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Bohl SR, Bullinger L, Rücker FG. Epigenetic therapy: azacytidine and decitabine in acute myeloid leukemia. Expert Rev Hematol 2018. [PMID: 29543073 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2018.1453802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The majority of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are older and exhibit a poor prognosis even after intensive therapy. Inducing differentiation and apoptosis of leukemic blasts by DNA-hypomethylating agents, like e.g. azacytidine (AZA) and decitabine (DAC), represent well-tolerated alternative treatment approaches. Both agents show convincing response as single agents in AML. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding molecular mechanisms and predictive biomarkers for these agents. Areas covered: This review will (i) provide an overview of the current knowledge of molecular mechanisms underlying the action of these drugs, (ii) report promising predictive biomarkers, (iii) elude on new combined treatment options, and (iv) discuss novel approaches to improve outcomes. A literature search was performed using PubMed to find recent major publications, which provide biological and clinical research about epigenetic therapy in AML patients. Expert commentary: Numerous studies have demonstrated that HMA therapy with AZA or DAC may lead to significant response rates, even in pre-treated patients. Nevertheless, there is still an unmet need to further improve outcome in elderly AML patients. Therefore, novel treatment combinations are needed and some of them, such as AZA plus venetoclax, already show promising results.
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- Stephan R Bohl
- a Department of Internal Medicine III , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany
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- a Department of Internal Medicine III , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.,b Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumorimmunology , Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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- a Department of Internal Medicine III , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany
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Tobiasson M, Abdulkadir H, Lennartsson A, Katayama S, Marabita F, De Paepe A, Karimi M, Krjutskov K, Einarsdottir E, Grövdal M, Jansson M, Ben Azenkoud A, Corddedu L, Lehmann S, Ekwall K, Kere J, Hellström-Lindberg E, Ungerstedt J. Comprehensive mapping of the effects of azacitidine on DNA methylation, repressive/permissive histone marks and gene expression in primary cells from patients with MDS and MDS-related disease. Oncotarget 2018; 8:28812-28825. [PMID: 28427179 PMCID: PMC5438694 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Azacitidine (Aza) is first-line treatment for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), although its precise mechanism of action is unknown. We performed the first study to globally evaluate the epigenetic effects of Aza on MDS bone marrow progenitor cells assessing gene expression (RNA seq), DNA methylation (Illumina 450k) and the histone modifications H3K18ac and H3K9me3 (ChIP seq). Aza induced a general increase in gene expression with 924 significantly upregulated genes but this increase showed no correlation with changes in DNA methylation or H3K18ac, and only a weak association with changes in H3K9me3. Interestingly, we observed activation of transcripts containing 15 endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) confirming previous cell line studies. DNA methylation decreased moderately in 99% of all genes, with a median β-value reduction of 0.018; the most pronounced effects seen in heterochromatin. Aza-induced hypomethylation correlated significantly with change in H3K9me3. The pattern of H3K18ac and H3K9me3 displayed large differences between patients and healthy controls without any consistent pattern induced by Aza. We conclude that the marked induction of gene expression only partly could be explained by epigenetic changes, and propose that activation of ERVs may contribute to the clinical effects of Aza in MDS.
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- Magnus Tobiasson
- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden
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- Unit of Computational Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden.,Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, and Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland.,Competence Centre on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden.,Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, and Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden.,Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm County, Sweden.,Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, and Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Hematology Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden
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Zhao H, Zhu H, Huang J, Zhu Y, Hong M, Zhu H, Zhang J, Li S, Yang L, Lian Y, Wang S, Mao J, Chen Y, Li J, Qian S. The synergy of Vitamin C with decitabine activates TET2 in leukemic cells and significantly improves overall survival in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Res 2018; 66:1-7. [PMID: 29331774 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Decitabine is widely used in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in elderly patients. Low-dose Vitamin C has also been indicated to induce DNA demethylation at the cellular level. However, little is known whether low-dose Vitamin C has a synergistic effect with decitabine in clinic. METHODS The effect of combined low-dose Vitamin C and decitabine on cell proliferation, the cell cycle, apoptosis and the expression level and activity of TET2 was investigated in HL60 and NB4 human leukemic cells. Additionally, we analyzed the clinical outcomes of 73 elderly AML patients who received A-DCAG (intravenous Vitamin C [IVC] plus DCAG [n = 39]) or DCAG (n = 34) treatment. RESULTS We found that low-dose Vitamin C and decitabine has a synergistic efficacy on proliferation, apoptosis, TET2 expression and activity, compared to drug-alone treatment in HL60 and NB4 cell lines in vitro. In clinic, feasibility and safety evaluations revealed that patients who received A-DCAG regimen have a higher complete remission (CR) rate than those who received the DCAG regimen (79.92% vs. 44.11%; P = 0.004) after one cycle of chemotherapy. The median overall survival (OS) was better in the A-DCAG group compared with the DCAG group (15.3 months vs. 9.3 months, P = 0.039). Patients with adverse cytogenetics did benefit from CR. There was no clinically significant additional toxicity observed with the addition of IVC. CONCLUSION On the basis of these results, the addition of IVC at low doses to DCAG appeared to improve CR and prolong OS, compared with DCAG, in elderly patients with AML.
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- Huihui Zhao
- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210003, China; Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Bhavanasi D, Wen KW, Liu X, Vergez F, Danet-Desnoyers G, Carroll M, Huang J, Klein PS. Signaling mechanisms that regulate ex vivo survival of human acute myeloid leukemia initiating cells. Blood Cancer J 2017; 7:636. [PMID: 29187738 PMCID: PMC5802493 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-017-0003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Dheeraj Bhavanasi
- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Unnikrishnan A, Vo ANQ, Pickford R, Raftery MJ, Nunez AC, Verma A, Hesson LB, Pimanda JE. AZA-MS: a novel multiparameter mass spectrometry method to determine the intracellular dynamics of azacitidine therapy in vivo. Leukemia 2017; 32:900-910. [PMID: 29249821 PMCID: PMC5886051 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The cytidine analogue, 5-azacytidine (AZA; 5-AZA-cR), is the primary treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia. However, only ~50% of treated patients will respond to AZA and the drivers of AZA resistance in vivo are poorly understood. To better understand the intracellular dynamics of AZA upon therapy and decipher the molecular basis for AZA resistance, we have developed a novel, multiparameter, quantitative mass spectrometry method (AZA-MS). Using AZA-MS, we have accurately quantified the abundance of the ribonucleoside (5-AZA-cR) and deoxyribonucleoside (5-AZA-CdR) forms of AZA in RNA, DNA and the cytoplasm within the same sample using nanogram quantities of input material. We report that although AZA induces DNA demethylation in a dose-dependent manner, it has no corresponding effect on RNA methylation. By applying AZA-MS to primary bone marrow samples from patients undergoing AZA therapy, we have identified that responders accumulate more 5-AZA-CdR in their DNA compared with nonresponders. AZA resistance was not a result of impaired AZA metabolism or intracellular accumulation. Furthermore, AZA-MS has helped to uncover different modes of AZA resistance. Whereas some nonresponders fail to incorporate sufficient 5-AZA-CdR into DNA, others incorporate 5-AZA-CdR and effect DNA demethylation like AZA responders, but show no clinical benefit.
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- A Unnikrishnan
- Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Adult Cancer Program, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Haematology Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Tyner JW. Integrating functional genomics to accelerate mechanistic personalized medicine. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2017; 3:a001370. [PMID: 28299357 PMCID: PMC5334473 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a001370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The advent of deep sequencing technologies has resulted in the deciphering of tremendous amounts of genetic information. These data have led to major discoveries, and many anecdotes now exist of individual patients whose clinical outcomes have benefited from novel, genetically guided therapeutic strategies. However, the majority of genetic events in cancer are currently undrugged, leading to a biological gap between understanding of tumor genetic etiology and translation to improved clinical approaches. Functional screening has made tremendous strides in recent years with the development of new experimental approaches to studying ex vivo and in vivo drug sensitivity. Numerous discoveries and anecdotes also exist for translation of functional screening into novel clinical strategies; however, the current clinical application of functional screening remains largely confined to small clinical trials at specific academic centers. The intersection between genomic and functional approaches represents an ideal modality to accelerate our understanding of drug sensitivities as they relate to specific genetic events and further understand the full mechanisms underlying drug sensitivity patterns.
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- Jeffrey W Tyner
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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The genomic landscape of pediatric myelodysplastic syndromes. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1557. [PMID: 29146900 PMCID: PMC5691144 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01590-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are uncommon in children and have a poor prognosis. In contrast to adult MDS, little is known about the genomic landscape of pediatric MDS. Here, we describe the somatic and germline changes of pediatric MDS using whole exome sequencing, targeted amplicon sequencing, and/or RNA-sequencing of 46 pediatric primary MDS patients. Our data show that, in contrast to adult MDS, Ras/MAPK pathway mutations are common in pediatric MDS (45% of primary cohort), while mutations in RNA splicing genes are rare (2% of primary cohort). Surprisingly, germline variants in SAMD9 or SAMD9L were present in 17% of primary MDS patients, and these variants were routinely lost in the tumor cells by chromosomal deletions (e.g., monosomy 7) or copy number neutral loss of heterozygosity (CN-LOH). Our data confirm that adult and pediatric MDS are separate diseases with disparate mechanisms, and that SAMD9/SAMD9L mutations represent a new class of MDS predisposition. Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are uncommon in children and have poor prognosis. Here, the authors interrogate the genomic landscape of MDS, confirming adult and paediatric MDS are separate diseases with disparate mechanisms, and highlighting that SAMD9/SAMD9L mutations represent a new class of MDS predisposition.
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Di Marcantonio D, Martinez E, Sidoli S, Vadaketh J, Nieborowska-Skorska M, Gupta A, Meadows JM, Ferraro F, Masselli E, Challen GA, Milsom MD, Scholl C, Fröhling S, Balachandran S, Skorski T, Garcia BA, Mirandola P, Gobbi G, Garzon R, Vitale M, Sykes SM. Protein Kinase C Epsilon Is a Key Regulator of Mitochondrial Redox Homeostasis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 24:608-618. [PMID: 29127121 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-2684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Purpose: The intracellular redox environment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells is often highly oxidized compared to healthy hematopoietic progenitors and this is purported to contribute to disease pathogenesis. However, the redox regulators that allow AML cell survival in this oxidized environment remain largely unknown.Experimental Design: Utilizing several chemical and genetically-encoded redox sensing probes across multiple human and mouse models of AML, we evaluated the role of the serine/threonine kinase PKC-epsilon (PKCε) in intracellular redox biology, cell survival and disease progression.Results: We show that RNA interference-mediated inhibition of PKCε significantly reduces patient-derived AML cell survival as well as disease onset in a genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) of AML driven by MLL-AF9. We also show that PKCε inhibition induces multiple reactive oxygen species (ROS) and that neutralization of mitochondrial ROS with chemical antioxidants or co-expression of the mitochondrial ROS-buffering enzymes SOD2 and CAT, mitigates the anti-leukemia effects of PKCε inhibition. Moreover, direct inhibition of SOD2 increases mitochondrial ROS and significantly impedes AML progression in vivo Furthermore, we report that PKCε over-expression protects AML cells from otherwise-lethal doses of mitochondrial ROS-inducing agents. Proteomic analysis reveals that PKCε may control mitochondrial ROS by controlling the expression of regulatory proteins of redox homeostasis, electron transport chain flux, as well as outer mitochondrial membrane potential and transport.Conclusions: This study uncovers a previously unrecognized role for PKCε in supporting AML cell survival and disease progression by regulating mitochondrial ROS biology and positions mitochondrial redox regulators as potential therapeutic targets in AML. Clin Cancer Res; 24(3); 608-18. ©2017 AACR.
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- Penn Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Immersion Science Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Immersion Science Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC), University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Experimental Hematology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Germany.,Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Oncology, NCT Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Oncology, NCT Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Penn Epigenetics Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC), University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC), University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery (DiMeC), University of Parma, Parma, Italy.,CoreLab, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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Yang C, Li J, Yu L, Zhang Z, Xu F, Jiang L, Zhou X, He S. Regulation of RIP3 by the transcription factor Sp1 and the epigenetic regulator UHRF1 modulates cancer cell necroptosis. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:e3084. [PMID: 28981102 PMCID: PMC5682651 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2017.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Receptor-interacting kinase-3 (RIP3) is a key regulator of necroptosis. It has been shown that the expression of RIP3 is silenced in most cancer cells and tissues due to genomic methylation. However, the regulatory mechanisms controlling RIP3 expression in cancer cells have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report that Sp1, a well-characterized zinc-finger transcription factor, directly regulates RIP3 expression in cancer cells. Knockdown of endogenous Sp1 significantly decreases the transcription of Rip3, thereby further inhibiting necroptosis. The re-expression of Sp1 restores the necroptotic response. In addition, knockdown of epigenetic regulator UHRF1 (ubiquitin-like, containing PHD and RING finger domains 1) in RIP3-null cancer cells reduces the methylation level of the Rip3 promoter. This effect is sufficient to trigger the expression of RIP3 in RIP3-null cancer cells. The induced expression of RIP3 by UHRF1 RNAi depends on the presence of Sp1. Remarkably, the ectopic expression of RIP3 in RIP3-null cancer cells results in a decrease in tumor growth in mice. Therefore, our findings offer insights into RIP3 expression control in cancer cells and suggest an inhibitory effect of RIP3 on tumorigenesis.
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- Chengkui Yang
- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center and Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is predominantly a disease of older adults associated with poor long-term outcomes with available therapies. Used as single agents, hypomethylating agents (HMAs) induce only 15 to 25% complete remissions, but current data suggest that median OS observed after HMAs is comparable to that observed after more intensive therapies. Whether long-term cure may be obtained in some patients treated with HMAs is unknown. Combinations of HMAs to novel agents are now extensively investigated and attractive response rates have been reported when combining HMAs to different drug classes. The absence of reliable predictive biomarkers of efficacy of HMAs in AML and the uncertainties regarding their most relevant mechanisms of action hinder the rational design of the combinations to be tested in priority, usually in untreated older AML patients.
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Molecularly targeted drug combinations demonstrate selective effectiveness for myeloid- and lymphoid-derived hematologic malignancies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7554-E7563. [PMID: 28784769 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703094114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Translating the genetic and epigenetic heterogeneity underlying human cancers into therapeutic strategies is an ongoing challenge. Large-scale sequencing efforts have uncovered a spectrum of mutations in many hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), suggesting that combinations of agents will be required to treat these diseases effectively. Combinatorial approaches will also be critical for combating the emergence of genetically heterogeneous subclones, rescue signals in the microenvironment, and tumor-intrinsic feedback pathways that all contribute to disease relapse. To identify novel and effective drug combinations, we performed ex vivo sensitivity profiling of 122 primary patient samples from a variety of hematologic malignancies against a panel of 48 drug combinations. The combinations were designed as drug pairs that target nonoverlapping biological pathways and comprise drugs from different classes, preferably with Food and Drug Administration approval. A combination ratio (CR) was derived for each drug pair, and CRs were evaluated with respect to diagnostic categories as well as against genetic, cytogenetic, and cellular phenotypes of specimens from the two largest disease categories: AML and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Nearly all tested combinations involving a BCL2 inhibitor showed additional benefit in patients with myeloid malignancies, whereas select combinations involving PI3K, CSF1R, or bromodomain inhibitors showed preferential benefit in lymphoid malignancies. Expanded analyses of patients with AML and CLL revealed specific patterns of ex vivo drug combination efficacy that were associated with select genetic, cytogenetic, and phenotypic disease subsets, warranting further evaluation. These findings highlight the heuristic value of an integrated functional genomic approach to the identification of novel treatment strategies for hematologic malignancies.
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Weir MC, Hellwig S, Tan L, Liu Y, Gray NS, Smithgall TE. Dual inhibition of Fes and Flt3 tyrosine kinases potently inhibits Flt3-ITD+ AML cell growth. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181178. [PMID: 28727840 PMCID: PMC5519068 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is often associated with activating mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase, Flt3, including internal tandem duplications (ITDs) within the regulatory juxtamembrane region. Previous studies have linked Flt3-ITD to the activation of the Fes protein tyrosine kinase in AML, and RNAi-knockdown studies suggest that Fes may be required for Flt3 function. In this study, we tested Fes inhibitors from three different chemical classes for their growth-suppressive activity against Flt3-ITD+ myeloid leukemia cell lines (MV4-11, MOLM-13 and MOLM-14) vs. myeloid cells with wild-type Flt3 (THP-1). All Fes inhibitors selectively inhibited the growth of Flt3-ITD+ AML cells, with IC50 values for diaminopyrimidine and pyrrolopyridine inhibitors ranging from 19 to 166 nM. In contrast, a pyrazolopyrimidine inhibitor was less potent in Flt3-ITD+ AML cells, with IC50 values in the 1.0 μM range. In vitro kinase assays showed that the most potent inhibitors of Flt3-ITD+ AML cell proliferation blocked both Fes and Flt3-ITD kinase activity, while the pyrazolopyrimidine was more selective for Fes vs. Flt3-ITD. All three inhibitors induced significant apoptosis in Flt3-ITD+ AML cells, with potency equivalent to or greater than the established Flt3-ITD inhibitor, tandutinib. Transformation of TF-1 cells with Flt3-ITD resulted in constitutive activation of endogenous Fes, and rendered the cells highly sensitive to all three Fes inhibitors with IC50 values in the 30–500 nM range. The pyrrolopyridine compound also induced apoptotic responses in patient-derived Flt3-ITD+ AML bone marrow cells but not in normal bone marrow mononuclear cells. These results demonstrate that Fes kinase activity contributes to Flt3-ITD signaling in AML, and suggests that dual inhibition of both Flt3 and Fes may provide a therapeutic advantage for the treatment of Flt3-ITD+ AML.
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- Mark C. Weir
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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INTRODUCTION Epigenetic changes resulting from aberrant methylation patterns are a recurrent observation in hematologic malignancies. Hypomethylating agents have a well-established role in the management of patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia. In addition to the direct effects of hypomethylating agents on cancer cells, there are several lines of evidence indicating a role for immune-mediated anti-tumor benefits from hypomethylating therapy. Areas covered: We reviewed the clinical and basic science literature for the effects of hypomethylating agents, including the most commonly utilized therapeutics azacitidine and decitabine, on immune cell subsets. We summarized the effects of hypomethylating agents on the frequency and function of natural killer cells, T cells, and dendritic cells. In particular, we highlight the effects of hypomethylating agents on expression of immune checkpoint inhibitors, leukemia-associated antigens, and endogenous retroviral elements. Expert commentary: In vitro and ex vivo studies indicate mixed effects on the function of natural killer, dendritic cells and T cells following treatment with hypomethylating agents. Clinical correlates of immune function have suggested that hypomethylating agents have immunomodulatory functions with the potential to synergize with immune checkpoint therapy for the treatment of hematologic malignancy, and has become an active area of clinical research.
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- Katherine E Lindblad
- a Myeloid Malignancies Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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- a Myeloid Malignancies Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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- a Myeloid Malignancies Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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- a Myeloid Malignancies Section, Hematology Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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Zhou S, Liu P, Zhang H. Bioinformatic analysis of the effects and mechanisms of decitabine and cytarabine on acute myeloid leukemia. Mol Med Rep 2017; 16:281-287. [PMID: 28498449 PMCID: PMC5482123 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a frequently occurring malignant disease of the blood and may result from a variety of genetic disorders. The present study aimed to identify the underlying mechanisms associated with the therapeutic effects of decitabine and cytarabine on AML, using microarray analysis. The microarray datasets GSE40442 and GSE40870 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially methylated sites were identified in AML cells treated with decitabine compared with those treated with cytarabine via the Linear Models for Microarray Data package, following data pre‑processing. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of DEGs was performed using the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Analysis Discovery. Genes corresponding to the differentially methylated sites were obtained using the annotation package of the methylation microarray platform. The overlapping genes were identified, which exhibited the opposite variation trend between gene expression and DNA methylation. Important transcription factor (TF)‑gene pairs were screened out, and a regulated network subsequently constructed. A total of 190 DEGs and 540 differentially methylated sites were identified in AML cells treated with decitabine compared with those treated with cytarabine. A total of 36 GO terms of DEGs were enriched, including nucleosomes, protein‑DNA complexes and the nucleosome assembly. The 540 differentially methylated sites were located on 240 genes, including the acid‑repeat containing protein (ACRC) gene that was additionally differentially expressed. In addition, 60 TF pairs and overlapped methylated sites, and 140 TF‑pairs and DEGs were screened out. The regulated network included 68 nodes and 140 TF‑gene pairs. The present study identified various genes including ACRC and proliferating cell nuclear antigen, in addition to various TFs, including TATA‑box binding protein associated factor 1 and CCCTC‑binding factor, which may be potential therapeutic targets of AML.
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- Shiyong Zhou
- Department of Lymphoma, Sino-US Center of Lymphoma and Leukemia, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, P.R. China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Sino-US Center of Lymphoma and Leukemia, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, P.R. China
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- Department of Lymphoma, Sino-US Center of Lymphoma and Leukemia, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin 300060, P.R. China
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Li J, Hao D, Wang L, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhao Z, Li P, Deng C, Di LJ. Epigenetic targeting drugs potentiate chemotherapeutic effects in solid tumor therapy. Sci Rep 2017. [PMID: 28642588 PMCID: PMC5481380 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04406-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Epigenetic therapy is a novel tumor therapeutic method and refers to the targeting of the aberrant epigenetic modifications presumably at cancer-related genes by chemicals which are epigenetic targeting drugs (ETDs). Not like in treating hematopoietic cancer, the clinical trials investigating the potential use of ETDs in the solid tumor is not encouraging. Instead, the curative effects of ETD delivered together with DNA targeting chemo drugs (DTDs) are quite promising according to our meta-analysis. To investigate the synergistic mechanism of ETD and DTD drug combination, the therapeutic effect was studied using both cell lines and mouse engrafted tumors. Mechanically we show that HDAC inhibitors and DNMT inhibitors are capable of increasing the chromatin accessibility to cisplatin (CP) and doxorubicin (Dox) through chromatin decompaction globally. Consequently, the combination of ETD and DTD enhances the DTD induced DNA damage and cell death. Engrafted tumors in SCID mice also show increased sensitivity to irradiation (IR) or CP when the tumors were pretreated by ETDs. Given the limited therapeutic effect of ETD alone, these results strongly suggest that the combination of DTD, including irradiation, and ETD treatment is a very promising choice in clinical solid tumor therapy.
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- Jingjing Li
- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.,Metabolomics Core, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Cancer Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
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DNMT and HDAC inhibitors induce cryptic transcription start sites encoded in long terminal repeats. Nat Genet 2017; 49:1052-1060. [PMID: 28604729 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Several mechanisms of action have been proposed for DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors (DNMTi and HDACi), primarily based on candidate-gene approaches. However, less is known about their genome-wide transcriptional and epigenomic consequences. By mapping global transcription start site (TSS) and chromatin dynamics, we observed the cryptic transcription of thousands of treatment-induced non-annotated TSSs (TINATs) following DNMTi and HDACi treatment. The resulting transcripts frequently splice into protein-coding exons and encode truncated or chimeric ORFs translated into products with predicted abnormal or immunogenic functions. TINAT transcription after DNMTi treatment coincided with DNA hypomethylation and gain of classical promoter histone marks, while HDACi specifically induced a subset of TINATs in association with H2AK9ac, H3K14ac, and H3K23ac. Despite this mechanistic difference, both inhibitors convergently induced transcription from identical sites, as we found TINATs to be encoded in solitary long terminal repeats of the ERV9/LTR12 family, which are epigenetically repressed in virtually all normal cells.
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Epigenetic drug combination induces remission in mouse xenograft models of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Res 2017; 58:91-97. [PMID: 28505595 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2017.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Aberrations in epigenetic modifications contribute to leukemogenesis in childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We combined DNA hypomethylating agent azacitidine with histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat in preclinical models of childhood AML. Synergistic cytotoxic effect upon treatment with azacitidine and panobinostat with combination indices <1.0 was observed. Azacitidine and panobinostat increased median survival by 26 and 6days respectively in MV4;11 xenografted mice. Mice treated with both drugs showed a drastic reduction in leukemic burden leading to complete remission sustained for the duration of the experimental period lasting more than 519days. Reduced leukemic burden and prolonged survival was also observed in AML-193 xenografted mice treated with azacitidine-panobinostat combination. Differential gene expression profiling was performed on AML cells treated with azacitidine, panobinostat or azacitidine-panobinostat combination. Functional mapping of transcripts uniquely regulated by the azacitidine-panobinostat combination in MV4;11 cells identified p53 as an upstream regulator. A comparison of the uniquely modulated transcripts by azacitidine-panobinostat combination in MV4;11 cells versus AML-193 and THP-1 cells, bearing mutated p53, also revealed p53 as the topmost upstream regulator. Finally, expression of mutant p53 in MV4;11 cells reduced sensitivity to azacitidine-panobinostat combination, suggesting that p53 may be a predictor of response to epigenetic therapy in pediatric AML.
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Sato T, Issa JPJ, Kropf P. DNA Hypomethylating Drugs in Cancer Therapy. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2017; 7:cshperspect.a026948. [PMID: 28159832 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a026948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aberrant DNA methylation is a critically important modification in cancer cells, which, through promoter and enhancer DNA methylation changes, use this mechanism to activate oncogenes and silence of tumor-suppressor genes. Targeting DNA methylation in cancer using DNA hypomethylating drugs reprograms tumor cells to a more normal-like state by affecting multiple pathways, and also sensitizes these cells to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The first generation hypomethylating drugs azacitidine and decitabine are routinely used for the treatment of myeloid leukemias and a next-generation drug (guadecitabine) is currently in clinical trials. This review will summarize preclinical and clinical data on DNA hypomethylating drugs as a cancer therapy.
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- Takahiro Sato
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140.,Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
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DeRyckere D, Lee-Sherick AB, Huey MG, Hill AA, Tyner JW, Jacobsen KM, Page LS, Kirkpatrick GG, Eryildiz F, Montgomery SA, Zhang W, Wang X, Frye SV, Earp HS, Graham DK. UNC2025, a MERTK Small-Molecule Inhibitor, Is Therapeutically Effective Alone and in Combination with Methotrexate in Leukemia Models. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 23:1481-1492. [PMID: 27649555 PMCID: PMC5354980 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-1330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose: MERTK tyrosine kinase is ectopically expressed in 30% to 50% of acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL) and more than 80% of acute myeloid leukemias (AML) and is a potential therapeutic target. Here, we evaluated the utility of UNC2025, a MERTK tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for treatment of acute leukemia.Experimental Design: Preclinical in vitro and in vivo assays using cell lines and primary leukemia patient samples were used to evaluate antileukemic effects of UNC2025.Results: UNC2025 potently inhibited prosurvival signaling, induced apoptosis, and reduced proliferation and colony formation in MERTK-expressing ALL and AML cell lines and patient samples. Approximately 30% of primary leukemia patient samples (78 of 261 total) were sensitive to UNC2025. Sensitive samples were most prevalent in the AML, T-ALL, and minimally differentiated (M0) AML subsets. UNC2025 inhibited MERTK in bone marrow leukemia cells and had significant therapeutic effects in xenograft models, with dose-dependent decreases in tumor burden and consistent two-fold increases in median survival, irrespective of starting disease burden. In a patient-derived AML xenograft model, treatment with UNC2025 induced disease regression. In addition, UNC2025 increased sensitivity to methotrexate in vivo, suggesting that addition of MERTK-targeted therapy to current cytotoxic regimens may be particularly effective and/or allow for chemotherapy dose reduction.Conclusions: The broad-spectrum activity mediated by UNC2025 in leukemia patient samples and xenograft models, alone or in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy, supports continued development of MERTK inhibitors for treatment of leukemia. Clin Cancer Res; 23(6); 1481-92. ©2016 AACR.
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- Deborah DeRyckere
- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Institute of Environmental Health and Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Park H, Chung H, Lee J, Jang J, Kim Y, Kim SJ, Kim JS, Min YH, Cheong JW. Decitabine as a First-Line Treatment for Older Adults Newly Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Yonsei Med J 2017; 58:35-42. [PMID: 27873493 PMCID: PMC5122650 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2017.58.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Decitabine, a DNA hypomethylating agent, was recently approved for use in Korea for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not candidates for standard chemotherapy. This study aimed to evaluate the role of decitabine as a first-line treatment for older adults with AML. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four patients with AML who received at least one course of decitabine (20 mg/m²/d intravenously for 5 days every 4 weeks) as a first-line therapy at Severance Hospital were evaluated retrospectively. RESULTS The median age of the patients was 73.5 years. The longest follow-up duration was 502 days. A total of 113 cycles of treatment were given to 24 patients, and the median number of cycles was four (range, 1-14). Thirteen patients dropped out because of death, no or loss of response, patient refusal, or transfer to another hospital. Twenty-one (87.5%) and 12 (50%) patients completed the second and fourth cycles, respectively, and responses to treatment were evaluated in 17. A complete response (CR) or CR with incomplete blood-count recovery was achieved in six (35.3%) patients, and the estimated median overall survival was 502 days. Ten patients developed grade >2 hematologic or non-hematologic toxicities. In univariate analysis, bone marrow blasts, lactate dehydrogenase, serum ferritin level, and bone marrow iron were significantly associated with response to decitabine. CONCLUSION Five-day decitabine treatment showed acceptable efficacy in older patients with AML who are unfit for conventional chemotherapy, with a CR rate 35.3% and about a median overall survival of 18 months.
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- Hyunsung Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Welch JS, Petti AA, Miller CA, Fronick CC, O'Laughlin M, Fulton RS, Wilson RK, Baty JD, Duncavage EJ, Tandon B, Lee YS, Wartman LD, Uy GL, Ghobadi A, Tomasson MH, Pusic I, Romee R, Fehniger TA, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Vij R, Oh ST, Abboud CN, Cashen AF, Schroeder MA, Jacoby MA, Heath SE, Luber K, Janke MR, Hantel A, Khan N, Sukhanova MJ, Knoebel RW, Stock W, Graubert TA, Walter MJ, Westervelt P, Link DC, DiPersio JF, Ley TJ. TP53 and Decitabine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes. N Engl J Med 2016; 375:2023-2036. [PMID: 27959731 PMCID: PMC5217532 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1605949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 607] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The molecular determinants of clinical responses to decitabine therapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are unclear. METHODS We enrolled 84 adult patients with AML or MDS in a single-institution trial of decitabine to identify somatic mutations and their relationships to clinical responses. Decitabine was administered at a dose of 20 mg per square meter of body-surface area per day for 10 consecutive days in monthly cycles. We performed enhanced exome or gene-panel sequencing in 67 of these patients and serial sequencing at multiple time points to evaluate patterns of mutation clearance in 54 patients. An extension cohort included 32 additional patients who received decitabine in different protocols. RESULTS Of the 116 patients, 53 (46%) had bone marrow blast clearance (<5% blasts). Response rates were higher among patients with an unfavorable-risk cytogenetic profile than among patients with an intermediate-risk or favorable-risk cytogenetic profile (29 of 43 patients [67%] vs. 24 of 71 patients [34%], P<0.001) and among patients with TP53 mutations than among patients with wild-type TP53 (21 of 21 [100%] vs. 32 of 78 [41%], P<0.001). Previous studies have consistently shown that patients with an unfavorable-risk cytogenetic profile and TP53 mutations who receive conventional chemotherapy have poor outcomes. However, in this study of 10-day courses of decitabine, neither of these risk factors was associated with a lower rate of overall survival than the rate of survival among study patients with intermediate-risk cytogenetic profiles. CONCLUSIONS Patients with AML and MDS who had cytogenetic abnormalities associated with unfavorable risk, TP53 mutations, or both had favorable clinical responses and robust (but incomplete) mutation clearance after receiving serial 10-day courses of decitabine. Although these responses were not durable, they resulted in rates of overall survival that were similar to those among patients with AML who had an intermediate-risk cytogenetic profile and who also received serial 10-day courses of decitabine. (Funded by the National Cancer Institute and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01687400 .).
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MESH Headings
- 5-Methylcytosine/analysis
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/administration & dosage
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects
- Azacitidine/administration & dosage
- Azacitidine/adverse effects
- Azacitidine/analogs & derivatives
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Bone Marrow/chemistry
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Decitabine
- Exome
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/mortality
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/drug therapy
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/genetics
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes/mortality
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Survival Rate
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- John S Welch
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Allegra A Petti
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Christopher A Miller
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Catrina C Fronick
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Michelle O'Laughlin
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Robert S Fulton
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Richard K Wilson
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Jack D Baty
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Eric J Duncavage
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Bevan Tandon
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Yi-Shan Lee
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Lukas D Wartman
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Geoffrey L Uy
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Armin Ghobadi
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Michael H Tomasson
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Iskra Pusic
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Rizwan Romee
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Todd A Fehniger
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Keith E Stockerl-Goldstein
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Ravi Vij
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Stephen T Oh
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Camille N Abboud
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Amanda F Cashen
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Mark A Schroeder
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Meagan A Jacoby
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
| | - Sharon E Heath
- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology (J.S.W., L.D.W., G.L.U., A.G., M.H.T., I.P., R.R., T.A.F., K.E.S.-G., R.V., S.T.O., C.N.A., A.F.C., M.A.S., M.A.J., S.E.H., K.L., M.R.J., M.J.W., P.W., D.C.L., J.F.D., T.J.L.), and the Division of Biostatistics (J.D.B.), and the Department of Pathology and Immunology (E.J.D., B.T., Y.-S.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, and McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (A.A.P., C.A.M., C.C.F., M.O., R.S.F., R.K.W., L.D.W., T.J.L.) - both in St. Louis; the Departments of Internal Medicine (A.H., N.K., M.J.S., W.S.) and Pharmacy (R.W.K.), University of Chicago, Chicago; and the Department of Internal Medicine (T.A.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Sato T, Cesaroni M, Chung W, Panjarian S, Tran A, Madzo J, Okamoto Y, Zhang H, Chen X, Jelinek J, Issa JPJ. Transcriptional Selectivity of Epigenetic Therapy in Cancer. Cancer Res 2016; 77:470-481. [PMID: 27879268 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A central challenge in the development of epigenetic cancer therapy is the ability to direct selectivity in modulating gene expression for disease-selective efficacy. To address this issue, we characterized by RNA-seq, DNA methylation, and ChIP-seq analyses the epigenetic response of a set of colon, breast, and leukemia cancer cell lines to small-molecule inhibitors against DNA methyltransferases (DAC), histone deacetylases (Depsi), histone demethylases (KDM1A inhibitor S2101), and histone methylases (EHMT2 inhibitor UNC0638 and EZH2 inhibitor GSK343). We also characterized the effects of DAC as combined with the other compounds. Averaged over the cancer cell models used, we found that DAC affected 8.6% of the transcriptome and that 95.4% of the genes affected were upregulated. DAC preferentially regulated genes that were silenced in cancer and that were methylated at their promoters. In contrast, Depsi affected the expression of 30.4% of the transcriptome but showed little selectivity for gene upregulation or silenced genes. S2101, UNC0638, and GSK343 affected only 2% of the transcriptome, with UNC0638 and GSK343 preferentially targeting genes marked with H3K9me2 or H3K27me3, respectively. When combined with histone methylase inhibitors, the extent of gene upregulation by DAC was extended while still maintaining selectivity for DNA-methylated genes and silenced genes. However, the genes upregulated by combination treatment exhibited limited overlap, indicating the possibility of targeting distinct sets of genes based on different epigenetic therapy combinations. Overall, our results demonstrated that DNA methyltransferase inhibitors preferentially target cancer-relevant genes and can be combined with inhibitors targeting histone methylation for synergistic effects while still maintaining selectivity. Cancer Res; 77(2); 470-81. ©2016 AACR.
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- Takahiro Sato
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Cancer Epigenetics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Issa ME, Cuendet M. Withaferin A induces cell death and differentiation in multiple myeloma cancer stem cells. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016; 8:112-121. [PMID: 30108696 DOI: 10.1039/c6md00410e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable malignancy despite the development of novel therapeutics. This is believed to be due to a subset of rare chemotherapy-resistant cancer stem cells (CSCs). Differentiation therapy represents one strategy aimed at reducing the stemness of CSCs. The anticancer effect of withaferin A (WFA) was studied in MM-CSCs and RPMI 8226 MM tumoral plasma cells (RPMIs). WFA exhibited growth inhibitory effects in both MM-CSCs and RPMIs, with IC50 values of 649 and 224 nM, respectively. WFA also induced a G2 cell cycle arrest, as well as cell death and apoptosis. Although, WFA did not exhibit a direct anti-migratory effect, a remarkable morphological change was observed in MM-CSCs in response to WFA treatment. Using qPCR gene expression analyses, WFA caused a reduction in stemness markers, and a promotion of differentiation markers in MM-CSCs. These results warrant further investigation of WFA in relevant MM animal models.
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- Mark E Issa
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Geneva , University of Lausanne , Rue Michel Servet 1 , CH-1211 Geneva 4 , Switzerland . ; ; Tel: +41 22 379 3386
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Geneva , University of Lausanne , Rue Michel Servet 1 , CH-1211 Geneva 4 , Switzerland . ; ; Tel: +41 22 379 3386
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Drug sensitivity of single cancer cells is predicted by changes in mass accumulation rate. Nat Biotechnol 2016; 34:1161-1167. [PMID: 27723727 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Assays that can determine the response of tumor cells to cancer therapeutics could greatly aid the selection of drug regimens for individual patients. However, the utility of current functional assays is limited, and predictive genetic biomarkers are available for only a small fraction of cancer therapies. We found that the single-cell mass accumulation rate (MAR), profiled over many hours with a suspended microchannel resonator, accurately defined the drug sensitivity or resistance of glioblastoma and B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia cells. MAR revealed heterogeneity in drug sensitivity not only between different tumors, but also within individual tumors and tumor-derived cell lines. MAR measurement predicted drug response using samples as small as 25 μl of peripheral blood while maintaining cell viability and compatibility with downstream characterization. MAR measurement is a promising approach for directly assaying single-cell therapeutic responses and for identifying cellular subpopulations with phenotypic resistance in heterogeneous tumors.
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Impact of combinatorial dysfunctions of Tet2 and Ezh2 on the epigenome in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndrome. Leukemia 2016; 31:861-871. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Canaani J, Nagler A. Established and emerging targeted therapies in the myelodysplastic syndromes. Expert Rev Hematol 2016; 9:997-1005. [PMID: 27615383 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2016.1233054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Therapy for the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is an evolving area of research which has made significant use of the increased understanding of the complex biology of these disorders. Novel agents targeting multiple pathogenic pathways are being actively tested in preclinical and clinical settings and hold the potential to be available to clinicians before long. AREAS COVERED Herein we provide an historical framework for understanding the current use of hypomethylating agents in MDS and discuss recent developments in the field of targeted therapy in MDS including data from published and ongoing clinical studies with oral hypomethylating agents, PI3/polo-like kinase inhibitors, TGF-β inhibitor/ligand traps, and immune checkpoint inhibitors. A comprehensive review of recent literature was undertaken using PubMed and Medline. Expert commentary: Management of MDS patients will evolve substantially in the near future with the incorporation of molecular data into patient stratification models and with the introduction of novel targeted agents.
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- Jonathan Canaani
- a Hematology Division , Chaim Sheba Medical Center , Tel Hashomer , Israel
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- a Hematology Division , Chaim Sheba Medical Center , Tel Hashomer , Israel
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Issa ME, Berndt S, Carpentier G, Pezzuto JM, Cuendet M. Bruceantin inhibits multiple myeloma cancer stem cell proliferation. Cancer Biol Ther 2016; 17:966-75. [PMID: 27434731 DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2016.1210737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Multiple myeloma (MM) continues to claim the lives of a majority of patients. MM cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been demonstrated to sustain tumor growth. Due to their ability to self-renew and to express detoxifying enzymes and efflux transporters, MM-CSCs are rendered highly resistant to conventional therapies. Therefore, managing MM-CSCs characteristics could have profound clinical implications. Bruceantin (BCT) is a natural product previously demonstrated to inhibit the growth of MM in RPMI 8226 cells-inoculated mouse xenograft models, and to cause regression in already established tumors. The objectives of the present study were to test the inhibitory effects of BCT on MM-CSCs growth derived from a human primary tumor, and to explore a mechanism of action underlying these effects. BCT exhibited potent antiproliferative activity in MM-CSCs starting at 25 nM. BCT induced cell cycle arrest, cell death and apoptosis in MM-CSCs as well as inhibited cell migration and angiogenesis in vitro. Using a qPCR screen, it was found that the gene expression of a number of Notch pathway members was altered. Pretreatment of MM-CSCs with the γ-secretase inhibitor RO4929097, a Notch pathway inhibitor, reversed BCT-induced effects on MM-CSCs proliferation. In this study, BCT was shown to be an effective agent in controlling the proliferation, viability and migration of MM-CSCs as well as angiogenesis in vitro. The effect on MM-CSCs proliferation may be mediated by the Notch pathway. These results warrant further investigation of BCT in a broader set of human-derived MM-CSCs and with in vivo models representative of MM.
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- Mark E Issa
- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet , Geneva , Switzerland
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- b Laboratoire CRRET, Faculté des Sciences et Technologie , Université Paris Est Créteil , Créteil Cedex , France
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- c Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences , Long Island University , Brooklyn , NY , USA
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- a School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Rue Michel Servet , Geneva , Switzerland
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DNA methylation in normal and malignant hematopoiesis. Int J Hematol 2016; 103:617-26. [PMID: 26943352 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-016-1957-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The study of DNA methylation has been a rapidly expanding field since its dawn in the 1960s. DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays a crucial role in guiding the differentiation of stem cells to their destined lineage, and in maintaining tissue homeostasis. Moreover, aberrant DNA methylation has been well characterized as a significant contributing factor in the pathogenesis of a variety of cancers. Hematopoiesis is a process that is uniquely susceptible to epigenetic changes due to the small pool of actively cycling stem cells that give rise to the entire mature immune-hematopoietic system. Mutations in DNA methyltransferase enzymes have been shown to be initiating events in the development of hematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia and, therefore, have become targets for improved diagnostics and therapy. The spatial and temporal regulation of DNA methylation in the hematopoietic developmental hierarchy is critical to hematopoietic homeostasis. An improved understanding of the roles that DNA methylation plays in normal and malignant hematopoiesis will have a significant impact on the future of regenerative stem cell therapy and clinical treatment of hematopoietic malignancies. This review aims to highlight current developments in the field and prioritize future research directions.
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Minson KA, Smith CC, DeRyckere D, Libbrecht C, Lee-Sherick AB, Huey MG, Lasater EA, Kirkpatrick GD, Stashko MA, Zhang W, Jordan CT, Kireev D, Wang X, Frye SV, Earp HS, Shah NP, Graham DK. The MERTK/FLT3 inhibitor MRX-2843 overcomes resistance-conferring FLT3 mutations in acute myeloid leukemia. JCI Insight 2016; 1:e85630. [PMID: 27158668 PMCID: PMC4855528 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.85630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3-targeted (FLT3-targeted) therapies have shown initial promise for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) expressing FLT3-activating mutations; however, resistance emerges rapidly. Furthermore, limited options exist for the treatment of FLT3-independent AML, demonstrating the need for novel therapies that reduce toxicity and improve survival. MERTK receptor tyrosine kinase is overexpressed in 80% to 90% of AMLs and contributes to leukemogenesis. Here, we describe MRX-2843, a type 1 small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that abrogates activation of both MERTK and FLT3 and their downstream effectors. MRX-2843 treatment induces apoptosis and inhibits colony formation in AML cell lines and primary patient samples expressing MERTK and/or FLT3-ITD, with a wide therapeutic window compared with that of normal human cord blood cells. In murine orthotopic xenograft models, once-daily oral therapy prolonged survival 2- to 3-fold over that of vehicle-treated controls. Additionally, MRX-2843 retained activity against quizartinib-resistant FLT3-ITD-mutant proteins with clinically relevant alterations at the D835 or F691 loci and prolonged survival in xenograft models of quizartinib-resistant AML. Together, these observations validate MRX-2843 as a translational agent and support its clinical development for the treatment of AML.
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- Katherine A. Minson
- Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- UCSF, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Li J, Chen Y, Zhu Y, Zhou J, Xu Y, Li Y, Yu K, Pan L, Wang J, Ding J, Gu J, Zhou S, Shi J, Hong M, Xu J, Pan L, Duan L, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhu H, Lu H, Liu P, Qiu H, Wu H, Qian S. Efficacy and safety of decitabine in combination with G-CSF, low-dose cytarabine and aclarubicin in newly diagnosed elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 2016; 6:6448-58. [PMID: 25749041 PMCID: PMC4467448 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Purpose This prospective phase II, open label, study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of D-CAG induction treatment for elderly patients with newly diagnosed AML. Experimental Design All patients in this study were treated with decitabine of 15 mg/m2 for 5 days and G-CSF for priming, in combination with cytarabine of 10-mg/m2 q12h for 7 days and aclarubicin of 10 mg/day for 4 days (D-CAG). Results Among 85 evaluable patients, overall response rate (ORR) and complete remission (CR) were 82.4% and 64.7%, respectively, after 1 cycle of therapy. The ORR in patients aged <70 years was 83.0% and 81.6% in patients aged ≥70 years. There was a significantly longer median overall survival (OS) in patients with response (16 months) than in those without response (7 months, p< 0.0001). The OS for patients aged ≥70 years and 60-69 years was 10 months and 12 months, respectively (p=0.4994). The two-year OS probability was 19.2% and the twenty-month survival rate was 33.8%. Induction mortality of D-CAG treated elderly patients with AML is 4.4%. Conclusion D-CAG regimen was well tolerated and showed a promising clinic efficacy in elderly patients with AML (≥70 years).
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- Jianyong Li
- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji medical college of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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- West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Changhai Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Clinic Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Riedel SS, Haladyna JN, Bezzant M, Stevens B, Pollyea DA, Sinha AU, Armstrong SA, Wei Q, Pollock RM, Daigle SR, Jordan CT, Ernst P, Neff T, Bernt KM. MLL1 and DOT1L cooperate with meningioma-1 to induce acute myeloid leukemia. J Clin Invest 2016; 126:1438-50. [PMID: 26927674 DOI: 10.1172/jci80825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Meningioma-1 (MN1) overexpression is frequently observed in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is predictive of poor prognosis. In murine models, forced expression of MN1 in hematopoietic progenitors induces an aggressive myeloid leukemia that is strictly dependent on a defined gene expression program in the cell of origin, which includes the homeobox genes Hoxa9 and Meis1 as key components. Here, we have shown that this program is controlled by two histone methyltransferases, MLL1 and DOT1L, as deletion of either Mll1 or Dot1l in MN1-expressing cells abrogated the cell of origin-derived gene expression program, including the expression of Hoxa cluster genes. In murine models, genetic inactivation of either Mll1 or Dot1l impaired MN1-mediated leukemogenesis. We determined that HOXA9 and MEIS1 are coexpressed with MN1 in a subset of clinical MN1hi leukemia, and human MN1hi/HOXA9hi leukemias were sensitive to pharmacologic inhibition of DOT1L. Together, these data point to DOT1L as a potential therapeutic target in MN1hi AML. In addition, our findings suggest that epigenetic modulation of the interplay between an oncogenic lesion and its cooperating developmental program has therapeutic potential in AML.
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Paluch BE, Naqash AR, Brumberger Z, Nemeth MJ, Griffiths EA. Epigenetics: A primer for clinicians. Blood Rev 2016; 30:285-95. [PMID: 26969414 DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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With recent advances in cellular biology, we now appreciate that modifications to DNA and histones can have a profound impact on transcription and function, even in the absence of changes to DNA sequence. These modifications, now commonly referred to as "epigenetic" alterations, have changed how we understand cell behavior, reprogramming and differentiation and have provided significant insight into the mechanisms underlying carcinogenesis. Epigenetic alterations, to this point, are largely identified by changes in DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation as well as methylation, acetylation, and phosphorylation of histone tails. These modifications enable significant flexibility in gene expression, rather than just turning genes "ON" or "OFF." Herein we describe the epigenetic landscape in the regulation of gene expression with a particular focus on interrogating DNA methylation in myeloid malignancy.
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- Benjamin E Paluch
- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Pharmacology and Genetics Building (CGP), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Elm and Carlton Street, 14263 Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Catholic Health, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), 2157 Main Street, 14214 Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- University at Buffalo State University of New York, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 3435 Main Street, 14260 Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, RPCI, Elm and Carlton Street, 14263 Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Pharmacology and Genetics Building (CGP), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Elm and Carlton Street, 14263 Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, RPCI, Elm and Carlton Street, 14263 Buffalo, NY, USA; Leukemia Division, RPCI, Elm and Carlton Street, 14263 Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Al-Hussaini M, Rettig MP, Ritchey JK, Karpova D, Uy GL, Eissenberg LG, Gao F, Eades WC, Bonvini E, Chichili GR, Moore PA, Johnson S, Collins L, DiPersio JF. Targeting CD123 in acute myeloid leukemia using a T-cell-directed dual-affinity retargeting platform. Blood 2016; 127:122-31. [PMID: 26531164 PMCID: PMC4705603 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-05-575704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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T-cell-directed killing of tumor cells using bispecific antibodies is a promising approach for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Here we describe our preclinical work with a dual-affinity retargeting (DART) molecule generated from antibodies to CD3 and CD123, designed to redirect T cells against acute myeloid leukemia blasts. The CD3×CD123 DART (also referred to as MGD006/S80880) consists of 2 independent polypeptides, each composed of the VH of 1 antibody in tandem with the VL of the other antibody. The target antigen CD123 (interleukin 3RA) is highly and differentially expressed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) blasts compared with normal hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. In this study we demonstrate that the CD3×CD123 DART binds to both human CD3 and CD123 to mediate target-effector cell association, T-cell activation, proliferation, and receptor diversification. The CD3×CD123 DART also induces a dose-dependent killing of AML cell lines and primary AML blasts in vitro and in vivo. These results provide the basis for testing the CD3×CD123 DART in the treatment of patients with CD123(+) AML.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bispecific/immunology
- Apoptosis
- CD3 Complex/immunology
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Flow Cytometry
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha/genetics
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta/genetics
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit/immunology
- Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/immunology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Friedman AA, Letai A, Fisher DE, Flaherty KT. Precision medicine for cancer with next-generation functional diagnostics. Nat Rev Cancer 2015; 15:747-56. [PMID: 26536825 PMCID: PMC4970460 DOI: 10.1038/nrc4015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Precision medicine is about matching the right drugs to the right patients. Although this approach is technology agnostic, in cancer there is a tendency to make precision medicine synonymous with genomics. However, genome-based cancer therapeutic matching is limited by incomplete biological understanding of the relationship between phenotype and cancer genotype. This limitation can be addressed by functional testing of live patient tumour cells exposed to potential therapies. Recently, several 'next-generation' functional diagnostic technologies have been reported, including novel methods for tumour manipulation, molecularly precise assays of tumour responses and device-based in situ approaches; these address the limitations of the older generation of chemosensitivity tests. The promise of these new technologies suggests a future diagnostic strategy that integrates functional testing with next-generation sequencing and immunoprofiling to precisely match combination therapies to individual cancer patients.
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- Adam A Friedman
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 440 Brookline Avenue, Mayer 430, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 East 13th Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Minkovsky A, Sahakyan A, Bonora G, Damoiseaux R, Dimitrova E, Rubbi L, Pellegrini M, Radu CG, Plath K. A high-throughput screen of inactive X chromosome reactivation identifies the enhancement of DNA demethylation by 5-aza-2'-dC upon inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase. Epigenetics Chromatin 2015; 8:42. [PMID: 26468331 PMCID: PMC4604769 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-015-0034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND DNA methylation is important for the maintenance of the silent state of genes on the inactive X chromosome (Xi). Here, we screened for siRNAs and chemicals that reactivate an Xi-linked reporter in the presence of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-2'-dC), an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase 1, at a concentration that, on its own, is not sufficient for Xi-reactivation. RESULTS We found that inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) induced expression of the reporter. RNR inhibition potentiated the effect of 5-aza-2'-dC by enhancing its DNA incorporation, thereby decreasing DNA methylation levels genome-wide. Since both 5-aza-2'-dC and RNR-inhibitors are used in the treatment of hematological malignancies, we treated myeloid leukemia cell lines with 5-aza-2'-dC and the RNR-inhibitor hydroxyurea, and observed synergistic inhibition of cell growth and a decrease in genome-wide DNA methylation. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our study identifies a drug combination that enhances DNA demethylation by altering nucleotide metabolism. This demonstrates that Xi-reactivation assays can be used to optimize the epigenetic activity of drug combinations.
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- Alissa Minkovsky
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, BSRB 390D, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, BSRB 390D, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, BSRB 390D, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medicinal Chemistry and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, 615 Charles E. Young Drive South, BSRB 390D, Los Angeles, 90095 USA
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Loiseau C, Ali A, Itzykson R. New therapeutic approaches in myelodysplastic syndromes: Hypomethylating agents and lenalidomide. Exp Hematol 2015; 43:661-72. [PMID: 26123365 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recent advances in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes have come from the use of the hypomethylating agents decitabine and azacitidine as well as the immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide. Their clinical benefit has been demonstrated by randomized phase III clinical trials, mostly in high-risk and del(5q) myelodysplastic syndromes, respectively. Neither drug, however, appears to eradicate myelodysplastic stem cells, and thus they currently do not represent curative options. Here, we review data from both clinical and translational research on those drugs to identify their molecular and cellular mechanisms of action and to delineate paths for improved treatment allocation and further therapeutic advances in myelodysplastic syndromes.
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- Clémence Loiseau
- Department of Hematology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hopitaux de Paris, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Saint-Louis Institute, Paris, France
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- Department of Hematology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hopitaux de Paris, Paris Diderot University, Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Saint-Louis Institute, Paris, France.
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Lee-Sherick AB, Zhang W, Menachof KK, Hill AA, Rinella S, Kirkpatrick G, Page LS, Stashko MA, Jordan CT, Wei Q, Liu J, Zhang D, DeRyckere D, Wang X, Frye S, Earp HS, Graham DK. Efficacy of a Mer and Flt3 tyrosine kinase small molecule inhibitor, UNC1666, in acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 2015; 6:6722-36. [PMID: 25762638 PMCID: PMC4466645 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mer and Flt3 receptor tyrosine kinases have been implicated as therapeutic targets in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this manuscript we describe UNC1666, a novel ATP-competitive small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which potently diminishes Mer and Flt3 phosphorylation in AML. Treatment with UNC1666 mediated biochemical and functional effects in AML cell lines expressing Mer or Flt3 internal tandem duplication (ITD), including decreased phosphorylation of Mer, Flt3 and downstream effectors Stat, Akt and Erk, induction of apoptosis in up to 98% of cells, and reduction of colony formation by greater than 90%, compared to treatment with vehicle. These effects were dose-dependent, with inhibition of downstream signaling and functional effects correlating with the degree of Mer or Flt3 kinase inhibition. Treatment of primary AML patient samples expressing Mer and/or Flt3-ITD with UNC1666 also inhibited Mer and Flt3 intracellular signaling, induced apoptosis, and inhibited colony formation. In summary, UNC1666 is a novel potent small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that decreases oncogenic signaling and myeloblast survival, thereby validating dual Mer/Flt3 inhibition as an attractive treatment strategy for AML.
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of Colorado, Department of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, Department of Pathology, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Department of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Ramos MP, Wijetunga NA, McLellan AS, Suzuki M, Greally JM. DNA demethylation by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine is imprinted, targeted to euchromatin, and has limited transcriptional consequences. Epigenetics Chromatin 2015; 8:11. [PMID: 25806086 PMCID: PMC4372267 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-015-0004-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background DNA methylation can be abnormally regulated in human disease and associated with effects on gene transcription that appear to be causally related to pathogenesis. The potential to use pharmacological agents that reverse this dysregulation is therefore an attractive possibility. To test how 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR) influences the genome therapeutically, we exposed non-malignant cells in culture to the agent and used genome-wide assays to assess the cellular response. Results We found that cells allowed to recover from 5-aza-CdR treatment only partially recover DNA methylation levels, retaining an epigenetic ‘imprint’ of drug exposure. We show very limited transcriptional responses to demethylation of not only protein-coding genes but also loci-encoding non-coding RNAs, with a limited proportion of the induced genes acquiring new promoter activation within gene bodies. The data revealed an uncoupling of DNA methylation effects at promoters, with demethylation mostly unaccompanied by transcriptional changes. The limited panel of genes induced by 5-aza-CdR resembles those activated in other human cell types exposed to the drug and represents loci targeted for Polycomb-mediated silencing in stem cells, suggesting a model for the therapeutic effects of the drug. Conclusions Our results do not support the hypothesis of DNA methylation having a predominant role to regulate transcriptional noise in the genome and indicate that DNA methylation acts only as part of a larger complex system of transcriptional regulation. The targeting of 5-aza-CdR effects with its clastogenic consequences to euchromatin raises concerns that the use of 5-aza-CdR has innate tumorigenic consequences, requiring its cautious use in diseases involving epigenetic dysregulation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13072-015-0004-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- María-Paz Ramos
- Center for Epigenomics and Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1031 Morris Park Avenue, Price 322, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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- Center for Epigenomics and Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1031 Morris Park Avenue, Price 322, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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- Center for Epigenomics and Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1031 Morris Park Avenue, Price 322, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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- Center for Epigenomics and Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1031 Morris Park Avenue, Price 322, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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- Center for Epigenomics and Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1031 Morris Park Avenue, Price 322, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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DNA methylation patterns are disrupted in various malignancies, suggesting a role in the development of cancer, but genetic aberrations directly linking the DNA methylation machinery to malignancies were rarely observed, so this association remained largely correlative. Recently, however, mutations in the gene encoding DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) were reported in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), and subsequently in patients with various other haematological malignancies, pointing to DNMT3A as a critically important new tumour suppressor. Here, we review the clinical findings related to DNMT3A, tie these data to insights from basic science studies conducted over the past 20 years and present a roadmap for future research that should advance the agenda for new therapeutic strategies.
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- Liubin Yang
- 1] Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. [2]
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. [2]
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- 1] Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. [2] Department of Pediatrics, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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The prognosis for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is determined to a large degree by the biology of the leukemic cell. In recent years, the identification and characterization of genetic aberrations has vastly improved our understanding of the pathogenesis of AML. In contrast, however, there has been a lack of clinically meaningful therapeutic advances. The same chemotherapeutic strategies have been applied to AML for several decades now, and while these regimens are effective in inducing remission, most patients relapse within months after initial treatment. Hence, there is an urgent need for novel therapies. We review herein a number of lines of laboratory and clinical trial data supporting the clinical value of targeted treatment approaches that will likely result in improved outcomes for patients with AML.
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- Heiko Konig
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Griffiths EA, Golding MC, Srivastava P, Povinelli BJ, James SR, Ford LA, Wetzler M, Wang ES, Nemeth MJ. Pharmacological targeting of β-catenin in normal karyotype acute myeloid leukemia blasts. Haematologica 2015; 100:e49-52. [PMID: 25381132 PMCID: PMC4803144 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2014.113118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Elizabeth A Griffiths
- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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DNA methylation and histone modification are epigenetic mechanisms that result in altered gene expression and cellular phenotype. The exact role of methylation in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains unclear. However, aberrations (e.g. loss-/gain-of-function or up-/down-regulation) in components of epigenetic transcriptional regulation in general, and of the methylation machinery in particular, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of these diseases. In addition, many of these components have been identified as therapeutic targets for patients with MDS/AML, and are also being assessed as potential biomarkers of response or resistance to hypomethylating agents (HMAs). The HMAs 5-azacitidine (AZA) and 2'-deoxy-5-azacitidine (decitabine, DAC) inhibit DNA methylation and have shown significant clinical benefits in patients with myeloid malignancies. Despite being viewed as mechanistically similar drugs, AZA and DAC have differing mechanisms of action. DAC is incorporated 100% into DNA, whereas AZA is incorporated into RNA (80-90%) as well as DNA (10-20%). As such, both drugs inhibit DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs; dependently or independently of DNA replication) resulting in the re-expression of tumor-suppressor genes; however, AZA also has an impact on mRNA and protein metabolism via its inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase, resulting in apoptosis. Herein, we first give an overview of transcriptional regulation, including DNA methylation, post-translational histone-tail modifications, the role of micro-RNA and long-range epigenetic gene silencing. We place special emphasis on epigenetic transcriptional regulation and discuss the implication of various components in the pathogenesis of MDS/AML, their potential as therapeutic targets, and their therapeutic modulation by HMAs and other substances (if known). The main focus of this review is laid on dissecting the rapidly evolving knowledge of AZA and DAC with a special focus on their differing mechanisms of action, and the effect of HMAs on transcriptional regulation.
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- Lisa Pleyer
- 3rd Medical Department with Hematology and Medical Oncology, Hemostaseology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research, Oncologic Center, Paracelsus Medical University Hospital Salzburg, Center for Clinical Cancer and Immunology Trials at Salzburg Cancer Research Institute , Salzburg , Austria
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Odenike O, Halpern A, Godley LA, Madzo J, Karrison T, Green M, Fulton N, Mattison RJ, Yee KWL, Bennett M, Koval G, Malnassy G, Larson RA, Ratain MJ, Stock W. A phase I and pharmacodynamic study of the histone deacetylase inhibitor belinostat plus azacitidine in advanced myeloid neoplasia. Invest New Drugs 2014; 33:371-9. [PMID: 25483416 DOI: 10.1007/s10637-014-0194-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Background We hypothesized that targeting two mechanisms of epigenetic silencing would be additive or synergistic with regard to expression of specific target genes. The primary objective of the study was to establish the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of belinostat in combination with a fixed dose of azacitidine (AZA). Methods In Part A of the study, patients received a fixed dose of AZA, with escalating doses of belinostat given on the same days 1-5, in a 28 day cycle. Part B was designed to evaluate the relative contribution of belinostat to the combination based on analysis of pharmacodynamic markers, and incorporated a design in which patients were randomized during cycle 1 to AZA alone, or the combination, at the maximally tolerated dose of belinostat. Results 56 patients with myeloid neoplasia were enrolled. Dose escalation was feasible in part A, up to 1000 mg/m(2) dose level of belinostat. In Part B, 18 patients were assessable for quantitative analysis of specific target genes. At day 5 of therapy, MDR1 was significantly up-regulated in the belinostat/AZA arm compared with AZA alone arm (p = 0.0023). There were 18 responses among the 56 patients. Conclusions The combination of belinostat and AZA is feasible and associated with clinical activity. The recommended phase II dose is 1000 mg/m(2) of belinostat plus 75 mg/m(2) of AZA on days 1-5, every 28 days. Upregulation in MDR1 was observed in the combination arm at day 5 compared with the AZA alone arm, suggesting a relative biologic contribution of belinostat to the combination.
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- Olatoyosi Odenike
- Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA,
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Ito S, Barrett AJ, Dutra A, Pak E, Miner S, Keyvanfar K, Hensel NF, Rezvani K, Muranski P, Liu P, Larochelle A, Melenhorst JJ. Long term maintenance of myeloid leukemic stem cells cultured with unrelated human mesenchymal stromal cells. Stem Cell Res 2014; 14:95-104. [PMID: 25535865 DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2014.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) support the growth and differentiation of normal hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Here we studied the ability of MSCs to support the growth and survival of leukemic stem cells (LSCs) in vitro. Primary leukemic blasts isolated from the peripheral blood of 8 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were co-cultured with equal numbers of irradiated MSCs derived from unrelated donor bone marrow, with or without cytokines for up to 6weeks. Four samples showed CD34(+)CD38(-) predominance, and four were predominantly CD34(+)CD38(+). CD34(+) CD38(-) predominant leukemia cells maintained the CD34(+) CD38(-) phenotype and were viable for 6weeks when co-cultured with MSCs compared to co-cultures with cytokines or medium only, which showed rapid differentiation and loss of the LSC phenotype. In contrast, CD34(+) CD38(+) predominant leukemic cells maintained the CD34(+)CD38(+) phenotype when co-cultured with MSCs alone, but no culture conditions supported survival beyond 4weeks. Cell cycle analysis showed that MSCs maintained a higher proportion of CD34(+) blasts in G0 than leukemic cells cultured with cytokines. AML blasts maintained in culture with MSCs for up to 6weeks engrafted NSG mice with the same efficiency as their non-cultured counterparts, and the original karyotype persisted after co-culture. Chemosensitivity and transwell assays suggest that MSCs provide pro-survival benefits to leukemic blasts through cell-cell contact. We conclude that MSCs support long-term maintenance of LSCs in vitro. This simple and inexpensive approach will facilitate basic investigation of LSCs and enable screening of novel therapeutic agents targeting LSCs.
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- Sawa Ito
- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cytogenetics and Microscopy Core, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Oncogenesis and Development Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Sarkaria SM, Christopher MJ, Klco JM, Ley TJ. Primary acute myeloid leukemia cells with IDH1 or IDH2 mutations respond to a DOT1L inhibitor in vitro. Leukemia 2014; 28:2403-6. [PMID: 25092143 PMCID: PMC4262600 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Shawn M. Sarkaria
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Guryanova OA, Levine RL. A WIMSical approach to decoding DNA methylation in myeloid leukemia. Genome Biol 2014; 15:441. [PMID: 25315876 PMCID: PMC4397946 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0441-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Integrated transcriptomic and high-resolution whole genome methylation analysis in a myeloid leukemia cell line defines genes that respond to clinically relevant DNA methyltransferase inhibitors.
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Lund K, Cole JJ, VanderKraats ND, McBryan T, Pchelintsev NA, Clark W, Copland M, Edwards JR, Adams PD. DNMT inhibitors reverse a specific signature of aberrant promoter DNA methylation and associated gene silencing in AML. Genome Biol 2014; 15:406. [PMID: 25315154 PMCID: PMC4165364 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0406-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are neoplastic disorders of hematopoietic stem cells. DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, 5-azacytidine and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine), benefit some MDS/AML patients. However, the role of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor-induced DNA hypomethylation in regulation of gene expression in AML is unclear. RESULTS We compared the effects of 5-azacytidine on DNA methylation and gene expression using whole-genome single-nucleotide bisulfite-sequencing and RNA-sequencing in OCI-AML3 cells. For data analysis, we used an approach recently developed for discovery of differential patterns of DNA methylation associated with changes in gene expression, that is tailored to single-nucleotide bisulfite-sequencing data (Washington University Interpolated Methylation Signatures). Using this approach, we find that a subset of genes upregulated by 5-azacytidine are characterized by 5-azacytidine-induced signature methylation loss flanking the transcription start site. Many of these genes show increased methylation and decreased expression in OCI-AML3 cells compared to normal hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Moreover, these genes are preferentially upregulated by decitabine in human primary AML blasts, and control cell proliferation, death, and development. CONCLUSIONS Our approach identifies a set of genes whose methylation and silencing in AML is reversed by DNA methyltransferase inhibitors. These genes are good candidates for direct regulation by DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, and their reactivation by DNA methyltransferase inhibitors may contribute to therapeutic activity.
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- Kirstin Lund
- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Paul O’Gorman Leukemia Research Centre, Glasgow, G12 0ZD UK
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- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
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- />Center for Pharmacogenomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
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- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
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- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
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- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Paul O’Gorman Leukemia Research Centre, Glasgow, G12 0ZD UK
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- />Center for Pharmacogenomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
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- />Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
- />Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD UK
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Öz S, Raddatz G, Rius M, Blagitko-Dorfs N, Lübbert M, Maercker C, Lyko F. Quantitative determination of decitabine incorporation into DNA and its effect on mutation rates in human cancer cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:e152. [PMID: 25159616 PMCID: PMC4231731 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Decitabine (5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine) is a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor and an archetypal epigenetic drug for the therapy of myeloid leukemias. The mode of action of decitabine strictly depends on the incorporation of the drug into DNA. However, DNA incorporation and ensuing genotoxic effects of decitabine have not yet been investigated in human cancer cell lines or in models related to the approved indication of the drug. Here we describe a robust assay for the quantitative determination of decitabine incorporation rates into DNA from human cancer cells. Using a panel of human myeloid leukemia cell lines we show appreciable amounts of decitabine incorporation that closely correlated with cellular drug uptake. Decitabine incorporation was also detectable in primary cells from myeloid leukemia patients, indicating that the assay is suitable for biomarker analyses to predict drug responses in patients. Finally, we also used next-generation sequencing to comprehensively analyze the effects of decitabine incorporation on the DNA sequence level. Interestingly, this approach failed to reveal significant changes in the rates of point mutations and genome rearrangements in myeloid leukemia cell lines. These results indicate that standard rates of decitabine incorporation are not genotoxic in myeloid leukemia cells.
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- Simin Öz
- Division of Epigenetics, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenetics, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenetics, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, 73728 Esslingen, Germany Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenetics, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Welch JS, Niu H, Uy GL, Westervelt P, Abboud CN, Vij R, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Jacoby M, Pusic I, Schroeder MA, Dipersio JF, Cashen AF. A phase I dose escalation study of oral bexarotene in combination with intravenous decitabine in patients with AML. Am J Hematol 2014; 89:E103-8. [PMID: 24723466 PMCID: PMC4108244 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The response rate of non-M3 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to all trans retinoic acid has been limited. Using Affymetrix expression arrays, we found that in diverse AML blasts RXRA was expressed at higher levels than RARA and that mouse Ctsg-PML-RARA leukemia responded to bexarotene, a ligand for RXRA. We therefore performed a phase I study of combination bexarotene and decitabine in elderly and relapsed AML patients. We found that this combination was well tolerated, although outcomes were modest (1 CRi, and 3 PR among 19 patients). Correlative studies found that patients with clinical response had increased differentiation to bexarotene both in vivo and ex vivo, suggesting that pre-treatment analysis might identify a more susceptible subgroup of patients.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Animals
- Anticarcinogenic Agents/therapeutic use
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use
- Azacitidine/analogs & derivatives
- Azacitidine/therapeutic use
- Bexarotene
- Decitabine
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Injections, Intravenous
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/metabolism
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Mice
- Middle Aged
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Recurrence
- Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha
- Retinoid X Receptor alpha/genetics
- Retinoid X Receptor alpha/metabolism
- Tetrahydronaphthalenes/therapeutic use
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- John S. Welch
- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine. Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
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Honda H, Nagamachi A, Inaba T. -7/7q- syndrome in myeloid-lineage hematopoietic malignancies: attempts to understand this complex disease entity. Oncogene 2014; 34:2413-25. [PMID: 24998854 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
The recurrence of chromosomal abnormalities in a specific subtype of cancer strongly suggests that dysregulated gene expression in the corresponding region has a critical role in disease pathogenesis. -7/7q-, defined as the entire loss of chromosome 7 and partial deletion of its long arm, is among the most frequently observed chromosomal aberrations in myeloid-lineage hematopoietic malignancies such as myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia, particularly in patients treated with cytotoxic agents and/or irradiation. Tremendous efforts have been made to clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease development, and several possible candidate genes have been cloned. However, the study is still underway, and the entire nature of this syndrome is not completely understood. In this review, we focus on the attempts to identify commonly deleted regions in patients with -7/7q-; isolate the candidate genes responsible for disease development, cooperative genes and the factors affecting disease prognosis; and determine effective and potent therapeutic approaches. We also refer to the possibility that the accumulation of multiple gene haploinsufficiency, rather than the loss of a single tumor suppressor gene, may contribute to the development of diseases with large chromosomal deletions such as -7/7q-.
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- H Honda
- Department of Disease Model, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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