Increased HDAC1 deposition at hematopoietic promoters in AML and its association with patient survival

Lara Tickenbrock, Hans-Ulrich Klein, Cristina Trento, Antje Hascher, Stefanie Göllner, Nicole Bäumer, Robert Kuss, Shuchi Agrawal, Gesine Bug, Hubert Serve, Christian Thiede, Gerhard Ehninger, Udo Zur Stadt, Michael McClelland, Yipeng Wang, Anke Becker, Steffen Koschmieder, Wolfgang E Berdel, Martin Dugas, Carsten Müller-TidowStudy Alliance Leukemia Group

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    Abstract

    Epigenetic changes play a crucial role in leukemogenesis. HDACs are frequently recruited to target gene promoters by balanced translocation derived oncogenic fusion proteins. As important epigenetic effector mechanisms, histone deacetylases (HDAC) have emerged as potential therapeutic targets. However, the patterns of HDAC1 localization and the role of HDACs in leukemia pathogenesis remain to be elucidated. Using ChIP-Chip analyses we analyzed HDAC1 deposition patterns at more than 10,000 gene promoters in a large cohort of leukemia patients and CD34+ controls. HDAC1 binding was significantly increased in AML blasts compared to CD34+ progenitor cells at 130 gene promoters whereas decreased binding was observed at 66 gene promoters. Distinct HDAC1 binding patterns occurred in AML subtypes with balanced translocations t(15;17), t(8;21) and inv(16). In addition, a more generalized signature was established, that revealed an AML specific pattern of HDAC1 distribution. Many of the HDAC1-binding altered promoters regulate genes involved in hematopoiesis, transcriptional regulation and signal transduction. HDAC1 binding patterns were associated with patients' event free survival. This is the first study to determine HDAC1 modification patterns in a large number of AML and ALL specimens. Our findings suggest that dyslocalization of HDAC1 is a common feature in AML. Importantly, HDAC1 modifications possess prognostic power for patient survival. Our findings suggest that altered HDAC1 localization is an explanation for the observed benefit of HDAC inhibitors in AML therapy.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalLeukemia Research
    Volume35
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)620-5
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0145-2126
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2011

    Keywords

    • Adolescent
    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Child
    • Child, Preschool
    • Chromatin
    • Female
    • Hematopoiesis
    • Histone Deacetylase 1
    • Humans
    • Infant
    • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Prognosis
    • Promoter Regions, Genetic
    • Protein Binding
    • Survival Analysis
    • Tumor Markers, Biological
    • Young Adult

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