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01-12-2021 | Leukemia | Original Article

Megakaryoblastic leukemia: a study on novel role of clinically significant long non-coding RNA signatures in megakaryocyte development during treatment with phorbol ester

Authors: Swati Dahariya, Sanjeev Raghuwanshi, Anjali Sangeeth, Mahesh Malleswarapu, Ravinder Kandi, Ravi Kumar Gutti

Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Issue 12/2021

Abstract

Acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL) is one of the rarest sub-types of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AMKL is characterized by high proliferation of megakaryoblasts and myelofibrosis of bone marrow, this disease is also associated with poor prognosis. Previous analyses have reported that the human megakaryoblastic cells can be differentiated into cells with megakaryocyte (MK)-like characteristics by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). However, little is known about the mechanism responsible for regulating this differentiation process. We performed long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) profiling to investigate the differently expressed lncRNAs in megakaryocyte blast cells treated with and without PMA and examined those that may be responsible for the PMA-induced differentiation of megakaryoblasts into MKs. We found 30 out of 90 lncRNA signatures to be differentially expressed after PMA treatment of megakaryoblast cells, including the highly expressed JPX lncRNA. Further, in silico lncRNA-miRNA and miRNA-mRNA interaction analysis revealed that the JPX is likely involved in unblocking the expression of TGF-β receptor (TGF-βR) by sponging oncogenic miRNAs (miR-9-5p, miR-17-5p, and miR-106-5p) during MK differentiation. Further, we report the activation of TGF-βR-induced non-canonical ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT pathways during PMA-induced MK differentiation and ploidy development. The present study demonstrates that TGF-βR-induced non-canonical ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT pathways are associated with PMA-induced MK differentiation and ploidy development; in this molecular mechanism, JPX lncRNA could act as a decoy for miR-9-5p, miR-17-5p, and miR-106-5p, titrating them away from TGF-βR mRNAs. Importantly, this study reveals the activation of ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT pathway in PMA-induced Dami cell differentiation into MK. The identified differentially expressed lncRNA signatures may facilitate further study of the detailed molecular mechanisms associated with MK development. Thus, our data provide numerous targets with therapeutic potential for the modulation of the differentiation of megakaryoblastic cells in AMKL.

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Title: Megakaryoblastic leukemia: a study on novel role of clinically significant long non-coding RNA signatures in megakaryocyte development during treatment with phorbol ester
Authors: Swati Dahariya
Sanjeev Raghuwanshi
Anjali Sangeeth
Mahesh Malleswarapu
Ravinder Kandi
Ravi Kumar Gutti
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Leukemia
Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Issue 12/2021
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-021-02937-0

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