MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemias activate BCL-2 through H3K79 methylation and are sensitive to the BCL-2-specific antagonist ABT-199

JM Benito, L Godfrey, K Kojima, L Hogdal… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
… of BCL-2 and are highly sensitive to treatment with the BCL-2-… the BCL-2 gene but not other
BCL-2 family members via DOT1L-… into therapeutic regimens for MLL-rearranged leukemias. …

MLL-Rearranged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

F El Chaer, M Keng, KK Ballen - Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports, 2020 - Springer
… cell differentiation protein (MCL-1) belongs to the BCL-2 family … MLL-r-ALL by exerting selective
of the H3K79 methylation process [73]. … MLL fusion-driven activation of CDK6 potentiates …

Epigenetic control of infant B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic Leukemia

O de Barrios, M Parra - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
… KMT2A-AF4 fusion protein activates a single member of the … H3K4 and H3K79 methylation
through the involvement of the … activated and leads to an excess of H3K79 methylation [69,82]. …

Novel therapeutic strategies for MLL-rearranged leukemias

NHM Wong, CWE So - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2020 - Elsevier
acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) and 35–50% of acute myeloid … Inhibitor of B cell
lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) in the mitochondrial … Intriguingly, DOT1L is the only known H3K79

Hypermethylation of specific microRNA genes in MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia: major matters at a micro scale

D Stumpel, D Schotte, EAM Lange-Turenhout… - Leukemia, 2011 - nature.com
… In this study we show that Zebularine, through re-activation of … H3K79 methylation profiles
define murine and human MLL-… BCL-2 expression by leukaemic blasts in a SCID mouse …

Rationale for targeting BCL6 in MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia

C Hurtz, LN Chan, H Geng, E Ballabio… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
… , rather than acquisition of methylation, might be involved in … role in MLL-rearranged-driven
leukemogenesis through a reciprocal … MLL fusions strongly activated BCL2L11 transcription, …

A Comprehensive Overview of Recent Advances in Epigenetics in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

P Drożak, Ł Bryliński, J Zawitkowska - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
… in MLL-rearranged ALL is downregulated by methylation of CGIs … of Bcl-2: a downregulation
of miR-125b is related to Bcl-2 … This would enable us to increase our understanding on how …

Specific promoter methylation identifies different subgroups of MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia, influences clinical outcome, and provides …

DJPM Stumpel, P Schneider… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains the most aggressive
type of childhood leukemia, … gene activation, MLL-rearranged ALL is also characterized by …

Targeting the histone H3 lysine 79 methyltransferase DOT1L in MLL-rearranged leukemias

Y Yi, S Ge - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2022 - Springer
… mediated H3K79 methylation and the subsequent activation of the target genes, resulting
in … models of MLL-rearranged leukemias resulted in reduced H3K79 methylation by DOT1L …

MLL-rearranged leukemias—an update on science and clinical approaches

AC Winters, KM Bernt - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… at diagnosis (primarily acute lymphoblastic leukemias) and … BCL-2 expression via
DOT1L-mediated H3K79 methylation (… of MLL-r leukemias to BCL-2 inhibition compared to other …