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Inherited myeloproliferative neoplasm risk affects haematopoietic stem cells.

Authors :
Bao, Erik L.
Nandakumar, Satish K.
Liao, Xiaotian
Bick, Alexander G.
Karjalainen, Juha
Tabaka, Marcin
Gan, Olga I.
Havulinna, Aki S.
Kiiskinen, Tuomo T. J.
Lareau, Caleb A.
de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa L.
Li, Bo
Emdin, Connor
Codd, Veryan
Nelson, Christopher P.
Walker, Christopher J.
Churchhouse, Claire
de la Chapelle, Albert
Klein, Daryl E.
Nilsson, Björn
Source :
Nature; 10/29/2020, Vol. 586 Issue 7831, p769-775, 7p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are blood cancers that are characterized by the excessive production of mature myeloid cells and arise from the acquisition of somatic driver mutations in haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Epidemiological studies indicate a substantial heritable component of MPNs that is among the highest known for cancers1. However, only a limited number of genetic risk loci have been identified, and the underlying biological mechanisms that lead to the acquisition of MPNs remain unclear. Here, by conducting a large-scale genome-wide association study (3,797 cases and 1,152,977 controls), we identify 17 MPN risk loci (P < 5.0 × 10<superscript>−8</superscript>), 7 of which have not been previously reported. We find that there is a shared genetic architecture between MPN risk and several haematopoietic traits from distinct lineages; that there is an enrichment for MPN risk variants within accessible chromatin of HSCs; and that increased MPN risk is associated with longer telomere length in leukocytes and other clonal haematopoietic states—collectively suggesting that MPN risk is associated with the function and self-renewal of HSCs. We use gene mapping to identify modulators of HSC biology linked to MPN risk, and show through targeted variant-to-function assays that CHEK2 and GFI1B have roles in altering the function of HSCs to confer disease risk. Overall, our results reveal a previously unappreciated mechanism for inherited MPN risk through the modulation of HSC function. A genome-wide association study identifies 17 genetic loci that are associated with the risk of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), and shows that the modulation of haematopoietic stem cell function drives MPN risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836
Volume :
586
Issue :
7831
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Nature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
146681507
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2786-7