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ZFP521 contributes to pre-B-cell lymphomagenesis through modulation of the pre-B-cell receptor signaling pathway

Oncogene volume 35, pages 3227–3238 (2016)Cite this article

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ZFP521 was previously identified as a putative gene involved in induction of B-cell lymphomagenesis. However, the contribution of ZFP521 to lymphomagenesis has not been confirmed. In this study, we sought to elucidate the role of ZFP521 in B-cell lymphomagenesis. To this end, we used a retroviral insertion method to show that ZFP521 was a target of mutagenesis in pre-B-lymphoblastic lymphoma cells. The pre-B-cell receptor (pre-BCR) signaling molecules BLNK, BTK and BANK1 were positively regulated by the ZFP521 gene, leading to enhancement of the pre-BCR signaling pathway. In addition, c-myc and c-jun were upregulated following activation of ZFP521. Stimulation of pre-BCR signaling using anti-Vpreb antibodies caused aberrant upregulation of c-myc and c-jun and of Ccnd3, which encodes cyclin D3, thereby inducing the growth of pre-B cells. Stimulation with Vpreb affected the growth of pre-B cells, and addition of interleukin (IL)-7 receptor exerted competitive effects on pre-B-cell growth. Knockdown of BTK and BANK1, targets of ZFP521, suppressed the effects of Vpreb stimulation on cell growth. Furthermore, in human lymphoblastic lymphoma, analogous to pre-B-cell lymphoma in mice, the expression of ZNF521, the homolog of ZFP521 in humans, was upregulated. In conclusion, our data showed that the ZFP521 gene comprehensively induced pre-B-cell lymphomagenesis by modulating the pre-B-cell receptor signaling pathway.

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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, MEXT, Japan. Project name is ‘Synergy of fluctuation and Structure’. Significance statement: ZFP521 regulates pre-B-cell receptor-related genes and enhances pre-B-cell growth through the pre-B-cell receptor.

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YT, RO, YI, TH and TT performed experiments. KT and TN provided materials. TT, YT and RO wrote the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    T Hiratsuka

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Y Takei, H Haga & T Tsuruyama

  3. Center for Anatomical, Pathological, and Forensic Medical Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    R Ohmori & T Tsuruyama

  4. Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Y Imai, M Ozeki & K Tamaki

  5. Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Carcinogenesis, Tokyo, Japan

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Hiratsuka, T., Takei, Y., Ohmori, R. et al. ZFP521 contributes to pre-B-cell lymphomagenesis through modulation of the pre-B-cell receptor signaling pathway. Oncogene 35, 3227–3238 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2015.385

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