| Structural highlights
Disease
MTG8_HUMAN Note=A chromosomal aberration involving RUNX1T1 is a cause of acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M2). Translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22) with RUNX1/AML1.[1] [2] [3] [4] Defects in RUNX1T1 may be a cause of colorectal cancer (CRC) [MIM:114500.
Function
MTG8_HUMAN Transcription regulator that excerts its function by binding to histone deacetylases and transcription factors. Can repress transactivation mediated by TCF12.[5] [6]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Transcription factors are frequently altered in leukaemia through chromosomal translocation, mutation or aberrant expression. AML1-ETO, a fusion protein generated by the t(8;21) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia, is a transcription factor implicated in both gene repression and activation. AML1-ETO oligomerization, mediated by the NHR2 domain, is critical for leukaemogenesis, making it important to identify co-regulatory factors that 'read' the NHR2 oligomerization and contribute to leukaemogenesis. Here we show that, in human leukaemic cells, AML1-ETO resides in and functions through a stable AML1-ETO-containing transcription factor complex (AETFC) that contains several haematopoietic transcription (co)factors. These AETFC components stabilize the complex through multivalent interactions, provide multiple DNA-binding domains for diverse target genes, co-localize genome wide, cooperatively regulate gene expression, and contribute to leukaemogenesis. Within the AETFC complex, AML1-ETO oligomerization is required for a specific interaction between the oligomerized NHR2 domain and a novel NHR2-binding (N2B) motif in E proteins. Crystallographic analysis of the NHR2-N2B complex reveals a unique interaction pattern in which an N2B peptide makes direct contact with side chains of two NHR2 domains as a dimer, providing a novel model of how dimeric/oligomeric transcription factors create a new protein-binding interface through dimerization/oligomerization. Intriguingly, disruption of this interaction by point mutations abrogates AML1-ETO-induced haematopoietic stem/progenitor cell self-renewal and leukaemogenesis. These results reveal new mechanisms of action of AML1-ETO, and provide a potential therapeutic target in t(8;21)-positive acute myeloid leukaemia.
A stable transcription factor complex nucleated by oligomeric AML1-ETO controls leukaemogenesis.,Sun XJ, Wang Z, Wang L, Jiang Y, Kost N, Soong TD, Chen WY, Tang Z, Nakadai T, Elemento O, Fischle W, Melnick A, Patel DJ, Nimer SD, Roeder RG Nature. 2013 Jun 30. doi: 10.1038/nature12287. PMID:23812588[7]
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References
- ↑ Miyoshi H, Kozu T, Shimizu K, Enomoto K, Maseki N, Kaneko Y, Kamada N, Ohki M. The t(8;21) translocation in acute myeloid leukemia results in production of an AML1-MTG8 fusion transcript. EMBO J. 1993 Jul;12(7):2715-21. PMID:8334990
- ↑ Era T, Asou N, Kunisada T, Yamasaki H, Asou H, Kamada N, Nishikawa S, Yamaguchi K, Takatsuki K. Identification of two transcripts of AML1/ETO-fused gene in t(8;21) leukemic cells and expression of wild-type ETO gene in hematopoietic cells. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 1995 May;13(1):25-33. PMID:7541640
- ↑ Kozu T, Miyoshi H, Shimizu K, Maseki N, Kaneko Y, Asou H, Kamada N, Ohki M. Junctions of the AML1/MTG8(ETO) fusion are constant in t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Blood. 1993 Aug 15;82(4):1270-6. PMID:8353289
- ↑ Nisson PE, Watkins PC, Sacchi N. Transcriptionally active chimeric gene derived from the fusion of the AML1 gene and a novel gene on chromosome 8 in t(8;21) leukemic cells. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1992 Oct 15;63(2):81-8. PMID:1423235
- ↑ Wood JD, Nucifora FC Jr, Duan K, Zhang C, Wang J, Kim Y, Schilling G, Sacchi N, Liu JM, Ross CA. Atrophin-1, the dentato-rubral and pallido-luysian atrophy gene product, interacts with ETO/MTG8 in the nuclear matrix and represses transcription. J Cell Biol. 2000 Sep 4;150(5):939-48. PMID:10973986
- ↑ Plevin MJ, Zhang J, Guo C, Roeder RG, Ikura M. The acute myeloid leukemia fusion protein AML1-ETO targets E proteins via a paired amphipathic helix-like TBP-associated factor homology domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 5;103(27):10242-7. Epub 2006 Jun 27. PMID:16803958
- ↑ Sun XJ, Wang Z, Wang L, Jiang Y, Kost N, Soong TD, Chen WY, Tang Z, Nakadai T, Elemento O, Fischle W, Melnick A, Patel DJ, Nimer SD, Roeder RG. A stable transcription factor complex nucleated by oligomeric AML1-ETO controls leukaemogenesis. Nature. 2013 Jun 30. doi: 10.1038/nature12287. PMID:23812588 doi:10.1038/nature12287
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