Systematic Interactome Mapping of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cancer Gene Products Reveals EXT-1 Tumor Suppressor As a Notch1 and FBWX7 Common Interactor

Overview

Journal BMC Cancer

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Oncology

Date 2016 May 28

PMID 27229929

Citations 10

Authors

Sarah Daakour

Leon Juvenal Hajingabo

Despoina Kerselidou

Aurelie Devresse

Richard Kettmann

Nicolas Simonis

Franck Dequiedt

Jean-Claude Twizere

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Abstract

Background: Perturbed genotypes in cancer can now be identified by whole genome sequencing of large number of diverse tumor samples, and observed gene mutations can be used for prognosis and classification of cancer subtypes. Although mutations in a few causative genes are directly linked to key signaling pathways perturbation, a global understanding of how known cancer genes drive oncogenesis in human is difficult to assess.

Methods: We collected available information about mutated genes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Validated human protein interactions (PPI) were collected from IntAct, HPRD and BioGRID interactomics databases, or obtained using yeast two-hybrid screening assay.

Results: We have mapped interconnections between 116 cancer census gene products associated with ALL. Combining protein-protein interactions data and cancer-specific gene mutations information, we observed that 63 ALL-gene products are interconnected and identified 37 human proteins interacting with at least 2 ALL-gene products. We highlighted exclusive and coexistence genetic alterations in key signaling pathways including the PI3K/AKT and the NOTCH pathways. We then used different cell lines and reporter assay systems to validate the involvement of EXT1 in the Notch pathway.

Conclusion: We propose that novel ALL-gene candidates can be identified based on their functional association with well-known cancer genes. We identified EXT1, a gene not previously linked to ALL via mutations, as a common interactor of NOTCH1 and FBXW7 regulating the NOTCH pathway in an FBXW7-dependend manner.

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