Germline Genetic IKZF1 Variation and Predisposition to Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Germline Genetic IKZF1 Variation and Predisposition to Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Cancer cell (2018-04-24)

Michelle L Churchman, Maoxiang Qian, Geertruy Te Kronnie, Ranran Zhang, Wenjian Yang, Hui Zhang, Tobia Lana, Paige Tedrick, Rebekah Baskin, Katherine Verbist, Jennifer L Peters, Meenakshi Devidas, Eric Larsen, Ian M Moore, Zhaohui Gu, Chunxu Qu, Hiroki Yoshihara, Shaina N Porter, Shondra M Pruett-Miller, Gang Wu, Elizabeth Raetz, Paul L Martin, W Paul Bowman, Naomi Winick, Elaine Mardis, Robert Fulton, Martin Stanulla, William E Evans, Mary V Relling, Ching-Hon Pui, Stephen P Hunger, Mignon L Loh, Rupert Handgretinger, Kim E Nichols, Jun J Yang, Charles G Mullighan

PMID29681510

ABSTRACT

Somatic genetic alterations of IKZF1, which encodes the lymphoid transcription factor IKAROS, are common in high-risk B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are associated with poor prognosis. Such alterations result in the acquisition of stem cell-like features, overexpression of adhesion molecules causing aberrant cell-cell and cell-stroma interaction, and decreased sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Here we report coding germline IKZF1 variation in familial childhood ALL and 0.9% of presumed sporadic B-ALL, identifying 28 unique variants in 45 children. The majority of variants adversely affected IKZF1 function and drug responsiveness of leukemic cells. These results identify IKZF1 as a leukemia predisposition gene, and emphasize the importance of germline genetic variation in the development of both familial and sporadic ALL.

MATERIALS

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Brand

Product Description

M4526

Sigma-Aldrich

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, Alpha Modification, with sodium bicarbonate, without L-glutamine, ribonucleosides and deoxyribonucleosides, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

F1804

Sigma-Aldrich

Monoclonal ANTI-FLAG^® M2 antibody produced in mouse, 1 mg/mL, clone M2, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous solution (50% glycerol, 10 mM sodium phosphate, and 150 mM NaCl, pH 7.4)