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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Neomorphic leukemia-derived mutations in the TET2 enzyme induce genome instability via a substrate shift from 5-methylcytosine to thymine.

Guang-Bo Jin, Shao-Qin Rong, Dong-Rui Yin, Zhou-Hao Deng, Xiao Ding, Meng-Yao Sheng, Hai Gao, Rahul M Kohli, Guo-Liang Xu, Dan Zhou

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Guang-Bo Jin *Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0009-0001-2175-7577
Shao-Qin Rong *Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Dong-Rui YinShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zhou-Hao DengShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xiao DingShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Meng-Yao ShengShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Hai GaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Rahul M KohliEpigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.ORCID 0000-0002-7689-5678
Guo-Liang XuShanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069) and Zhongshan-Xuhui Hospital, Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3240-3141
Dan ZhouCenter for Medical Research and Innovation, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (RU069), Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 201399, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-3456

Funding

MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2023YFA1800400MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 32370625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ten-eleven translocation (TET) enzymes oxidize 5-methylcytosine (mC) in DNA, contributing to the regulation of gene transcription. Diverse mutations of TET2 are frequently found in various blood cancers, yet the full scope of their functional consequences has been unexplored. Here, we report that a subset of TET2 mutations identified in leukemia patients alter the substrate specificity of TET2 from acting on mC to thymine. This neomorphic activity results from substitutions at key residues involved in the interactions with the mC base, including Asn1387 and His1904. Recombinant human TET2 proteins harboring the mutation of these residues can catalyze the oxidation of thymine to 5-hydroxymethyluracil (hmU) and 5-formyluracil (fU). Exogenous expression of the mutant TET2 Asn1387Thr (N1387T) in HEK293T cells leads to hmU accumulation, with levels further increased in cells lacking the glycosylase SMUG1. Endogenous knock-in of N1300T, the murine equivalent of N1387T, in mouse embryonic stem cells induces hmU production, causing DNA lesions and transcriptional activation of DNA damage response genes. N1300T cells accumulate more additional mutations with extended culture and exhibit heightened sensitivity to ATR inhibition compared to

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5-MethylcytosineDNA-Binding ProteinsGenomic InstabilityLeukemiaMutationProto-Oncogene ProteinsThymineAnimalsDioxygenasesHEK293 CellsHumansMicePentoxylSubstrate Specificity5-hydroxymethyluracil5-MethylcytosineDioxygenasesDNA-Binding ProteinsPentoxylProto-Oncogene ProteinsTET2 protein, humanTet2 protein, mouseThyminehmUleukemianeomorphic activityTET2 mutationthymine oxidation

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PMID39874291
PMCPMC11804724

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