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論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Ezh2 loss in hematopoietic stem cells predisposes mice to develop heterogeneous malignancies in an Ezh1-dependent manner.
掲載誌名	正式名：Blood 略　 称：Blood ISSNコード：15280020/00064971
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	126(10),pp.1172-83
著者・共著者	Mochizuki-Kashio Makiko, Aoyama Kazumasa, Sashida Goro, Oshima Motohiko, Tomioka Takahisa, Muto Tomoya, Wang Changshan, Iwama Atsushi
発行年月	2015/09
概要	Recent genome sequencing revealed inactivating mutations in EZH2, which encodes an enzymatic component of polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2), in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), and MDS/MPN overlap disorders. We herein demonstrated that the hematopoietic-specific deletion of Ezh2 in mice induced heterogeneous hematopoietic malignancies. Myelodysplasia was detected in mice following the deletion of Ezh2, and resulted in the development of MDS and MDS/MPN. Thrombocytosis was induced by Ezh2 loss and sustained in some mice with myelodysplasia. Although less frequent, Ezh2 loss also induced T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the clonal expansion of B-1a B cells. Gene expression profiling showed that PRC2 target genes were derepressed upon the deletion of Ezh2 in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, but were largely repressed during the development of MDS and MDS/MPN. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequence analysis of trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27me3) revealed a compensatory function of Ezh1, another enzymatic component of PRC2, in this process. The deletion of Ezh1 alone did not cause dysplasia or any hematologic malignancies in mice, but abolished the repopulating capacity of hematopoietic stem cells when combined with Ezh2 loss. These results clearly demonstrated an essential role of Ezh1 in the pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies induced by Ezh2 insufficiency, and highlighted the differential functions of Ezh1 and Ezh2 in hematopoiesis.
DOI	10.1182/blood-2015-03-634428
PMID	26219303