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• W2561069730 abstract "Whole genome sequencing has recently identified DIS3 as a novel tumour suppressor gene in multiple myeloma. DIS3 is a conserved RNA exonuclease and catalytic subunit of the exosome, a protein complex involved in the 3’ to 5’ degradation and processing of messenger RNA and small RNAs. Messenger RNA processing and degradation is important in controlling gene expression and therefore cellular function, however the role DIS3 plays in the pathogenesis of haematological cancer remains unclear. Using RNAi as a means to knock-down DIS3, I have performed various functional assays to investigate the consequences of DIS3 loss-of function on myeloma cells. I have investigated cell viability, drug-sensitivity, mitotic errors, apoptosis and the generation of double-strand breaks in both transiently transfected myeloma cells and stable transfected adherent cells. I have also performed transcript profiling experiments in the form of RNA-sequencing to identify possible targets of DIS3 as well as synthetic lethality screens to identify proteins that may be cooperating with DIS3 mutations in myeloma pathogenesis. Overall, DIS3 knock-down did not appear to affect cellular phenotype in these assays, possibly indicating that DIS3 may be conferring a competitive advantage to cancer cells through a mechanism that only occurs in vivo. Alternatively, DIS3 mutations may not be driving tumourigenesis on their own but may either require another cellular pathway to be disrupted, or, may only be required to maintain the tumour rather than initiate it. In addition to investigating the role of DIS3 in oncogenesis, I have also studied the normal physiological role of DIS3 within the cell. I have confirmed the presence of two alternatively spliced, protein-coding transcripts of DIS3 that differ in the size of their endoribonucleolytic PIN domain. My work has characterised the levels of these two isoforms in cell lines and in tissues from humans with various haematological cancers. Isoform 1 appeared to be the principal transcript in cell lines as well as myeloma and AML patient cells. However, in CMML and healthy controls, the ratios of each isoform are more equal and often isoform 2 is more highly expressed than isoform 1. Activity assays indicated a difference in the abilityof the shorter isoform to degrade circular RNAs, suggesting isoform 2 may havereduced endonucleolytic function. Initial work has also identified a link betweenthe higher expression of isoform 2 in CMML patients and common mutations in thesplicing gene SRSF2. This suggests the expression of the endonucleolyticallyreducedDIS3 isoform 2, may contribute towards a CMML phenotype.Although this project was unable to identify the role of DIS3 in myelomadevelopment, there is strong evidence that mutations in this gene are beingpositively selected and confer an advantage to cancer cells. More sophisticatedexperiments may need to be conducted whereby the in vivo environment ismimicked more effectively, through the generation of a mutant mouse model. Onlyonce we understand the picture more fully, can we begin to design targetedmolecular therapies for affected patients." @default.
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• W2561069730 title "Investigating the role of the ribonuclease DIS3 in haematological cancers" @default.
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