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Site- and allele-specific polycomb dysregulation in T-cell leukaemia

Lydie Pradel
Bernard Malissen
Hervé Dombret

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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemias (T-ALL) are aggressive malignant proliferations characterized by high relapse rates and great genetic heterogeneity. TAL1 is amongst the most frequently deregulated oncogenes. Yet, over half of the TAL1+ cases lack TAL1 lesions, suggesting unrecognized (epi)genetic deregulation mechanisms. Here we show that TAL1 is normally silenced in the T-cell lineage, and that the polycomb H3K27me3-repressive mark is focally diminished in TAL1+ T-ALLs. Sequencing reveals that >20% of monoallelic TAL1+ patients without previously known alterations display microinsertions or RAG1/2-mediated episomal reintegration in a single site 5′ to TAL1. Using ‘allelic-ChIP’ and CrispR assays, we demonstrate that such insertions induce a selective switch from H3K27me3 to H3K27ac at the inserted but not the germline allele. We also show that, despite a considerable mechanistic diversity, the mode of oncogenic TAL1 activation, rather than expression levels, impact on clinical outcome. Altogether, these studies establish site-specific epigenetic desilencing as a mechanism of oncogenic activation.
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hal-01612097 , version 1 (06-01-2020)

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Jean-Marc Navarro, Aurore Touzart, Lydie Pradel, Marie Loosveld, Myriam Koubi, et al.. Site- and allele-specific polycomb dysregulation in T-cell leukaemia. Nature Communications, 2015, 6 (1), pp.6094. ⟨10.1038/ncomms7094⟩. ⟨hal-01612097⟩
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