Identification of ZNF217 As an Essential Oncogenic Gene in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia By CRISPR/Cas9-Based Library Screening
Qin X, Su R, Yang L, Chan A, Deng X, Qing Y, Klemm L, Müschen M, Chen C, Chen J. Identification of ZNF217 As an Essential Oncogenic Gene in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia By CRISPR/Cas9-Based Library Screening. Blood 2019, 134: 1465. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2019-129849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaBCR-ABL1 fusionAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaAcute myeloid leukemiaAML cellsM6A regulatorsMLL-AF4 fusionAdult patientsLymphoblastic leukemiaPediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaEssential oncogenic roleM6A modificationMessenger RNACytogenetic characteristicsDismal survivalMyeloid leukemiaB cell progenitorsTherapeutic targetOncogenic roleSolid tumorsPatientsZinc finger protein 217B-lineageLeukemiaCytogenetic changesHistone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 guides m6A RNA modification co-transcriptionally
Huang H, Weng H, Zhou K, Wu T, Zhao BS, Sun M, Chen Z, Deng X, Xiao G, Auer F, Klemm L, Wu H, Zuo Z, Qin X, Dong Y, Zhou Y, Qin H, Tao S, Du J, Liu J, Lu Z, Yin H, Mesquita A, Yuan CL, Hu YC, Sun W, Su R, Dong L, Shen C, Li C, Qing Y, Jiang X, Wu X, Sun M, Guan JL, Qu L, Wei M, Müschen M, Huang G, He C, Yang J, Chen J. Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 guides m6A RNA modification co-transcriptionally. Nature 2019, 567: 414-419. PMID: 30867593, PMCID: PMC6438714, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1016-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsM6A methyltransferase complexHistone H3 trimethylationH3 trimethylationHistone modificationsImportant post-transcriptional mechanismMouse embryonic stem cellsGene expression regulationRNA polymerase IIPrevalent internal modificationPost-transcriptional mechanismsEmbryonic stem cellsN6-methyladenosine (m<sup>6</sup>A) mRNA modificationM6A depositionTranscription elongationNascent RNAMethyltransferase complexPolymerase IIExpression regulationGene expression1RNA methylationMRNA modificationMETTL14 knockdownH3K36me3M6A modificationCell stemness