FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Human Disease Model Report: hematologic cancer, compromised sumoylation
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General Information
Name
hematologic cancer, compromised sumoylation
FlyBase ID
FBhh0001232
Disease Ontology Term
Parent Disease
OMIM
Overview

In Drosophila, sumoylation plays a critical role in maintenance of larval hematopoietic stem cells in an undifferentiated state. This system has been used to investigate the impact of compromised sumoylation in the development of hematologic cancers. Sumoylation also plays a role in regulating the systemic inflammation response in Drosophila, making this system useful for investigating links between cancer and inflammation.

Mutations that reduce sumoylation result in a failure of larval hematopoietic progenitors to acquire or maintain quiescence; progenitors become hyperplastic, misdifferentiate, and develop into microtumors that eventually detach from the dorsal vessel. Mutations of the Drosophila gene lwr, also known as Ubc9, have been used most extensively; lwr is orthologous to human UBE2I, a SUMO-conjugating enzyme.

Other genes used in these studies include Aos1 (orthologous to human SAE1, a SUMO-activating enzyme), Uba2 (orthologous to human UBA2, a SUMO-activating enzyme), and Su(var)2-10 (orthologous to human PIAS genes, SUMO ligases).

[updated Jul. 2020 by FlyBase; FBrf0222196]

Disease Summary Information
Disease Summary: hematologic cancer, compromised sumoylation
OMIM report
Human gene(s) implicated
Symptoms and phenotype

In Drosophila third instar larval lymph glands, a group of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells acquires quiescence; a multicellular niche supports their undifferentiated state. Mutations that reduce sumoylation result in a failure of progenitors to acquire or maintain quiescence; progenitors become hyperplastic, misdifferentiate, and develop into microtumors that eventually detach from the dorsal vessel (FBrf0220167).

SUMOylation is a reversible post-translational modification which has emerged as a crucial molecular regulatory mechanism, involved in the regulation of DNA damage repair, immune responses, carcinogenesis, cell cycle progression and apoptosis. SUMO molecules are highly conserved in evolution, widely found in protozoa, metazoan, plants and fungi (Han et al, 2018; pubmed:29484374).

Genetics
Cellular phenotype and pathology
Molecular information

SUMO protein is a type of protein which is similar to ubiquitin in molecular structure. However, the amino sequence and surface charge distribution of SUMO differ from those of ubiquitin, and they have different functions (Han et al, 2018; pubmed:29484374).

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    Disease synonyms
    hematopoietic tumorigenesis, sumoylation deficient
    Ortholog Information
    Human gene(s) in FlyBase
      Other mammalian ortholog(s) used
        D. melanogaster Gene Information (4)
        Gene Snapshot
        Suppressor of variegation 2-10 (Su(var)2-10) encodes a member of the PIAS protein family that regulates chromosome structure and function. As a JAK/STAT pathway regulator, it contributes to eye formation and eye determination. [Date last reviewed: 2019-09-26]
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        Comments on ortholog(s)

        Moderate- to high-scoring ortholog of human PIAS1, PIAS2, PIAS3, and PIAS4 (1 Drosophila to 4 human).

        Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
        DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
        Gene Snapshot
        lesswright (lwr) encodes Ubc9, a SUMO conjugating enzyme that accepts SUMO from the SUMO activating enzyme and hands it off to the SUMO conjugation target. It has documented biological functions in innate immunity, meiosis, and anterior patterning of the embryo. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-14]
        Gene Groups / Pathways
        Comments on ortholog(s)

        High-scoring ortholog of human UBE2I (1 Drosophila to 1 human).

        Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
        DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
        Gene Snapshot
        Activator of SUMO 1 (Aos1) encodes one of two subunits (along with the product of Uba2) of the heterodimeric SUMO activating enzyme. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-07]
        Gene Groups / Pathways
        Comments on ortholog(s)

        High-scoring ortholog of human SAE1 (1 Drosophila to 1 human).

        Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
        DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
        Gene Snapshot
        Ubiquitin-like activating enzyme 2 (Uba2) encodes one of two subunits (along with the product of Aos1) of the heterodimeric SUMO activating enzyme. It contains the catalytic cysteine residue that first becomes adenylated using ATP and that then forms a thioester linkage to the C-terminal end of SUMO. [Date last reviewed: 2019-09-26]
        Gene Groups / Pathways
        Comments on ortholog(s)

        High-scoring ortholog of human UBA2 (1 Drosophila to 1 human).

        Orthologs and Alignments from DRSC
        DIOPT - DRSC Integrative Ortholog Prediction Tool - Click the link below to search for orthologs in Humans
        Other Genes Used: Viral, Bacterial, Synthetic (0)
          Summary of Physical Interactions (113 groups)
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          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot, western blot, luminescence based mammalian interactome mapping
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot, two hybrid
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          two hybrid, anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          luminescence based mammalian interactome mapping, anti bait coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot, anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, western blot
          two hybrid, pull down, autoradiography
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          pull down, anti tag western blot, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, fluorescence microscopy, anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, peptide massfingerprinting
          pull down, western blot, bimolecular fluorescence complementation, fluorescence microscopy, two hybrid, anti tag western blot
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          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          enzymatic study, autoradiography
          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          pull down, autoradiography
          pull down, western blot
          anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot, two hybrid, pull down, autoradiography
          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          experimental knowledge based
          enzymatic study, anti tag western blot
          two hybrid, pull down, autoradiography
          enzymatic study, western blot, anti tag western blot
          anti bait coimmunoprecipitation, western blot
          pull down, anti tag western blot, autoradiography
          two hybrid, anti tag coimmunoprecipitation, anti tag western blot
          experimental knowledge based, covalent binding, molecular weight estimation by staining, autoradiography, enzymatic study, pull down, western blot
          pull down, western blot, two hybrid
          anti bait coimmunoprecipitation, western blot, pull down, anti tag western blot
          anti bait coimmunoprecipitation, western blot, enzymatic study, autoradiography, experimental knowledge based
          pull down, western blot
          pull down, western blot
          two hybrid, pull down, anti tag western blot
          protein-protein
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          References
          experimental knowledge based
          enzymatic study, autoradiography
          enzymatic study, autoradiography
          two hybrid, pull down, molecular weight estimation by staining, experimental knowledge based
          experimental knowledge based
          protein-protein
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          References
          two hybrid, pull down, molecular weight estimation by staining, experimental knowledge based
          experimental knowledge based
          anti bait coimmunoprecipitation, western blot, enzymatic study, autoradiography, experimental knowledge based
          two hybrid, pull down, autoradiography
          enzymatic study, covalent binding, autoradiography, pull down, western blot
          experimental knowledge based
          Alleles Reported to Model Human Disease (Disease Ontology) (15 alleles)
          Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 2 )
          Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 6 )
          Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 2 )
          Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 2 )
          Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
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          Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
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          Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
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          Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
          Genetic Tools, Stocks and Reagents
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          Contact lab of origin for a reagent not available from a public stock center.
          Bloomington Stock Center Disease Page
          Related mammalian, viral, bacterial, or synthetic transgenes
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          Selected Drosophila classical alleles
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          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          P-element activity
          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          P-element activity
          loss of function allele
          P-element activity
          P-element activity
          loss of function allele
          ethyl methanesulfonate
          loss of function allele
          ethyl methanesulfonate
          loss of function allele
          Delta2-3 transposase
          loss of function allele
          Delta2-3 transposase
          loss of function allele
          Delta2-3 transposase
          ethyl methanesulfonate
          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          piggyBac activity
          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          ends-out gene targeting
          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          ends-out gene targeting
          ethyl methanesulfonate
          amorphic allele - molecular evidence
          P-element activity
          References (5)