TY - JOUR
T1 - A myeloid tumor suppressor role for NOL3
AU - Stanley, Robert F.
AU - Piszczatowski, Richard T.
AU - Bartholdy, Boris
AU - Mitchell, Kelly
AU - McKimpson, Wendy M.
AU - Narayanagari, Swathi
AU - Walter, Dagmar
AU - Todorova, Tihomira I.
AU - Hirsch, Cassandra
AU - Makishima, Hideki
AU - Will, Britta
AU - McMahon, Christine
AU - Gritsman, Kira
AU - Maciejewski, Jaroslaw P.
AU - Kitsis, Richard N.
AU - Steidl, Ulrich
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Stanley et al.
PY - 2017/3/6
Y1 - 2017/3/6
N2 - Despite the identification of several oncogenic driver mutations leading to constitutive JAK-STAT activation, the cellular and molecular biology of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) remains incompletely understood. Recent discoveries have identified underlying disease-modifying molecular aberrations contributing to disease initiation and progression. Here, we report that deletion of Nol3 (Nucleolar protein 3) in mice leads to an MPN resembling primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Nol3-/- MPN mice harbor an expanded Thy1+LSK stem cell population exhibiting increased cell cycling and a myelomonocytic differentiation bias. Molecularly, this phenotype is mediated by Nol3-/--induced JAK-STAT activation and downstream activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (Cdk6) and MycNol3-/- MPN Thy1+LSK cells share significant molecular similarities with primary CD34+ cells from PMF patients. NOL3 levels are decreased in CD34+ cells from PMF patients, and the NOL3 locus is deleted in a subset of patients with myeloid malignancies. Our results reveal a novel genetic PMF-like mouse model and identify a tumor suppressor role for NOL3 in the pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies.
AB - Despite the identification of several oncogenic driver mutations leading to constitutive JAK-STAT activation, the cellular and molecular biology of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) remains incompletely understood. Recent discoveries have identified underlying disease-modifying molecular aberrations contributing to disease initiation and progression. Here, we report that deletion of Nol3 (Nucleolar protein 3) in mice leads to an MPN resembling primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Nol3-/- MPN mice harbor an expanded Thy1+LSK stem cell population exhibiting increased cell cycling and a myelomonocytic differentiation bias. Molecularly, this phenotype is mediated by Nol3-/--induced JAK-STAT activation and downstream activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (Cdk6) and MycNol3-/- MPN Thy1+LSK cells share significant molecular similarities with primary CD34+ cells from PMF patients. NOL3 levels are decreased in CD34+ cells from PMF patients, and the NOL3 locus is deleted in a subset of patients with myeloid malignancies. Our results reveal a novel genetic PMF-like mouse model and identify a tumor suppressor role for NOL3 in the pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies.
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U2 - 10.1084/jem.20162089
DO - 10.1084/jem.20162089
M3 - Article
C2 - 28232469
AN - SCOPUS:85027521495
SN - 0022-1007
VL - 214
SP - 753
EP - 771
JO - The Journal of experimental medicine
JF - The Journal of experimental medicine
IS - 3
ER -