RUNX1

RUNX1
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases RUNX1, AML1, AML1-EVI-1, AMLCR1, CBF2alpha, CBFA2, EVI-1, PEBP2aB, PEBP2alpha, runt related transcription factor 1
External IDs OMIM: 151385 MGI: 99852 HomoloGene: 1331 GeneCards: RUNX1
Genetically Related Diseases
smallpox, esophageal cancer[1]
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

861

12394

Ensembl

ENSG00000159216

ENSMUSG00000022952

UniProt

Q01196

Q03347

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001001890
NM_001122607
NM_001754

NM_001111021
NM_001111022
NM_001111023
NM_009821

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001001890.1
NP_001116079.1
NP_001745.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 21: 34.79 – 36 Mb Chr 16: 92.6 – 92.83 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) also known as acute myeloid leukemia 1 protein (AML1) or core-binding factor subunit alpha-2 (CBFA2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RUNX1 gene.[4][5]

RUNX1 is a transcription factor that regulates the differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells into mature blood cells.[6] In addition it plays a major role in the development of the neurons that transmit pain.[7] It belongs to the Runt-related transcription factor (RUNX) family of genes which are also called core binding factor-α (CBFα). RUNX proteins form a heterodimeric complex with CBFβ which confers increased DNA binding and stability to the complex.

Chromosomal translocations involving the RUNX1 gene are associated with several types of leukemia including M2 AML.[8] Mutations in RUNX1 are implicated in cases of breast cancer.[9]

Gene and protein

In humans, the gene RUNX1 is 260 kilobases (kb) in length, and is located on chromosome 21 (21q22.12). The gene can be transcribed from 2 alternative promoters, promoter 1 (distal) or promoter 2 (proximal). As a result, various isoforms of RUNX1 can be synthesized, facilitated by alternative splicing. The full-length RUNX1 protein is encoded by 12 exons. Among the exons are two defined domains, namely the runt homology domain (RHD) or the runt domain (exons 2, 3 and 4), and the transactivation domain (TAD) (exon 6). These domains are necessary for RUNX1 to mediate DNA binding and protein-protein interactions respectively. The transcription of RUNX1 is regulated by 2 enhancers (regulatory element 1 and regulatory element 2), and these tissue specific enhancers enable the binding of lymphoid or erythroid regulatory proteins, therefore the gene activity of RUNX1 is highly active in the haematopoietic system.

The protein RUNX1 is composed of 453 amino acids. As a transcription factor (TF), its DNA binding ability is encoded by the runt domain (residues 50 – 177), which is homologous to the p53 family. The runt domain of RUNX1 binds to the core consensus sequence TGTGGNNN (where NNN can represent either TTT or TCA).[10] DNA recognition is achieved by loops of the 12-stranded β-barrel and the C-terminus “tail” (residues 170 – 177), which clamp around the sugar phosphate backbone and fits into the major and minor grooves of DNA. Specificity is achieved by making direct or water-mediated contacts with the bases. RUNX1 can bind DNA as a monomer, but its DNA binding affinity is enhanced by 10 fold if it heterodimerises with the core binding factor β (CBFβ), also via the runt domain. In fact, the RUNX family is often referred to as α-subunits, together with binding of a common β-subunit CBFβ, RUNX can behave as heterodimeric transcription factors collectively called the core binding factors (CBFs).

The consensus binding site for CBF has been identified to be a 7 bp sequence PyGPyGGTPy. Py denotes pyrimidine which can be either cytosine or thymine.[11]

Mouse knockout

Mice embryos with homozygous mutations on RUNX1 died at about 12.5 days. The embryos displayed lack of fetal liver hematopoiesis.[12]

Similar experiments from a different research group demonstrated that the knockout embryos die between embryonic days 11.5 and 12.5 due to hemorrhaging in the central nervous system (CNS).[13]

Participation in haematopoiesis

RUNX1 plays a crucial role in adult (definitive) haematopoiesis during embryonic development. It is expressed in all haematopoietic sites that contribute to the formation of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), including the yolk sac, allantois, placenta, para-aortic splanchnopleura (P-Sp; (the visceral mesodermal layer), aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) and the umbilical and vitelline arteries. HSPCs are generated via the hemogenic endothelium, a special subset of endothelial cells scattered within blood vessels that can differentiate into haematopoietic cells. The emergence of HSPCs is often studied in mouse and zebrafish animal models, in which HSPCs appear as “intra-aortic” clusters that adhere to the ventral wall of the dorsal aorta. RUNX1 or CBF takes part in this process by mediating the transition of an endothelial cell to become a haematopoietic cell. Interestingly, there is increasing evidence that RUNX1 may also be important during primitive haematopoiesis. This is because in RUNX1 knockout mice, primitive erythrocytes displayed a defective morphology and the size of blast cell population was substantially reduced, apart from the absence of HSPCs which would result in embryonic lethality by Embryonic day (E) 11.5 – 12.5.

At a molecular level, expression of the gene RUNX1 is upregulated by the RUNX1 intronic cis-regulatory element (+23 RUNX1 enhancer). This +23 RUNX1 enhancer contains conserved motifs that encourage binding of various haematopoiesis related regulators such as Gata2, ETS factors (Fli-1, Elf-1, PU.1) and the SCL / Lmo2 / Ldb1 complex, as well as RUNX1 itself acting in an auto-regulatory loop. As mentioned before, the main role of RUNX1 is to modulate the fate of haematopoietic cells. This can be achieved by binding to the thrombopoietin (TPO) recaptor/ c-Mpl promoter, followed by the recruitment of transcription activators or repressors in order to promote transition of the hemogenic endothelium to HSCs, or differentiation into linages of lower haematopoetic hierarchies. RUNX1 can also modulate its own level by upregulating the expression of Smad6 to target itself for proteolysis.[14]

Mutations and acute myeloid leukemia

At least 39 forms of RUNX1 mutation are implicated in various myeloid malignancies. Examples range from RUNX1 point mutations acquired from low-dose radiation leading to myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDN) or therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN), to chromosomal translocation of the RUNX1 gene with the ETO / MTG8 / RUNX1T1 gene located on chromosome 8q22, t(8; 21), generating a fusion protein AML-ETO, categorized as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) M2.

In t(8; 21), breakpoints frequently occur at intron 5 – 6 of RUNX1 and intron 1b – 2 of ETO, creating chimeric transcripts that inherit the runt domain from RUNX1, and all Nervy homology regions (NHR) 1-4 from ETO. As a consequence, AML-ETO retains the ability to bind at RUNX1 target genes whilst acting as a transcription repressor via the recruitment of corepressors and histone deacetylases, which is an intrinsic function of ETO. Oncogenic potential of AML-ETO is exerted because it blocks differentiation and promote self-renewal in blast cells, resulting in massive accumulation of blasts (>20%) in the bone marrow. This is further characterized histologically by the presence of Auer rods and epigenetically by lysine acetylation on residues 24 and 43. Other actions of AML-ETO that could induce leukemogenesis include downregulation of the DNA repair enzyme 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) and increase in the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species, making cells that express AML-ETO more susceptible to additional genetic mutations.

Interactions

RUNX1 has been shown to interact with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diseases that are genetically associated with RUNX1 view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. ↑ "Entrez Gene: RUNX1 runt-related transcription factor 1 (acute myeloid leukemia 1; aml1 oncogene)".
  5. ↑ Avramopoulos D, Cox T, Blaschak JE, Chakravarti A, Antonarakis SE (October 1992). "Linkage mapping of the AML1 gene on human chromosome 21 using a DNA polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region". Genomics. 14 (2): 506–7. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(05)80253-8. PMID 1427868.
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  10. ↑ Bowers SR, Calero-Nieto FJ, Valeaux S, Fernandez-Fuentes N, Cockerill PN (October 2010). "Runx1 binds as a dimeric complex to overlapping Runx1 sites within a palindromic element in the human GM-CSF enhancer". Nucleic Acids Research. 38 (18): 6124–34. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq356. PMC 2952845Freely accessible. PMID 20483917.
  11. ↑ Melnikova IN, Crute BE, Wang S, Speck NA (April 1993). "Sequence specificity of the core-binding factor". Journal of Virology. 67 (4): 2408–11. PMC 240414Freely accessible. PMID 8445737.
  12. ↑ Okuda T, van Deursen J, Hiebert SW, Grosveld G, Downing JR (January 1996). "AML1, the target of multiple chromosomal translocations in human leukemia, is essential for normal fetal liver hematopoiesis". Cell. 84 (2): 321–30. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80986-1. PMID 8565077.
  13. ↑ Wang Q, Stacy T, Binder M, Marin-Padilla M, Sharpe AH, Speck NA (April 1996). "Disruption of the Cbfa2 gene causes necrosis and hemorrhaging in the central nervous system and blocks definitive hematopoiesis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (8): 3444–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.8.3444. PMC 39628Freely accessible. PMID 8622955.
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  18. ↑ Levanon D, Goldstein RE, Bernstein Y, Tang H, Goldenberg D, Stifani S, Paroush Z, Groner Y (September 1998). "Transcriptional repression by AML1 and LEF-1 is mediated by the TLE/Groucho corepressors". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (20): 11590–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.20.11590. PMC 21685Freely accessible. PMID 9751710.
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Further reading

  • Nucifora G, Rowley JD (July 1995). "AML1 and the 8;21 and 3;21 translocations in acute and chronic myeloid leukemia". Blood. 86 (1): 1–14. PMID 7795214. 
  • Perry C, Eldor A, Soreq H (March 2002). "Runx1/AML1 in leukemia: disrupted association with diverse protein partners". Leukemia Research. 26 (3): 221–8. doi:10.1016/S0145-2126(01)00128-X. PMID 11792409. 
  • Imai O, Kurokawa M, Izutsu K, Hangaishi A, Maki K, Ogawa S, Chiba S, Mitani K, Hirai H (March 2002). "Mutational analyses of the AML1 gene in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome". Leukemia & Lymphoma. 43 (3): 617–21. doi:10.1080/10428190290012155. PMID 12002768. 
  • Hart SM, Foroni L (December 2002). "Core binding factor genes and human leukemia". Haematologica. 87 (12): 1307–23. PMID 12495904. 
  • Michaud J, Scott HS, Escher R (2003). "AML1 interconnected pathways of leukemogenesis". Cancer Investigation. 21 (1): 105–36. doi:10.1081/CNV-120018821. PMID 12643014. 
  • Ganly P, Walker LC, Morris CM (January 2004). "Familial mutations of the transcription factor RUNX1 (AML1, CBFA2) predispose to acute myeloid leukemia". Leukemia & Lymphoma. 45 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1080/1042819031000139611. PMID 15061191. 
  • Yamada R, Tokuhiro S, Chang X, Yamamoto K (September 2004). "SLC22A4 and RUNX1: identification of RA susceptible genes". Journal of Molecular Medicine. 82 (9): 558–64. doi:10.1007/s00109-004-0547-y. PMID 15184985. 
  • Harada H, Harada Y, Kimura A (September 2006). "Implications of somatic mutations in the AML1/RUNX1 gene in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS): future molecular therapeutic directions for MDS". Current Cancer Drug Targets. 6 (6): 553–65. doi:10.2174/156800906778194595. PMID 17017876. 
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