TET2 lesions enhance the aggressiveness of CEBPA-mutant acute myeloid leukemia by rebalancing GATA2 expression

TET2 lesions enhance the aggressiveness of CEBPA-mutant acute myeloid leukemia by rebalancing GATA2 expression

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Abstract The myeloid transcription factor CEBPA is recurrently biallelically mutated (i.e., double mutated; CEBPA DM) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a combination of hypermorphic N-terminal mutations (CEBPA NT), promoting expression of the leukemia-associated p30 isoform, and amorphic C-terminal BOREAL BODY LOTION mutations.The most frequently co-mutated genes in CEBPA DM AML are GATA2 and TET2, however the molecular mechanisms underlying this co-mutational spectrum are incomplete.By combining transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses of CEBPA-TET2 co-mutated patients with models thereof, we identify GATA2 as a conserved target of the CEBPA-TET2 mutational axis, providing a rationale for the mutational spectra in CEBPA DM AML.

Elevated CEBPA levels, driven by CEBPA NT, mediate recruitment 89% XDARK CHOC BAR of TET2 to the Gata2 distal hematopoietic enhancer thereby increasing Gata2 expression.Concurrent loss of TET2 in CEBPA DM AML induces a competitive advantage by increasing Gata2 promoter methylation, thereby rebalancing GATA2 levels.Of clinical relevance, demethylating treatment of Cebpa-Tet2 co-mutated AML restores Gata2 levels and prolongs disease latency.