Unraveling facets of MECOM-associated syndrome: somatic genetic rescue, clonal hematopoiesis, and phenotype expansion

Parvathy Venugopal; Peer Arts; Lucy C. Fox; Annet Simons; Devendra K. Hiwase; Peter G. Bardy; Annette Swift; David M. Ross; Lize F.D. van Vulpen; Arjan Buijs; Kelly L. Bolton; Bartlomiej Getta; Eliska Furlong; Tina Carter; Ingrid Krapels; Marlijn Hoeks; Adila Al Kindy; Farah Al Kindy; Sonja de Munnik; Pamela Evans; Mahalia S.B. Frank; Adam M. Bournazos; Sandra T. Cooper; Thuong Thi Ha; Matilda R. Jackson; Luis Arriola-Martinez; Kerry Phillips; Yvonne Brennan; Madhura Bakshi; Karen Ambler; Song Gao; Karin S. Kassahn; Rosalie Kenyon; Kevin Hung; Milena Babic; Alan McGovern; Lesley Rawlings; Cassandra Vakulin; Lucas Dejong; Rema Fathi; Simon McRae; Nicholas Myles; Dariusz Ladon; Marjolijn Jongmans; Roland P. Kuiper; Nicola K. Poplawski; Pasquale Barbaro; Piers Blombery; Anna L. Brown; Christopher N. Hahn; Hamish S. Scott

doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2023012331

Unraveling facets of MECOM-associated syndrome: somatic genetic rescue, clonal hematopoiesis, and phenotype expansion

Parvathy Venugopal
, Peer Arts
, Lucy C. Fox
, Annet Simons
, Devendra K. Hiwase
, Peter G. Bardy
, Annette Swift
, David M. Ross
, Lize F.D. van Vulpen
, Arjan Buijs
, Kelly L. Bolton
, Bartlomiej Getta
, Eliska Furlong
, Tina Carter
, Ingrid Krapels
, Marlijn Hoeks
, Adila Al Kindy
, Farah Al Kindy
, Sonja de Munnik
, Pamela Evans

Mahalia S.B. Frank, Adam M. Bournazos, Sandra T. Cooper, Thuong Thi Ha, Matilda R. Jackson, Luis Arriola-Martinez, Kerry Phillips, Yvonne Brennan, Madhura Bakshi, Karen Ambler, Song Gao, Karin S. Kassahn, Rosalie Kenyon, Kevin Hung, Milena Babic, Alan McGovern, Lesley Rawlings, Cassandra Vakulin, Lucas Dejong, Rema Fathi, Simon McRae, Nicholas Myles, Dariusz Ladon, Marjolijn Jongmans, Roland P. Kuiper, Nicola K. Poplawski, Pasquale Barbaro, Piers Blombery, Anna L. Brown, Christopher N. Hahn, Hamish S. Scott

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Abstract

Pathogenic germ line heterozygous variants in MECOM (myelodysplastic syndrome[MDS]1 and EVI1 complex locus) are associated with an autosomal dominant bone marrow failure (BMF) disorder characterized by radioulnar synostosis (RUS) often accompanied by amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (RUSAT2; Mendelian Inheritance in Man number 616738). MECOM is a transcription factor that is essential for hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal, and the loss of MECOM decreases absolute long term hematopoietic stem cell numbers.1 Several differentially spliced transcripts are encoded by the MECOM locus resulting in MDS1, MDS1-EVI1, and EVI1 isoforms. It has been demonstrated that these isoforms are involved in their own transcriptional regulation through distinct promoter regions and have an effect on the maintenance and transformation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3437-3443
Number of pages	7
Journal	Blood Advances
Volume	8
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023012331
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2024

Keywords

MECOM
myelodysplastic syndrome
EVI1 complex locus
autosomal dominant bone marrow failure
somatic genetics
Pathogenic germ line heterozygous variants
clonal hematopoiesis
phenotype expansion

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Venugopal, P., Arts, P., Fox, L. C., Simons, A., Hiwase, D. K., Bardy, P. G., Swift, A., Ross, D. M., van Vulpen, L. F. D., Buijs, A., Bolton, K. L., Getta, B., Furlong, E., Carter, T., Krapels, I., Hoeks, M., Al Kindy, A., Al Kindy, F., de Munnik, S., ... Scott, H. S. (2024). Unraveling facets of MECOM-associated syndrome: somatic genetic rescue, clonal hematopoiesis, and phenotype expansion. Blood Advances, 8(13), 3437-3443. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023012331

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Unraveling facets of MECOM-associated syndrome: somatic genetic rescue, clonal hematopoiesis, and phenotype expansion

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