PMID- 36335655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221129 LR - 20221227 IS - 1873-5835 (Electronic) IS - 0145-2126 (Linking) VI - 123 DP - 2022 Dec TI - Hypoxia regulates CD9 expression and dissemination of B lymphoblasts. PG - 106964 LID - S0145-2126(22)00190-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106964 [doi] AB - Acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL) are the most frequent cancer in children and derive most often from B-cell precursors. Current survival rates roughly reach 90% at 10 years from diagnosis. However, 15-20% of children still relapse with a significant risk of death. Our previous work showed that the transmembrane protein CD9 plays a major role in lymphoblasts migration into sanctuary sites, especially in testis, through the activation of RAC1 signaling upon blasts stimulation with C-X-C chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12). Here, we identified common factors shared by the bone marrow and extramedullary niches which could upregulate CD9 expression and function. We found that low oxygen levels enhance CD9 expression both at mRNA and protein levels. We further determined that Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1alpha (HIF1alpha), the master transcription factor involved in hypoxia response, binds directly CD9 promoter and induce CD9 transcription. We also showed that CD9 protein is crucial for leukemic cell adhesion and migration at low oxygen levels, possibly through its action on RAC1 signaling. Mouse xenograft experiments indicate that HIF1alpha signaling pathway promotes ALL cells engraftment in a CD9-dependent manner. The present work increments our understanding of CD9 implication in ALL pathogenesis. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Rouger-Gaudichon, Jeremie AU - Rouger-Gaudichon J AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France; University Hospital, Caen, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, CHU Caen Normandie, France. Electronic address: rouger-j@chu-caen.fr. FAU - Cousin, Elie AU - Cousin E AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France; University Hospital, Rennes, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, CHU Rennes, France. FAU - Jakobczyk, Helene AU - Jakobczyk H AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France. FAU - Debaize, Lydie AU - Debaize L AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France. FAU - Rio, Anne-Gaelle AU - Rio AG AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France. FAU - Forestier, Anne AU - Forestier A AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France. FAU - Arnaud, Marie-Pierre AU - Arnaud MP AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France. FAU - Villacreces, Arnaud AU - Villacreces A AD - BRIC (BoRdeaux Institute of on Cology), UMR1312, INSERM, Univ. Bordeaux, F-33000, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Praloran, Vincent AU - Praloran V AD - Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, BMGIC, U1035, F33000 Bordeaux, France. FAU - Jacamo, Rodrigo AU - Jacamo R AD - Department of Leukemia, Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Galibert, Marie-Dominique AU - Galibert MD AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France; University Hospital, Rennes, Department of Molecular Genetics and Genomic, CHU Rennes, France. FAU - Troadec, Marie-Berengere AU - Troadec MB AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France; Univ Brest, Inserm, EFS, UMR 1078, GGB, F29200 Brest, France; CHRU Brest, Service de genetique, laboratoire de genetique chromosomique, Brest, France. FAU - Gandemer, Virginie AU - Gandemer V AD - Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Genetique et Developpement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, Equipe Expression des Genes et Oncogenese, Rennes, France; University Hospital, Rennes, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, CHU Rennes, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220928 PL - England TA - Leuk Res JT - Leukemia research JID - 7706787 RN - 0 (Tetraspanin 29) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) RN - 0 (CD9 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Male MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Tetraspanin 29/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion MH - *Signal Transduction MH - *Hypoxia MH - Oxygen OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lymphoblastic leukemia OT - CD9 OT - Children OT - Hypoxia OT - Tetraspanin COIS- Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2022/11/07 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/30 06:00 CRDT- 2022/11/06 18:07 PHST- 2022/05/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/06 18:07 [entrez] AID - S0145-2126(22)00190-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106964 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Res. 2022 Dec;123:106964. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2022.106964. Epub 2022 Sep 28.