SAMHD1 is mutated recurrently in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and is involved in response to DNA damage

Ruth Clifford, Tania Louis, Pauline Robbe, Sam Ackroyd, Adam Burns, Adele T. Timbs, Glen Wright Colopy, Helene Dreau, Francois Sigaux, Jean Gabriel Judde, Margalida Rotger, Amalio Telenti, Yea Lih Lin, Philippe Pasero, Jonathan Maelfait, Michalis Titsias, Dena R. Cohen, Shirley J. Henderson, Mark T. Ross, David BentleyPeter Hillmen, Andrew Pettitt, Jan Rehwinkel, Samantha J.L. Knight, Jenny C. Taylor, Yanick J. Crow, Monsef Benkirane, Anna Schuh

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Abstract

SAMHD1 is a deoxynucleoside triphosphate triphosphohydrolase and a nuclease that restricts HIV-1 in noncycling cells. Germ-line mutations in SAMHD1 have been described in patients with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS), a congenital autoimmune disease. In a previous longitudinal whole genome sequencing study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), we revealed a SAMHD1 mutation as a potential founding event. Here, we describe an AGS patient carrying a pathogenic germ-line SAMHD1 mutation who developed CLL at 24 years of age. Using clinical trial samples, we show that acquired SAMHD1 mutations are associated with high variant allele frequency and reduced SAMHD1 expression and occur in 11% of relapsed/refractory CLL patients. We provide evidence that SAMHD1 regulates cell proliferation and survival and engages in specific protein interactions in response to DNA damage. We propose that SAMHD1 may have a function in DNA repair and that the presence of SAMHD1 mutations in CLL promotes leukemia development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1021-1031
Number of pages11
JournalBlood
Volume123
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Feb 2014
Externally publishedYes

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