Glucocorticoid receptor gene mutations confer glucocorticoid resistance in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Glucocorticoid receptor gene mutations confer glucocorticoid resistance in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106068
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2022-02
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Minori Tamai;S. Kasai;K. Akahane;Thao Nguyen Thu;K. Kagami;Chiaki Komatsu;M. Abe;Atsushi Watanabe;K. Goi;Kunio Miyake;T. Inaba;J. Takita;H. Goto;M. Minegishi;S. Iwamoto;K. Sugita;T. Inukai
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Minori Tamai;S. Kasai;K. Akahane;Thao Nguyen Thu;K. Kagami;Chiaki Komatsu;M. Abe;Atsushi Watanabe;K. Goi;Kunio Miyake;T. Inaba;J. Takita;H. Goto;M. Minegishi;S. Iwamoto;K. Sugita;T. Inukai
Glucocorticoid (GC) is a key drug in the treatment of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL), and the initial GC response is an important prognostic factor. GC receptors play an essential role in GC sensitivity, and somatic mutations of the GC receptor gene,NR3C1, are reportedly identified in some BCP-ALL cases, particularly at relapse. Moreover, associations of somatic mutations of the CREB-binding protein (CREBBP) and Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 1 (WHSC1) genes with the GC-resistance of ALL have been suggested. However, the significance of these mutations in the GC sensitivity of BCP-ALL remains to be clarified in the intrinsic genes. In the present study, we sequencedNR3C1,WHSC1, andCREBBPgenes in 99 BCP-ALL and 22 T-ALL cell lines (32 and 67 cell lines were known to be established at diagnosis and at relapse, respectively), and detected their mutations in 19 (2 cell lines at diagnosis and 15 cell lines at relapse), 26 (6 and 15), and 38 (11 and 15) cell lines, respectively. Of note, 14 BCP-ALL cell lines with theNR3C1mutations were significantly more resistant to GC than those without mutations. In contrast,WHSC1andCREBBPmutations were not associated with GC resistance. However, among theNR3C1unmutated BCP-ALL cell lines,WHSC1mutations tended to be associated with GC resistance and lowerNR3C1gene expression. Finally, we successfully established GC-resistant sublines of the GC-sensitive BCP-ALL cell line (697) by disrupting ligand binding and DNA binding domains of theNR3C1gene using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. These observations demonstrated that somatic mutations of theNR3C1gene, and possibly theWHSC1gene, confer GC resistance in BCP-ALL.