eprintid: 10052344 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/05/23/44 datestamp: 2018-07-17 09:33:47 lastmod: 2021-10-08 21:41:36 status_changed: 2018-07-17 09:33:47 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Siriboonpiputtana, T creators_name: Zeisig, BB creators_name: Zarowiecki, M creators_name: Fung, TK creators_name: Mallardo, M creators_name: Tsai, CT creators_name: Lau, PNI creators_name: Hoang, QC creators_name: Veiga, P creators_name: Barnes, J creators_name: Lynn, C creators_name: Wilson, A creators_name: Lenhard, B creators_name: So, CWE title: Transcriptional memory of cells of origin overrides β‐catenin requirement of MLL cancer stem cells ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: K71 keywords: Cells Of Origin, Hoxa9, MLL Leukemia, Prmt1, Wnt/Β‐Catenin note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: While β‐catenin has been demonstrated as an essential molecule and therapeutic target for various cancer stem cells (CSCs) including those driven by MLL fusions, here we show that transcriptional memory from cells of origin predicts AML patient survival and allows β‐catenin‐independent transformation in MLL‐CSCs derived from hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)‐enriched LSK population but not myeloid–granulocyte progenitors. Mechanistically, β‐catenin regulates expression of downstream targets of a key transcriptional memory gene, Hoxa9 that is highly enriched in LSK‐derived MLL‐CSCs and helps sustain leukemic self‐renewal. Suppression of Hoxa9 sensitizes LSK‐derived MLL‐CSCs to β‐catenin inhibition resulting in abolishment of CSC transcriptional program and transformation ability. In addition, further molecular and functional analyses identified Prmt1 as a key common downstream mediator for β‐catenin/Hoxa9 functions in LSK‐derived MLL‐CSCs. Together, these findings not only uncover an unexpectedly important role of cells of origin transcriptional memory in regulating CSC self‐renewal, but also reveal a novel molecular network mediated by β‐catenin/Hoxa9/Prmt1 in governing leukemic self‐renewal. date: 2017-11-02 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.201797994 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1506715 doi: 10.15252/embj.201797994 language_elements: English lyricists_name: Barnes, Josephine lyricists_id: JBARN73 actors_name: Joyce, Sophia actors_id: SJOYC12 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: The EMBO Journal volume: 36 number: 21 pagerange: 3139-3155 issn: 0261-4189 citation: Siriboonpiputtana, T; Zeisig, BB; Zarowiecki, M; Fung, TK; Mallardo, M; Tsai, CT; Lau, PNI; ... So, CWE; + view all <#> Siriboonpiputtana, T; Zeisig, BB; Zarowiecki, M; Fung, TK; Mallardo, M; Tsai, CT; Lau, PNI; Hoang, QC; Veiga, P; Barnes, J; Lynn, C; Wilson, A; Lenhard, B; So, CWE; - view fewer <#> (2017) Transcriptional memory of cells of origin overrides β‐catenin requirement of MLL cancer stem cells. The EMBO Journal , 36 (21) pp. 3139-3155. 10.15252/embj.201797994 <https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201797994>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052344/1/Barnes_Transcriptional%20memory%20of%20cells%20of%20origin%20overrides%20%CE%B2%E2%80%90catenin%20requirement%20of%20MLL%20cancer%20stem%20cells_AAM.pdf