Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screening Identifies a Synergy between Hypomethylating Agents and SUMOylation Blockade in MDS/AML

Author:

Truong Peter,Shen Sylvie,Joshi Swapna,Islam Md Imtiazul,Zhong Ling,Raftery Mark J.,Afrasiabi Ali,Alinejad-Rokny Hamid,Nguyen Mary,Zou Xiaoheng,Bhuyan Golam SarowerORCID,Sarowar Chowdhury H.,Ghodousi Elaheh S.,Stonehouse Olivia,Mohamed Sara,Toscan Cara E.,Connerty Patrick,Kakadia Purvi M.,Bohlander Stefan K.ORCID,Michie Katharine A.,Larsson Jonas,Lock Richard B.,Walkley Carl R.,Thoms Julie A. I.ORCID,Jolly Christopher J.ORCID,Pimanda John E.ORCID

Abstract

ABSTRACTHypomethylating agents (HMAs) are frontline therapies effective at altering the natural course of Myelodysplastic Neoplasms (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).However, acquired resistance and treatment failure are hallmarks of HMA therapy. To address this clinical need, we performed a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen in a human MDS-derived cell line, MDS-L, and identified TOPORS as a highly ranked loss-of-function target that synergizes with HMAs, reducing leukemic burden and improving survival in xenograft models. We demonstrate that the depletion of TOPORS mediates sensitivity to HMAs by predisposing leukemic blasts to an impaired DNA damage response (DDR) accompanied by an accumulation of SUMOylated DNMT1 in HMA-treated TOPORS-depleted cells. Importantly, the combination of HMAs with targeting of TOPORS did not functionally impair healthy hematopoiesis. While inhibitors of TOPORS are currently unavailable, we show that inhibition of protein SUMOylation (upstream of TOPORS functions) with TAK-981 partially phenocopies HMA-sensitivity and DDR impairment. Overall, our data suggest that the combination of HMAs with the inhibition of SUMOylation or TOPORS demonstrates a favourable therapeutic index and is a rational treatment framework for High-Risk MDS (HR-MDS) or AML.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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