2022
Genetic Modeling of B-cell State Transitions for Rational Design of Lymphoma Therapies.
Leveille E, Kothari S, Müschen M. Genetic Modeling of B-cell State Transitions for Rational Design of Lymphoma Therapies. Blood Cancer Discovery 2022, 4: 8-11. PMID: 36534735, PMCID: PMC9816816, DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-22-0180.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Developmental partitioning of SYK and ZAP70 prevents autoimmunity and cancer
Sadras T, Martin M, Kume K, Robinson ME, Saravanakumar S, Lenz G, Chen Z, Song JY, Siddiqi T, Oksa L, Knapp AM, Cutler J, Cosgun KN, Klemm L, Ecker V, Winchester J, Ghergus D, Soulas-Sprauel P, Kiefer F, Heisterkamp N, Pandey A, Ngo V, Wang L, Jumaa H, Buchner M, Ruland J, Chan WC, Meffre E, Martin T, Müschen M. Developmental partitioning of SYK and ZAP70 prevents autoimmunity and cancer. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 2094-2111.e9. PMID: 33878293, PMCID: PMC8239336, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, CD19AutoimmunityB-LymphocytesCalciumCell DifferentiationCell Transformation, NeoplasticEnzyme ActivationHumansImmune ToleranceLymphoma, B-CellMiceModels, GeneticNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsNFATC Transcription FactorsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein BindingReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSignal TransductionSyk KinaseZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine KinasePON2 subverts metabolic gatekeeper functions in B cells to promote leukemogenesis
Pan L, Hong C, Chan LN, Xiao G, Malvi P, Robinson ME, Geng H, Reddy ST, Lee J, Khairnar V, Cosgun KN, Xu L, Kume K, Sadras T, Wang S, Wajapeyee N, Müschen M. PON2 subverts metabolic gatekeeper functions in B cells to promote leukemogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2016553118. PMID: 33531346, PMCID: PMC7896313, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016553118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant recipient miceDNA double-strand breaksNormal B cell developmentDouble-strand breaksB cell developmentGenetic deletionB cellsLymphoid transcription factorsGlucose transporter GLUT1Gatekeeper functionGlucose uptakeRecipient miceTranscription factorsSomatic recombinationSynthetic lethalityB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCell developmentMetabolic gatekeeperRefractory B-ALLDeficient murineCell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaPoor clinical outcomeCell typesAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaGlucose transport
2020
IFITM3 functions as a PIP3 scaffold to amplify PI3K signalling in B cells
Lee J, Robinson ME, Ma N, Artadji D, Ahmed MA, Xiao G, Sadras T, Deb G, Winchester J, Cosgun KN, Geng H, Chan LN, Kume K, Miettinen TP, Zhang Y, Nix MA, Klemm L, Chen CW, Chen J, Khairnar V, Wiita AP, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Farzan M, Jung JU, Weinstock DM, Manalis SR, Diamond MS, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. IFITM3 functions as a PIP3 scaffold to amplify PI3K signalling in B cells. Nature 2020, 588: 491-497. PMID: 33149299, PMCID: PMC8087162, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2884-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, CD19B-LymphocytesCell Transformation, NeoplasticFemaleGerminal CenterHumansIntegrinsMembrane MicrodomainsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred NODModels, MolecularPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphatidylinositol PhosphatesPhosphorylationReceptors, Antigen, B-CellRNA-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionConceptsPI3KCell leukemiaAntiviral effector functionsAntigen-specific antibodiesInterferon-induced transmembrane proteinsIFITM3 functionDevelopment of leukemiaCell surfacePoor outcomeOncogenic PI3KClinical cohortEffector functionsGerminal centersMouse modelB cellsExpression of IFITM3Malignant transformationAccumulation of PIP3PI3K signalsCell receptorNormal numbersLeukemiaDefective expressionEndosomal proteinIFITM3Signalling input from divergent pathways subverts B cell transformation
Chan LN, Murakami MA, Robinson ME, Caeser R, Sadras T, Lee J, Cosgun KN, Kume K, Khairnar V, Xiao G, Ahmed MA, Aghania E, Deb G, Hurtz C, Shojaee S, Hong C, Pölönen P, Nix MA, Chen Z, Chen CW, Chen J, Vogt A, Heinäniemi M, Lohi O, Wiita AP, Izraeli S, Geng H, Weinstock DM, Müschen M. Signalling input from divergent pathways subverts B cell transformation. Nature 2020, 583: 845-851. PMID: 32699415, PMCID: PMC7394729, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2513-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticEnzyme ActivationExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFemaleHumansLeukemia, B-CellMiceProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycSignal TransductionSTAT5 Transcription FactorConceptsPre-B cell receptorPrincipal oncogenic driverDivergent pathwaysSignal transduction proteinsPro-B cell stageSingle-cell mutationTranscription factor MYCOncogenic driversDivergent signaling pathwaysSingle oncogenic pathwayCentral oncogenic driverMore mature cellsGenetic reactivationTranscriptional programsB-cell transformationProtein kinasePathway componentsERK activationIndividual mutationsOncogenic STAT5Signaling pathwaysCell transformationCytokine receptorsGenetic lesionsDivergent circuits
2019
Metabolic gatekeepers to safeguard against autoimmunity and oncogenic B cell transformation
Müschen M. Metabolic gatekeepers to safeguard against autoimmunity and oncogenic B cell transformation. Nature Reviews Immunology 2019, 19: 337-348. PMID: 30890785, DOI: 10.1038/s41577-019-0154-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cell receptorAutoreactive B cell receptorsLineage-determining transcription factorsMetabolic gatekeeperMitochondrial ATP productionB-cell transformationTranscription factorsEnergy stressPhosphate pathway activityATP productionCell transformationSmall cytoplasmic volumeCell deathPathway activityB cellsEnergy metabolismCell proliferationCytoplasmic volumeCell receptorGlucose uptakeOncogeneB cell proliferationCellsMetabolic demandsAdditional glucose
2018
B-Cell-Specific Diversion of Glucose Carbon Utilization Reveals a Unique Vulnerability in B Cell Malignancies
Xiao G, Chan LN, Klemm L, Braas D, Chen Z, Geng H, Zhang QC, Aghajanirefah A, Cosgun KN, Sadras T, Lee J, Mirzapoiazova T, Salgia R, Ernst T, Hochhaus A, Jumaa H, Jiang X, Weinstock DM, Graeber TG, Müschen M. B-Cell-Specific Diversion of Glucose Carbon Utilization Reveals a Unique Vulnerability in B Cell Malignancies. Cell 2018, 173: 470-484.e18. PMID: 29551267, PMCID: PMC6284818, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCarbonCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalGlucoseGlucosephosphate DehydrogenaseGlycolysisHumansIkaros Transcription FactorMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred NODOxidative StressPAX5 Transcription FactorPentose Phosphate PathwayPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProtein Phosphatase 2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Transcription, GeneticConceptsPentose phosphate pathwayCarbon utilizationSerine/threonine protein phosphatase 2AB-cell transcription factor PAX5Transcription factor Pax5Favor of glycolysisSmall molecule inhibitionPhosphatase 2ATranscriptional repressionRedox homeostasisOncogenic transformationTumor suppressorMolecule inhibitionPP2AGenetic studiesPhosphate pathwayB cell activationEssential roleB-cell malignanciesCell malignanciesB cellsAntioxidant protectionOxidative stressB-cell tumorsCell activationAutoimmunity checkpoints as therapeutic targets in B cell malignancies
Müschen M. Autoimmunity checkpoints as therapeutic targets in B cell malignancies. Nature Reviews Cancer 2018, 18: 103-116. PMID: 29302068, DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2017.111.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Antagonism of B cell enhancer networks by STAT5 drives leukemia and poor patient survival
Katerndahl CDS, Heltemes-Harris LM, Willette MJL, Henzler CM, Frietze S, Yang R, Schjerven H, Silverstein KAT, Ramsey LB, Hubbard G, Wells AD, Kuiper RP, Scheijen B, van Leeuwen FN, Müschen M, Kornblau SM, Farrar MA. Antagonism of B cell enhancer networks by STAT5 drives leukemia and poor patient survival. Nature Immunology 2017, 18: 694-704. PMID: 28369050, PMCID: PMC5540372, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAgammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine KinaseAnimalsB-LymphocytesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationFlow CytometryGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIkaros Transcription FactorInterferon Regulatory FactorsMiceMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionNF-kappa B p50 SubunitPAX5 Transcription FactorPre-B Cell ReceptorsPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPrognosisProtein Kinase C betaProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionSTAT5 Transcription FactorSurvival RateTrans-ActivatorsMetabolic gatekeeper function of B-lymphoid transcription factors
Chan LN, Chen Z, Braas D, Lee JW, Xiao G, Geng H, Cosgun KN, Hurtz C, Shojaee S, Cazzaniga V, Schjerven H, Ernst T, Hochhaus A, Kornblau SM, Konopleva M, Pufall MA, Cazzaniga G, Liu GJ, Milne TA, Koeffler HP, Ross TS, Sánchez-García I, Borkhardt A, Yamamoto KR, Dickins RA, Graeber TG, Müschen M. Metabolic gatekeeper function of B-lymphoid transcription factors. Nature 2017, 542: 479-483. PMID: 28192788, PMCID: PMC5621518, DOI: 10.1038/nature21076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphateAMP-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsB-LymphocytesCarcinogenesisCarrier ProteinsCell DeathChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCitric Acid CycleDisease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGlucocorticoidsGlucoseHumansIkaros Transcription FactorMiceMice, TransgenicPAX5 Transcription FactorPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPyruvic AcidReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2Receptors, GlucocorticoidSequence Analysis, RNATranscription Factors
2016
PTEN opposes negative selection and enables oncogenic transformation of pre-B cells
Shojaee S, Chan LN, Buchner M, Cazzaniga V, Cosgun KN, Geng H, Qiu YH, von Minden MD, Ernst T, Hochhaus A, Cazzaniga G, Melnick A, Kornblau SM, Graeber TG, Wu H, Jumaa H, Müschen M. PTEN opposes negative selection and enables oncogenic transformation of pre-B cells. Nature Medicine 2016, 22: 379-387. PMID: 26974310, PMCID: PMC5178869, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4062.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Mechanisms of clonal evolution in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Swaminathan S, Klemm L, Park E, Papaemmanuil E, Ford A, Kweon SM, Trageser D, Hasselfeld B, Henke N, Mooster J, Geng H, Schwarz K, Kogan SC, Casellas R, Schatz DG, Lieber MR, Greaves MF, Müschen M. Mechanisms of clonal evolution in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nature Immunology 2015, 16: 766-774. PMID: 25985233, PMCID: PMC4475638, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnimalsAntibody DiversityB-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolClonal EvolutionCytidine DeaminaseDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFlow CytometryHomeodomain ProteinsHumansImmunoblottingInfantMaleMice, Inbred NODMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescencePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPrecursor Cells, B-LymphoidReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTumor Cells, CulturedSignalling thresholds and negative B-cell selection in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Chen Z, Shojaee S, Buchner M, Geng H, Lee JW, Klemm L, Titz B, Graeber TG, Park E, Tan YX, Satterthwaite A, Paietta E, Hunger SP, Willman CL, Melnick A, Loh ML, Jung JU, Coligan JE, Bolland S, Mak TW, Limnander A, Jumaa H, Reth M, Weiss A, Lowell CA, Müschen M. Signalling thresholds and negative B-cell selection in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Nature 2015, 521: 357-361. PMID: 25799995, PMCID: PMC4441554, DOI: 10.1038/nature14231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsAntigens, CDB-LymphocytesCell DeathCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticDisease Models, AnimalDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEnzyme ActivationFemaleFusion Proteins, bcr-ablGene DeletionHumansInositol Polyphosphate 5-PhosphatasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDPhosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-Trisphosphate 5-PhosphatasesPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPrecursor Cells, B-LymphoidProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionSyk KinaseTyrosineXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysIdentification of FOXM1 as a therapeutic target in B-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Buchner M, Park E, Geng H, Klemm L, Flach J, Passegué E, Schjerven H, Melnick A, Paietta E, Kopanja D, Raychaudhuri P, Müschen M. Identification of FOXM1 as a therapeutic target in B-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 6471. PMID: 25753524, PMCID: PMC4366523, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsB-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCell SurvivalChildClinical Trials as TopicCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Drug Resistance, NeoplasmForkhead Box Protein M1Forkhead Box Protein O3Forkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHumansMicePeptidesPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaSignal TransductionSurvival AnalysisThiostreptonXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaTherapeutic targetB-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemiaFOXM1 levelsAggressive clinical coursePre-B cell receptor checkpointNovel therapeutic targetB cell populationsNormal B cell populationsClinical coursePoor outcomeCure rateNormal B cell developmentFOXM1 inhibitionB cell developmentDrug resistanceFoxm1 deletionFOXM1Colony formationPatientsLeukemiaCell survivalPrognosisTranscriptional inactivation
2007
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase acts as a mutator in BCR-ABL1–transformed acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells
Feldhahn N, Henke N, Melchior K, Duy C, Soh BN, Klein F, von Levetzow G, Giebel B, Li A, Hofmann WK, Jumaa H, Müschen M. Activation-induced cytidine deaminase acts as a mutator in BCR-ABL1–transformed acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2007, 204: 1157-1166. PMID: 17485517, PMCID: PMC2118573, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceBlotting, WesternB-LymphocytesCytidine DeaminaseDNA Mutational AnalysisDNA-Binding ProteinsFlow CytometryFusion Proteins, bcr-ablGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, mycHumansImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMolecular Sequence DataMutationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOligonucleotidesPhiladelphia ChromosomePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceSequence AlignmentConceptsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaBCR-ABL1BCR-ABL1 kinaseUnfavorable prognosisActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseAcute lymphoblastic leukemia cellsAID expressionAberrant AID expressionBCR-ABL1 kinase activityIgH V region genesTumor suppressor gene CDKN2BGerminal center B cellsLymphoblastic leukemia cellsB cell precursorsImmunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genesLymphoblastic leukemiaLeukemia subsetsB cellsDNA single-strand breaksPH casesPhiladelphia chromosomeHeavy chain variable region genesAberrant expressionCell precursorsChain variable region genes
2000
Somatic Mutation of the Cd95 Gene in Human B Cells as a Side-Effect of the Germinal Center Reaction
Müschen M, Re D, Jungnickel B, Diehl V, Rajewsky K, Küppers R. Somatic Mutation of the Cd95 Gene in Human B Cells as a Side-Effect of the Germinal Center Reaction. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2000, 192: 1833-1840. PMID: 11120779, PMCID: PMC2213498, DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.12.1833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeath domainCD95 geneSomatic mutationsNegative selectionNon-Ig genesHuman B cellsSomatic hypermutation machineryApoptosis-resistant cellsTumor suppressor geneDD mutationsLast exonHypermutation machinerySuppressor geneApoptosis resistanceGenesB cellsImmunoglobulin genesGerminal center B cellsSomatic hypermutationMutationsCD95 pathwayGC B-cell lymphomasGC B cellsCellsGerminal center reaction