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Ma H, Yao J, Huang A, Xiao Y, Fan L. A classifier of 53BP1, immune score and texture analysis of MRI images can predict pathological response to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy281.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lee BC, Lin YH, Lee CW, Liu HM, Huang A. Prediction of Borderzone Infarction by CTA in Patients Undergoing Carotid Embolization for Carotid Blowout. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:1280-1285. [PMID: 29773563 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Permanent common carotid artery and/or ICA occlusion is an effective treatment for carotid blowout syndrome. Besides postoperative thromboembolic infarction, permanent common carotid artery and/or ICA occlusion may cause borderzone infarction when the collateral flow to the deprived brain territory is inadequate. In this study, we aimed to test the predictive value of CTA for post-permanent common carotid artery and/or ICA occlusion borderzone infarction in patients with carotid blowout syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, we included 31 patients undergoing unilateral permanent common carotid artery and/or ICA occlusion for carotid blowout syndrome between May 2009 and December 2016. The vascular diameter of the circle of Willis was evaluated using preprocedural CTA, and the risk of borderzone infarction was graded as very high risk, high risk, intermediate risk, low risk, and very low risk. RESULTS The performance of readers' consensus on CTA for predicting borderzone infarction was excellent, with an area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.938 (95% confidence interval, 0.85-1.00). We defined very high risk, high risk, and intermediate risk as positive for borderzone infarction, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of CTA for borderzone infarction were 100% (7/7), 62.5% (15/24), 43.8% (7/16), and 100% (15/15), respectively. The interobserver reliability was excellent (κ = 0.807). No significant difference in the receiver operating characteristic curves was found between the 2 readers (P = .114). CONCLUSIONS CTA can be used to predict borderzone infarction after permanent common carotid artery and/or ICA occlusion by measuring the collateral vessels of the circle of Willis.
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Huang K, Hsiao Y, Wu T, Huang A, Ai L, Kuan C. PO-426 Targeting of VEGFR2-expressing cells by chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for solid tumour therapy. ESMO Open 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-eacr25.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Yue X, Ge C, Zhuge S, He H, Yang H, Xu H, Huang A, Zhao Y. Changes and analysis of anti-HBs titres after primary immunization in 1- to 16-year-old Chinese children: A hospital-based study. J Viral Hepat 2018; 25:373-380. [PMID: 29091317 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Immunization with the hepatitis B vaccine is the most effective measure to prevent Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the change in antibody levels induced by administration of the hepatitis B vaccine in children aged 1-16 year old in a large sample sized investigation. HBV markers were determined in 93 326 1- to 16-year-old hospitalized children who completed primary immunization as infants from south-west China, Chongqing. Analyses were performed on anti-HBs titre changes with increasing age, and the revaccination effect was evaluated in children aged 7-14. The percentage of protective antibody was between 45.29% and 63.33% in all age groups, but was higher in the 1-, 2- and 3-year-old groups (90.31%, 83.95% and 71.82%, respectively), and the rate of high-responder was 5.03%-10.56%, except in the 1-year-old group (23.33%). Additionally, 3.33%-25.79% of subjects had not seroconverted. There was no significant difference in antibody levels between girls and boys (P > .05). The Geometric Mean Titers in children with confirmed revaccination history were significantly higher than those with unknown or no revaccination history (P < .0001). In conclusion, the overall rate of protective anti-HBs was 67.10% with consecutive age groups from 1 to 16, it decreased from 90.31% to 45.29% for 1- to 8-year-old individuals, and interestingly, the rate increased from 45.46% to 63.33% for subjects aged 9-15. Anti-HBs titres were significantly improved after revaccination. Booster doses are recommended for those without seroconversion, especially children who live in school with other students or have family members with positive HBsAg.
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Mirzan S, Huang A, Muniappan A, Keyes C, Choy E, Uppot R, Fintelmann F. 3:20 PM Abstract No. 45 Thoracic cryoablation for palliation of tumors in chest wall and pleura. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Huang A, Chen Y, Lim B, Yao J, Bobik A, Peter K. Therapeutic Targeting of the Alarmin, HMGB1, Safely and Effectively Prevents Arterial Thrombosis Through Inhibition Of NET Formation. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Huang A. Clinical Surgery. J R Soc Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/014107680109401220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chen L, Diao L, Yang Y, Yi X, Rodriguez B, Li Y, Rodriguez-Canales J, Liu X, Huang A, Zhao Q, Peng D, Fradette J, Tong P, Ungewiss C, Fan Y, Peng D, Villalobos P, Dmitrovsky E, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Wang J, Byers L, Heymach J, Ullrich S, Wistuba I, Qin X, Gibbons D. OA 13.01 CD38-Mediated Immunometabolic Suppression as a Mechanism of Resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 Axis Blockade. J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bucknor A, Chen A, Chattha A, Huang A, Kamali P, Schermerhorn M, Lin S. Necrotising Fasciitis and the Weekend Effect: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Database. Int J Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.08.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Semenov Y, Hsiang E, Huang A, Hui X, Kwatra S, Cohen B, Anadkat M. 016 Psoriatic arthritis and hearing loss. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.07.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Huang A, Fiadorchanka N, Brar K, Balderacchi JL, Glick SA. In utero presentation of aggressive systemic mastocytosis in a neonate. Br J Dermatol 2017; 177:1439-1441. [PMID: 28369700 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mastocytosis is a clinically heterogenous disease characterized by mast cell hyperplasia in skin, bone marrow and/or visceral organs. Cutaneous mastocytosis is more frequently observed in children, whereas indolent systemic mastocytosis is more commonly observed in adults. Aggressive systemic presentation, particularly of the neonate, is exceptionally rare. We present a rare case of congenital aggressive systemic mastocytosis. The patient was a 37-week-old male, born by caesarean section owing to hepatosplenomegaly and ascites diagnosed in utero, who exhibited extensive cutaneous and systemic manifestations of mastocytosis at birth. Mutation analysis of c-KIT identified D816V mutation in exon 17. Although initial bilateral bone marrow aspirates demonstrated no mast-cell infiltrates or haematological neoplasm, subsequent bone-marrow biopsies postmortem exhibited multifocal mast-cell aggregates. Clinical course was complicated by bacteraemia and cardiorespiratory failure, leading to death at 10 weeks.
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Ma H, Huang A, Yao J, Zhang T. Clinical efficacy observation for endostar combined with chemotherapy treating gastric cancer peritoneal carcinomatosis. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx369.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Agnello M, Marques J, Cen L, Mittermuller B, Huang A, Chaichanasakul Tran N, Shi W, He X, Schroth RJ. Microbiome Associated with Severe Caries in Canadian First Nations Children. J Dent Res 2017; 96:1378-1385. [PMID: 28709393 DOI: 10.1177/0022034517718819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Young Indigenous children in North America suffer from a higher degree of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) than the general population, leading to speculation that the etiology and characteristics of the disease may be distinct in this population. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted the first microbiome analysis of an Indigenous population using modern molecular techniques. We investigated the caries-associated microbiome among Canadian First Nations children with S-ECC. Thirty First Nations children <72 mo of age with S-ECC and 20 caries-free children were recruited in Winnipeg, Canada. Parents or caregivers completed a questionnaire on general and dental health, diet, and demographics. The plaque microbiome was investigated by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene. Sequences were clustered into operational taxonomic units and taxonomy assigned via the Human Oral Microbiome Database, then analyzed at the community level with alpha and beta diversity measures. Compared with those who were caries free, children with S-ECC came from households with lower income; they were more likely to live in First Nations communities and were more likely to be bottle-fed; and they were weaned from the bottle at a later age. The microbial communities of the S-ECC and caries-free groups did not differ in terms of species richness or phylogenetic diversity. Beta diversity analysis showed that the samples significantly clustered into groups based on caries status. Twenty-eight species-level operational taxonomic units were significantly different between the groups, including Veillonella HOT 780 and Porphyromonas HOT 284, which were 4.6- and 9-fold higher, respectively, in the S-ECC group, and Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguinis, which were 5- and 2-fold higher, respectively, in the caries-free group. Extremely high levels of Streptococcus mutans were detected in the S-ECC group. Overall, First Nations children with S-ECC have a significantly different plaque microbiome than their caries-free counterparts, with the S-ECC group containing higher levels of known cariogenic organisms.
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Suskind A, Cawthon P, Nakagawa S, Subak L, Reinders I, Satterfield S, Cummings S, Huang A. THE ROLE OF BODY COMPOSITION AND STRENGTH ON URINARY INCONTINENCE IN WOMEN FROM THE HEALTH ABC STUDY. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gibson C, Huang A, McCaw B, Shan J, Subak L, Van Den Eeden S. INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER WOMEN. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fung C, Alessi C, Song Y, Pedigo-Vaughn C, Markland A, Huang A, McGowan S, Martin J. BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES FOR INSOMNIA IMPROVE NOCTURIA IN OLDER WOMEN VETERANS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Huang A, Isobe N, Yoshimura Y. Changes in localization and density of CD63-positive exosome-like substances in the hen oviduct with artificial insemination and their effect on sperm viability. Theriogenology 2017; 101:135-143. [PMID: 28708510 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Avian sperm are stored in the sperm storage tubules (SSTs) of the hen oviduct for a prolonged period. However, the precise mechanisms by which sperm are kept alive in the SSTs are still not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether exosomes are secreted by SST cells and play a role in the survival of sperm. Utero-vaginal junction (UVJ) tissue from approximately 50 wk old White Leghorn hens was collected before (control group) and after intravaginal insemination with seminal plasma (SP group) or semen (AI group). The samples were used to prepare frozen sections and total protein extraction. The localization of the CD63, an exosome marker, was determined by immunohistochemistry and its protein level in the UVJ mucosal tissues was examined by Western blot. Exosomes were isolated from the culture media of UVJ and vaginal mucosa cells by ultracentrifugation and characterized by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. The viability and motility of sperm incubated with exosomes were also examined. CD63 was localized in the apical region of UVJ mucosal epithelium cells and SST cells of control, SP, and AI groups. The CD63 protein decreased in SST cells surrounding resident sperm and tended to appear in the SST lumen in the AI group. The protein level of CD63 in UVJ mucosal tissues was significantly higher in the AI group than control. The CD63 protein (approximately 75 kDa) was detected in ultracentrifugation pellets from the culture medium of UVJ and vagina cells. The viability of sperm incubated with 1 μg/μl vaginal exosomes was significantly decreased but was not affected by UVJ exosomes. These results suggest that exosomes were synthesized by SST cells and may be secreted into SST lumen when sperm were stored in SSTs. The role of SST exosomes in sperm storage needs to be examined further.
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Huang A, Collins D, Glick S, Lee W. 411 Novel filaggrin gene polymorphisms in atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Papamichail D, Huang A, Kennedy E, Ott JL, Miller A, Papamichail G. Live phylogeny with polytomies: Finding the most compact parsimonious trees. Comput Biol Chem 2017; 69:171-177. [PMID: 28391977 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Construction of phylogenetic trees has traditionally focused on binary trees where all species appear on leaves, a problem for which numerous efficient solutions have been developed. Certain application domains though, such as viral evolution and transmission, paleontology, linguistics, and phylogenetic stemmatics, often require phylogeny inference that involves placing input species on ancestral tree nodes (live phylogeny), and polytomies. These requirements, despite their prevalence, lead to computationally harder algorithmic solutions and have been sparsely examined in the literature to date. In this article we prove some unique properties of most parsimonious live phylogenetic trees with polytomies, and their mapping to traditional binary phylogenetic trees. We show that our problem reduces to finding the most compact parsimonious tree for n species, and describe a novel efficient algorithm to find such trees without resorting to exhaustive enumeration of all possible tree topologies.
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Devine L, Armstrong PJ, Whittemore JC, Sharkey L, Bailiff N, Huang A, Rishniw M. Presumed primary immune-mediated neutropenia in 35 dogs: a retrospective study. J Small Anim Pract 2017; 58:307-313. [DOI: 10.1111/jsap.12636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yasuda K, Hayashi Y, Yoshida T, Kashiwagi M, Nakagawa N, Michikawa T, Tanaka M, Ando R, Huang A, Hosoya T, McHugh TJ, Kuwahara M, Itohara S. Schizophrenia-like phenotypes in mice with NMDA receptor ablation in intralaminar thalamic nucleus cells and gene therapy-based reversal in adults. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1047. [PMID: 28244984 PMCID: PMC5545645 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In understanding the mechanism of schizophrenia pathogenesis, a significant finding is that drug abuse of phencyclidine or its analog ketamine causes symptoms similar to schizophrenia. Such drug effects are triggered even by administration at post-adolescent stages. Both drugs are N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonists, leading to a major hypothesis that glutamate hypofunction underlies schizophrenia pathogenesis. The precise region that depends on NMDAR function, however, is unclear. Here, we developed a mouse strain in which NMDARs in the intralaminar thalamic nuclei (ILN) were selectively disrupted. The mutant mice exhibited various schizophrenia-like phenotypes, including deficits in working memory, long-term spatial memory, and attention, as well as impulsivity, impaired prepulse inhibition, hyperlocomotion and hyperarousal. The electroencephalography analysis revealed that the mutant mice had a significantly reduced power in a wide range of frequencies including the alpha, beta and gamma bands, both during wake and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and a modest decrease of gamma power during non-REM sleep. Notably, restoring NMDARs in the adult ILN rescued some of the behavioral abnormalities. These findings suggest that NMDAR dysfunction in the ILN contributes to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia-related disorders. Furthermore, the reversal of inherent schizophrenia-like phenotypes in the adult mutant mice supports that ILN is a potential target site for a therapeutic strategy.
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Huang A, Rudnick M, Cohen R, Mantell M, Redmond J, Brandis A, Clark T. Prevalence and risk factors for acute hyperkalemia following dialysis access thrombectomy. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.1054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Ju HQ, Zhan G, Huang A, Sun Y, Wen S, Yang J, Lu WH, Xu RH, Li J, Li Y, Garcia-Manero G, Huang P, Hu Y. ITD mutation in FLT3 tyrosine kinase promotes Warburg effect and renders therapeutic sensitivity to glycolytic inhibition. Leukemia 2017; 31:2143-2150. [PMID: 28194038 PMCID: PMC5629368 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation in Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 gene (FLT3/ITD) represents an unfavorable genetic change in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is associated with poor prognosis. Metabolic alterations have been involved in tumor progression and attracted interest as a target for therapeutic intervention. However, few studies analyzed the adaptations of cellular metabolism in the context of FLT3/ITD mutation. Here, we report that FLT3/ITD causes a significant increase in aerobic glycolysis through AKT-mediated upregulation of mitochondrial hexokinase (HK2), and renders the leukemia cells highly dependent on glycolysis and sensitive to pharmacological inhibition of glycolytic activity. Inhibition of glycolysis preferentially causes severe ATP depletion and massive cell death in FLT3/ITD leukemia cells. Glycolytic inhibitors significantly enhances the cytotoxicity induced by FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib. Importantly, such combination provides substantial therapeutic benefit in a murine model bearing FLT3/ITD leukemia. Our study suggests that FLT3/ITD mutation promotes Warburg effect, and such metabolic alteration can be exploited to develop effective therapeutic strategy for treatment of AML with FLT3/ITD mutation via metabolic intervention.
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