Dissecting the role of clonal evolution in NPM1-mutant AML

项目总结/摘要 候选人：我是Ross Levine博士实验室的博士后研究员，从事人类肿瘤学和发病机制研究。 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center（MSKCC）我的博士研究使我能够磨练技术 以及研究癌细胞中临床上易处理的分子依赖性所需的实验技能。我 目前的研究集中在急性髓性白血病（AML）演变模型的产生上， 发现新的分子依赖性和潜在的治疗靶点。为此，我扩大了 我用CRISPR编辑的能力来生成一个可诱导的AML模型， 突变并优化单细胞DNA测序技术以评估AML的克隆框架。 我所提议的研究将建立在这些初步研究的基础上，以开发一套新的连续诱变方法。 AML模型在K99阶段开发的这些模型将作为发现 白血病细胞的必需蛋白质/途径。我的长期职业目标是领导一个独立的研究 一个小组专注于使用精确模型识别和表征AML的分子依赖性 疾病进化的过程。为了实现这些目标，我制定了一个职业规划 这将1）扩展我的技术技能和科学能力，2）改善我与 3）提高我的监督和领导能力，4）发展和培养合作关系 第五，为我向独立过渡做好准备。 项目：AML患者的分子谱研究推断出突变的进行性获得， 白血病，但不能描绘主导克隆框架导致疾病或确定 某些基因的精确突变顺序，如NPM1。目前的AML模型无法真正概括 在患者中观察到的逐步诱变。我们的单细胞测序研究进一步解决了 通过这些研究，我的目标是产生新的模型， 准确描述AML进化的连续诱变。具体目标是：1）审查机制 使用单细胞分析确定AML患者中的共突变克隆优势和突变顺序，2）确定 突变获得对NPM1突变型AML的疾病发展和进展的影响，以及3） 阐明源自突变型NPM1和共发生突变的疾病的分子依赖性。 环境：莱文实验室是MSKCC分子癌症医学服务，人类肿瘤学和 发病机制计划（HOPP），其中莱文博士是主任。莱文实验室是该中心的核心成员， 血液肿瘤和表观遗传学研究中心，由阿卜杜勒-瓦哈卜博士和博士。 克里斯蒂安·海林。MSKCC是一家最先进的机构，这些附属机构提供了丰富的 合作，技术和科学资源，以执行这里提出的研究和职业发展。

Project Summary/Abstract Candidate: I am a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Ross Levine in the Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). My PhD studies allowed me to hone the technical and experimental skills required for interrogating clinically tractable molecular dependencies in cancer cells. My current research focuses on the generation of models of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) evolution to be used in the discovery of novel molecular dependencies and potential therapeutic targets. To that end, I have broadened my capabilities with CRISPR editing to generate an inducible AML model that allows for temporal control of mutagenesis and optimized a single cell DNA sequencing technique to evaluate the clonal framework of AML. My proposed research will build upon these initial studies to develop a new suite of sequential mutagenesis models of AML. These models developed in the K99 phase of this grant will serve as tools for the discovery of essential proteins/pathways for leukemic cells. My long-term career goal is to lead an independent research group focused on the identification and characterization of molecular dependencies of AML using precise models of disease evolution through sequential mutagenesis. To accomplish these goals, I have outlined a career plan that will 1) expand of my technical skills and scientific capacity, 2) improve my scientific communications with the field, 3) advance my supervisory and leadership abilities, 4) develop and foster collaborative relationships and 5) prepare me for the transition to independence. Project: Molecular profiling studies of AML patients infer a progressive acquisition of mutations that drives leukemogenesis, but are unable to delineate the dominant clonal framework leading to disease or identify the precise mutational order for certain genes, such as NPM1. Current models of AML are unable to truly recapitulate the step-wise mutagenesis observed in patients. Our single cell sequencing studies have further resolved the clonal structure of AML at single cell resolution and with these studies, I aim to generate new models that accurately depict the sequential mutagenesis of AML evolution. The specific aims are: 1) examine mechanisms of co-mutational clonal dominance and mutation order in AML patients using single cell profiling, 2) determine the impact of mutational acquisition on disease development and progression of NPM1-mutant AML, and 3) elucidate molecular dependencies of disease derived from mutant NPM1 and co-occurring mutations. Environment: The Levine lab is part of the MSKCC Molecular Cancer Medicine Service, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program (HOPP), for which Dr. Levine is Chief. The Levine lab is a core member of the Center for Hematologic Malignancies and the Center for Epigenetics Research, directed by Dr. Abdel-Wahab and Dr. Kristian Helin, respectively. These affiliations at MSKCC, a state-of-the-art institution, provide a rich set of collaborative, technical and scientific resources to perform the research and career development proposed here.