Table 3.

Site-specific RNA editing events in hematologic malignancies

DiseaseGeneEditing sitesMechanismsOutcomesReferences
AML PTPN6 Intron Create aberrant splicing isoform Nonfunctional PTPN6 dysregulates its suppressor function on cKit signaling 33,114,115  
AML STAT3 Intron Affect alternative splicing and increase a shorter form STAT3β Promote transformation of pre-LSCs into LSCs that drive therapy-resistant sAML transformation 35,117  
AML COPA CDS I164V Inhibit the colony-forming of t(8:21) AML cells 31  
 COG3 CDS I635V 
AML SOCS2-AS1 LncRNA Not stated Correlated with low mRNA abundance and poor prognosis 120  
AML Pri-miR-142 Drosha cleavage site Edited pri-miRNA was degraded by Tudor-SN Inhibit mature miR-142 biogenesis 48  
CML Pri-let-7 DROSHA and DICER cleavage sites Upregulate LIN28B Promote LSC proliferation 50  
CML Pri-miR-26a DROSHA cleavage site Inhibit maturation of miR-26a Upregulate miR-26a target transcripts, which activates cell cycle–related gene CDKN1A 37  
CML MDM2 3′UTR Prevents miR-155 binding Increase MDM2 expression and repress the p53 tumor suppressor 37,38  
CML GSK3β Intron Increase a novel in-frame splice deletion Increase β-catenin expression and serial leukemia engraftment potential 79,121  
CLL miR-184, miR-589, miR-6503, miR3157 miRNAs Deregulate mRNA target network Affect the pathogenesis of CLL 129  
CLL COG3, CDK13, FLNB, BLCAP Nonsynonymous Protein recoding Probably contribute to treatment sensitivity in CLL 23  
T-ALL MAVS, IL17RA 3′UTR Not stated Low editing events are probably associated with loss of LIC stemness 130  
 MYB Intron Not stated 
DLBCL PRDM1 Exon-intron junction Premature translation termination PRDM1 inactivation and inhibition of terminal differentiation in DLBCL 34  
DLBCL MAVS 3′ UTR Increase MAVS protein expression levels Increase inflammation cascade and T-cell exhaustion 133  
PEL pri-miRNA-K12-4 Stem region and seed region Regulate miRNA biogenesis and target specificity Regulate viral life cycle of KSHV 134  
MM GLI1 Exon R701G, increase GLI1 transcriptional activity and decrease SUFU binding Activate Hedgehog pathway and lead to therapeutic resistance 32  
MM NEIL1 Exon K242R, change the lesion specificity of NEIL1 Display ineffective oxidative damage repair capacity and loss-of-TSG function properties 137  
MM MDM4, EIF2AK2 3′ UTR Interact with p53 and NF-κB Promote MM progression 142  
DiseaseGeneEditing sitesMechanismsOutcomesReferences
AML PTPN6 Intron Create aberrant splicing isoform Nonfunctional PTPN6 dysregulates its suppressor function on cKit signaling 33,114,115  
AML STAT3 Intron Affect alternative splicing and increase a shorter form STAT3β Promote transformation of pre-LSCs into LSCs that drive therapy-resistant sAML transformation 35,117  
AML COPA CDS I164V Inhibit the colony-forming of t(8:21) AML cells 31  
 COG3 CDS I635V 
AML SOCS2-AS1 LncRNA Not stated Correlated with low mRNA abundance and poor prognosis 120  
AML Pri-miR-142 Drosha cleavage site Edited pri-miRNA was degraded by Tudor-SN Inhibit mature miR-142 biogenesis 48  
CML Pri-let-7 DROSHA and DICER cleavage sites Upregulate LIN28B Promote LSC proliferation 50  
CML Pri-miR-26a DROSHA cleavage site Inhibit maturation of miR-26a Upregulate miR-26a target transcripts, which activates cell cycle–related gene CDKN1A 37  
CML MDM2 3′UTR Prevents miR-155 binding Increase MDM2 expression and repress the p53 tumor suppressor 37,38  
CML GSK3β Intron Increase a novel in-frame splice deletion Increase β-catenin expression and serial leukemia engraftment potential 79,121  
CLL miR-184, miR-589, miR-6503, miR3157 miRNAs Deregulate mRNA target network Affect the pathogenesis of CLL 129  
CLL COG3, CDK13, FLNB, BLCAP Nonsynonymous Protein recoding Probably contribute to treatment sensitivity in CLL 23  
T-ALL MAVS, IL17RA 3′UTR Not stated Low editing events are probably associated with loss of LIC stemness 130  
 MYB Intron Not stated 
DLBCL PRDM1 Exon-intron junction Premature translation termination PRDM1 inactivation and inhibition of terminal differentiation in DLBCL 34  
DLBCL MAVS 3′ UTR Increase MAVS protein expression levels Increase inflammation cascade and T-cell exhaustion 133  
PEL pri-miRNA-K12-4 Stem region and seed region Regulate miRNA biogenesis and target specificity Regulate viral life cycle of KSHV 134  
MM GLI1 Exon R701G, increase GLI1 transcriptional activity and decrease SUFU binding Activate Hedgehog pathway and lead to therapeutic resistance 32  
MM NEIL1 Exon K242R, change the lesion specificity of NEIL1 Display ineffective oxidative damage repair capacity and loss-of-TSG function properties 137  
MM MDM4, EIF2AK2 3′ UTR Interact with p53 and NF-κB Promote MM progression 142  

CDS, coding sequence; Drosha, mouse protein; DROSHA, human protein; LIC, leukemia-initiating cells; lncRNA, long noncoding RNA; PEL, primary effusion lymphoma; sAML, secondary acute myeloid leukemia; TSG, tumor suppressor gene.

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