cell Membrane Dynamics Is Essential for Malignant B-Cell Transformation
Lee J, Geng H, Dinson D, Xiao G, Cosgun K, Chan L, Chen Z, Farzan M, Jung J, Wiita A, Muschen M. IFITM3-Mediated Regulation of Cell Membrane Dynamics Is Essential for Malignant B-Cell Transformation. Blood 2018, 132: 552. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB cell receptorLipid raftsOncogenic tyrosine kinasesTyrosine kinasePlasma membraneCentral regulatorNormal B-cell receptorType II transmembrane topologyPI3KMalignant B-cell transformationIntracellular N terminusHomotypic cellular aggregationCell membraneCo-receptor CD19Assembly of membraneMRNA levelsLipid raft formationCell membrane dynamicsPotent tumor suppressorDifferent cell typesCholesterol accumulationCell cycle arrestCell receptorEndocytic motifTransmembrane topology