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Research Paper
c-Myc Overcomes Cell Cycle Inhibition by CBFb-SMMHC,
Florence Bernardin, Yandan Yang, Cur I. Civin and Alan D. Friedman
volume 1 | issue 5
September/October 2002Pages: 492-496
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Thirty percent of acute myeloid leukemia cases express a Core Binding Factor (CBF) oncoprotein or harbor point mutations in one or both AML1 (RUNX1) genes. Each of these alterations reduces endogenous CBF activities. CBFb-SMMHC is expressed from the inv(16) chromosome in 8% of AML cases and inhibits endogenous CBF DNA-binding. Inhibition of CBF reduces Retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation and slows the G1 to S cell cycle transition. c-Myc, a protein which stimulates S phase entry, is over-expressed in one-third of AMLs. We have developed Ba/F3 cell lines in which zinc regulates CBFb-SMMHC expression and 4-hydroxytamoxifen activates c-Myc-ER. In these lines, c-Myc-ER overcomes inhibition of cell cycle progression mediated by CBFb-SMMHC. CBFb-SMMHC does not affect endogenous c-Myc RNA levels, indicating that CBF does not regulate the c-Myc gene. Conversely, c-Myc-ER does not alter CBF DNA-binding activity. Thus, c-Myc-ER acts downstream of CBFb-SMMHC to stimulate cell cycle progression. In a subset of CBF leukemias, elevated expression of c-Myc is expected to facilitate the proliferation of the leukemic blasts and thereby potentiate the ability of CBF oncoproteins to block differentiation.
Key Words:
AML1, RUNX1, CBF, CBFb-SMMHC, c-Myc
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