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Large-scale topological disruption of chromosome territories 9 and 22 is associated with nonresponse to treatment in CML

Fabian-Morales, E.; Vallejo Escamilla, D. G.; Gomez, A. A. G.; Rodriguez, A.; Gonzalez-Barrios, R.; Rodriguez-Torres, Y. L.; Henandez, C. C.; de la Torre Lujan, A.; Rico, D. A. O.; Guzman, E. C. O.; Saavedra, A. L.; Frias, S.; Montalvo, L. A. H.

2021-07-02 cancer biology
10.1101/2021.07.01.450740 bioRxiv
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm defined by the presence of t(9;22) translocation whose origin has been associated with the tridimensional genome organization. This rearrangement leads to the fusion of BCR and ABL1 genes giving rise to a chimeric protein with constitutive kinase activity. Imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), is used as a first-line treatment for CML, though approximately 40% of CML patients do not respond. Here, using structured illumination microscopy (SIM) and 3D reconstruction, we studied the 3D organization patterns of the ABL1 and BCR genes, and their chromosome territories (CTs) CT9 and CT22, in CD34+ cells from CML patients that responded or not to Imatinib. We found that TKI resistance in CML is associated with high levels of structural disruption of CT9 and CT22 in CD34+ cells, increased CT volumes (especially for CT22), intermingling between CT9 and CT22, and open-chromatin epigenetic mark, in CT22. Altogether our results suggest that large-scale disruption of CT9 and CT22 correlates with the clinical response of CML patients, which could be translated in a potential prognostic marker of response to treatment in this disease and provide novel insights into the mechanisms underlying resistance to TKI in CML.

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