2024
Therapeutic targeting Tudor domains in leukemia via CRISPR-Scan Assisted Drug Discovery
Chan A, Han L, Delaney C, Wang X, Mukhaleva E, Li M, Yang L, Pokharel S, Mattson N, Garcia M, Wang B, Xu X, Zhang L, Singh P, Elsayed Z, Chen R, Kuang B, Wang J, Yuan Y, Chen B, Chan L, Rosen S, Horne D, Müschen M, Chen J, Vaidehi N, Armstrong S, Su R, Chen C. Therapeutic targeting Tudor domains in leukemia via CRISPR-Scan Assisted Drug Discovery. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadk3127. PMID: 38394203, PMCID: PMC10889360, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk3127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTudor domainDrug discoveryRibosomal gene expressionMolecular dynamics simulationsDomain-focused CRISPR screeningDe novo drug discoveryCompound dockingAcetyltransferase complexCRISPR screensGenetic approachesLead inhibitorDynamics simulationsStructural genetics approachGene expressionH3K9 acetylationEpigenetic dysregulationSgf29Tile scansLeukemia progressionMultiple cancersDrug developmentDiscoveryH3K9DockingLeukemia
2023
The Transcriptional Landscape of Ph+B-ALL Is Orchestrated By Long-Range Enhancer-Promoter Interactions and the Coordinated Action of Phosphorylation-Dependent and Phosphorylation-Independent Transcription Factors
Ng H, Robinson M, Malysheva V, Deniz O, Crump N, Cosgun K, Helian K, Spivakov M, Müschen M, Feldhahn N. The Transcriptional Landscape of Ph+B-ALL Is Orchestrated By Long-Range Enhancer-Promoter Interactions and the Coordinated Action of Phosphorylation-Dependent and Phosphorylation-Independent Transcription Factors. Blood 2023, 142: 2779. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-173435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscription factorsTranscriptional programsEnhancer signatureGene expressionChromatin interactionsTranscriptional changesTyrosine kinaseAdditional transcription factorsMotif enrichment analysisPromoter-enhancer interactionsCis-regulatory elementsEnhancer-promoter interactionsPromoter capture HiNon-promoter regionsUnique transcriptional programGene expression changesCoordinated actionMurine B cell precursorsOncogenic tyrosine kinasesEnhancer usageActive chromatinActive genesEnhancer landscapeTranscriptional landscapeActive enhancers
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
2018
CD25-Dependent Feedback Control of the B-Cell Receptor and Its Oncogenic Mimics in B-Cell Malignancies
Lee J, Kume K, Chen Z, Xiao G, Cosgun K, Chan L, Chen C, Pillai R, Chan W, Forman S, Kwak L, Zammarchi F, Van Berkel P, Weinstock D, Melnick A, Ngo V, Geng H, Luger S, Litzow M, Belot A, Uzel G, McManus M, Paietta E, Meffre E, Muschen M. CD25-Dependent Feedback Control of the B-Cell Receptor and Its Oncogenic Mimics in B-Cell Malignancies. Blood 2018, 132: 776. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB cell receptorReceptor chainsB-cell malignanciesNormal B cell developmentT cell receptor signalingB-cell leukemiaHomology-directed repairCell membrane translocationPoor clinical outcomeB cell developmentFeedback regulatorTransplant recipientsNegative feedback regulatorNegative feedback regulationCytoplasmic tailClinical outcomesGene expressionMolecule downstreamCytokine receptor chainsBCR signalingT cellsB cell selectionGenetic mouse modelsProliferation signalsAstra Zeneca
2016
BCOR regulates myeloid cell proliferation and differentiation
Cao Q, Gearhart M, Gery S, Shojaee S, Yang H, Sun H, Lin D, Bai J, Mead M, Zhao Z, Chen Q, Chien W, Alkan S, Alpermann T, Haferlach T, Müschen M, Bardwell V, Koeffler H. BCOR regulates myeloid cell proliferation and differentiation. Leukemia 2016, 30: 1155-1165. PMID: 26847029, PMCID: PMC5131645, DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyeloid cell proliferationHox genesCell proliferationFunction mutationsUbiquitin ligase subunitRNA expression profilingPolycomb groupEnhanced cell proliferationOverexpression allelesHOXA genesExpression profilingGene expressionConditional lossMyeloid differentiationMurine cellsFamily complexesNormal hematopoiesisGenesBone marrow cellsBCOR expressionProtein levelsMechanistic explanationDifferentiation rateAML patient samplesMutations
2004
The BCR-ABL1 Kinase Bypasses Selection for the Expression of a Pre–B Cell Receptor in Pre–B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells
Klein F, Feldhahn N, Harder L, Wang H, Wartenberg M, Hofmann WK, Wernet P, Siebert R, Müschen M. The BCR-ABL1 Kinase Bypasses Selection for the Expression of a Pre–B Cell Receptor in Pre–B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2004, 199: 673-685. PMID: 14993251, PMCID: PMC2213306, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdolescentAdultAgedBase SequenceCarrier ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolDNA, NeoplasmFemaleFusion Proteins, bcr-ablGene ExpressionGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy ChainHumansMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiddle AgedPhosphoproteinsPre-B Cell ReceptorsPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProtein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSelection, GeneticConceptsPre-B cell receptorVH region genesWide gene expression profilesPre-B cell receptor signalingFunctional B-cell receptorFunctional pre-B cell receptorCell receptorReceptor engagementAntigen receptor engagementLeukemia cellsCell receptor signalingGene expression profilesRegion genesCell receptor engagementBCR-ABL1 kinase activityB cell receptorImmature B cellsVH gene rearrangementsKinase activityGene expressionExpression profilesAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaReceptor signalingSerial analysisBCR-ABL1
2001
Oct-2 and Bob-1 deficiency in Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg cells.
Re D, Müschen M, Ahmadi T, Wickenhauser C, Staratschek-Jox A, Holtick U, Diehl V, Wolf J. Oct-2 and Bob-1 deficiency in Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg cells. Cancer Research 2001, 61: 2080-4. PMID: 11280769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunoglobulin gene expressionH-RS cellsGene expressionOct-2 transcriptsOct-2 proteinTranscription factor Oct-2Primary H-RS cellsCell linesTranscription machineryBob-1Gene deregulationOctamer siteHodgkin's disease-derived cell linesImmunoglobulin genesNovel mechanismGerminal center B cellsCrippling mutationsClassical Hodgkin's diseaseProtein expressionB cellsTranscriptsExpressionProteinReed-Sternberg cellsCells