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Background  Interferon alpha (IFNa) monotherapy is recommended as the standard therapy in polycythemia vera (PV) but not in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Here, we investigated the mechanisms of IFNa efficacy in JAK2V617F- vs. BCR-ABL-positive cells.    Methods  Gene expression microarrays and RT-qPCR of PV vs. CML patient PBMCs and CD34+ cells and of the murine cell line 32D expressing JAK2V617F or BCR-ABL were used to analyze and compare interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression. Furthermore, using CRISPR/Cas9n technology, targeted disruption of STAT1 or STAT2, respectively, was performed in 32D-BCR-ABL and 32D-JAK2V617F cells to evaluate the role of these transcription factors for IFNa efficacy. The knockout cell lines were reconstituted with STAT1, STAT2, STAT1Y701F, or STAT2Y689F to analyze the importance of wild-type and phosphomutant STATs for the IFNa response. ChIP-seq and ChIP were performed to correlate histone marks with ISG expression.    Results  Microarray analysis and RT-qPCR revealed significant upregulation of ISGs in 32D-JAK2V617F but downregulation in 32D-BCR-ABL cells, and these effects were reversed by tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment. Similar expression patterns were confirmed in human cell lines, primary PV and CML patient PBMCs and CD34+ cells, demonstrating that these effects are operational in patients. IFNa treatment increased  Stat1 ,  Stat2 , and  Irf9  mRNA as well as pY-STAT1 in all cell lines; however, viability was specifically decreased in 32D-JAK2V617F. STAT1 or STAT2 knockout and reconstitution with wild-type or phospho-deficient STAT mutants demonstrated the necessity of STAT2 for IFNa-induced STAT1 phosphorylation in BCR-ABL- but not in JAK2V617F-expressing cells. STAT1 was essential for IFNa activity in both BCR-ABL- and JAK2V617F-positive cells. Furthermore, ChIP experiments demonstrate higher repressive and lower active chromatin marks at the promoters of ISGs in BCR-ABL-expressing cells.    Conclusions  JAK2V617F but not BCR-ABL sensitizes MPN cells to interferon, and this effect was dependent on STAT1. Moreover, STAT2 is a survival factor in BCR-ABL- and JAK2V617F-positive cells but an IFNa-sensitizing factor solely in 32D-JAK2V617F cells by upregulation of STAT1 expression.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s13045-019-0722-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Differential roles of STAT1 and STAT2 in the sensitivity of JAK2V617F- vs. BCR-ABL-positive cells to interferon alpha