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Wu Y, Gao B, Qi X, Bai L, Li B, Bao H, Wu X, Wu X, Zhao Y. Circular RNA ATAD1 is upregulated in acute myeloid leukemia and promotes cancer cell proliferation by downregulating miR-34b via promoter methylation. Oncol Lett 2021; 22:799. [PMID: 34630706 PMCID: PMC8477150 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2021.13060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
A previous study has reported the oncogenic role of circular RNA (circ)-ATAD1 in gastric cancer. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of circ-ATAD1 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Bone marrow mononuclear cells were collected from 60 patients with AML and 60 healthy controls, followed by RNA isolation and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR to assess the expression of circ-ATAD1 and microRNA (miR)-34b. A subcellular fractionation assay was used to determine the subcellular location of circ-ATAD1 in AML cells. Furthermore, circ-ATAD1 and miR-34b were overexpressed in AML cells to study crosstalk between the two molecules. The effect of circ-ATAD1 overexpression on miR-34b gene methylation was also analyzed by methylation-specific PCR, and the roles of circ-ATAD1 and miR-34b in the regulation of AML cell proliferation were analyzed by BrdU assay. circ-ATAD1 expression was found to be elevated, and inversely correlated with that of miR-34b, in patients with AML. Subcellular fractionation assays showed that circ-ATAD1 was specifically expressed in the nucleus. In addition, circ-ATAD1 overexpression in AML cells decreased miR-34b expression and increased miR-34b gene methylation. Moreover, AML cell proliferation was increased by circ-ATAD1 overexpression, but decreased by miR-34b overexpression, and the effect of circ-ATAD1 overexpression on AML cell proliferation was reduced by miR-34b overexpression. Together, these results indicate circ-ATAD1 as a nucleus-specific circRNA in AML, which promotes AML cell proliferation by downregulating miR-34b via methylation.
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- Yarong Wu
- Department of Hematology, The People's Hospital of Danyang, Affiliated Danyang Hospital of Nantong University, Danyang, Jiangsu 212300, P.R. China
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- Department of Osteology, The People's Hospital of Danyang, Affiliated Danyang Hospital of Nantong University, Danyang, Jiangsu 212300, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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- Department of Technology, Research Center for Hua-Da Precision Medicine of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 010000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The People's Hospital of Xing'an League, Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 137499, P.R. China
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Bakir M, Jackson NJ, Han SX, Bui A, Chang E, Liem DA, Ardehali A, Ardehali R, Baas AS, Press MC, Cruz D, Deng MC, DePasquale EC, Fonarow GC, Khuu T, Kwon MH, Kubak BM, Nsair A, Phung JL, Reed EF, Schaenman JM, Shemin RJ, Zhang QJ, Tseng CH, Cadeiras M. Clinical phenomapping and outcomes after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018; 37:956-966. [PMID: 29802085 PMCID: PMC6064662 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Survival after heart transplantation (HTx) is limited by complications related to alloreactivity, immune suppression, and adverse effects of pharmacologic therapies. We hypothesize that time-dependent phenomapping of clinical and molecular data sets is a valuable approach to clinical assessments and guiding medical management to improve outcomes. METHODS We analyzed clinical, therapeutic, biomarker, and outcome data from 94 adult HTx patients and 1,557 clinical encounters performed between January 2010 and April 2013. Multivariate analyses were used to evaluate the association between immunosuppression therapy, biomarkers, and the combined clinical end point of death, allograft loss, retransplantation, and rejection. Data were analyzed by K-means clustering (K = 2) to identify patterns of similar combined immunosuppression management, and percentile slopes were computed to examine the changes in dosages over time. Findings were correlated with clinical parameters, human leucocyte antigen antibody titers, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression of the AlloMap (CareDx, Inc., Brisbane, CA) test genes. An intragraft, heart tissue gene coexpression network analysis was performed. RESULTS Unsupervised cluster analysis of immunosuppressive therapies identified 2 groups, 1 characterized by a steeper immunosuppression minimization, associated with a higher likelihood for the combined end point, and the other by a less pronounced change. A time-dependent phenomap suggested that patients in the group with higher event rates had increased human leukocyte antigen class I and II antibody titers, higher expression of the FLT3 AlloMap gene, and lower expression of the MARCH8 and WDR40A AlloMap genes. Intramyocardial biomarker-related coexpression network analysis of the FLT3 gene showed an immune system-related network underlying this biomarker. CONCLUSIONS Time-dependent precision phenotyping is a mechanistically insightful, data-driven approach to characterize patterns of clinical care and identify ways to improve clinical management and outcomes.
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- Maral Bakir
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine.
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Ma T, Zou F, Pusch S, Xu Y, von Deimling A, Zha X. Inhibitors of Mutant Isocitrate Dehydrogenases 1 and 2 (mIDH1/2): An Update and Perspective. J Med Chem 2018; 61:8981-9003. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Tianfang Ma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Department of Biochemical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjiaxiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Department of Biochemical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjiaxiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- German Consortium
of Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Clinical Cooperation Unit
Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, INF 224, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjiaxiang, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- German Consortium
of Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Clinical Cooperation Unit
Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, INF 224, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Department of Biochemical Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
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Poulain L, Sujobert P, Zylbersztejn F, Barreau S, Stuani L, Lambert M, Palama TL, Chesnais V, Birsen R, Vergez F, Farge T, Chenevier-Gobeaux C, Fraisse M, Bouillaud F, Debeissat C, Herault O, Récher C, Lacombe C, Fontenay M, Mayeux P, Maciel TT, Portais JC, Sarry JE, Tamburini J, Bouscary D, Chapuis N. High mTORC1 activity drives glycolysis addiction and sensitivity to G6PD inhibition in acute myeloid leukemia cells. Leukemia 2017; 31:2326-2335. [PMID: 28280275 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Alterations in metabolic activities are cancer hallmarks that offer a wide range of new therapeutic opportunities. Here we decipher the interplay between mTORC1 activity and glucose metabolism in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We show that mTORC1 signaling that is constantly overactivated in AML cells promotes glycolysis and leads to glucose addiction. The level of mTORC1 activity determines the sensitivity of AML cells to glycolysis inhibition as switch-off mTORC1 activity leads to glucose-independent cell survival that is sustained by an increase in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Metabolic analysis identified the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) as an important pro-survival pathway for glucose metabolism in AML cells with high mTORC1 activity and provided a clear rational for targeting glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in AML. Indeed, our analysis of the cancer genome atlas AML database pinpointed G6PD as a new biomarker in AML, as its overexpression correlated with an adverse prognosis in this cohort. Targeting the PPP using the G6PD inhibitor 6-aminonicotinamide induces in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity against AML cells and synergistically sensitizes leukemic cells to chemotherapy. Our results demonstrate that high mTORC1 activity creates a specific vulnerability to G6PD inhibition that may work as a new AML therapy.
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- L Poulain
- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR1163, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Haematological Disorders and Therapeutic Implications, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France.,LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Service de Diagnostic Biologique Automatisé, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Service d'Hématologie biologique, F-75014 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR1163, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Haematological Disorders and Therapeutic Implications, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France.,LISBP, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRA, INSA, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM, UMR1037, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA, UPS, INP, LISBP, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Service d'Hématologie clinique, F-75014 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Service d'Hématologie clinique, F-75014 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France.,CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France.,Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (LNCC), Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Centre, Service d'Hématologie clinique, F-75014 Paris, France
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Zhao N, Pei SN, Qi J, Zeng Z, Iyer SP, Lin P, Tung CH, Zu Y. Oligonucleotide aptamer-drug conjugates for targeted therapy of acute myeloid leukemia. Biomaterials 2015. [PMID: 26204224 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Oligonucleotide aptamers can specifically bind biomarkers on cancer cells and can be readily chemically modified with different functional molecules for personalized medicine. To target acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells, we developed a single-strand DNA aptamer specific for the biomarker CD117, which is highly expressed on AML cells. Sequence alignment revealed that the aptamer contained a G-rich core region with a well-conserved functional G-quadruplex structure. Functional assays demonstrated that this synthetic aptamer was able to specifically precipitate CD117 proteins from cell lysates, selectively bound cultured and patient primary AML cells with high affinity (Kd < 5 nM), and was specifically internalized into CD117-expressing cells. For targeted AML treatment, aptamer-drug conjugates were fabricated by chemical synthesis of aptamer (Apt) with methotrexate (MTX), a central drug used in AML chemotherapy regimens. The formed Apt-MTX conjugates specifically inhibited AML cell growth, triggered cell apoptosis, and induced cell cycle arrest in G1 phase. Importantly, Apt-MTX had little effect on CD117-negative cells under the same treatment conditions. Moreover, exposure of patient marrow specimens to Apt-MTX resulted in selective growth inhibition of primary AML cells and had no toxicity to off-target background normal marrow cells within the same specimens. These findings indicate the potential clinical value of Apt-MTX for targeted AML therapy with minimal to no side effects in patients, and also open an avenue to chemical synthesis of new, targeted biotherapeutics.
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- Nianxi Zhao
- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Cancer Pathology Laboratory, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Cancer Pathology Laboratory, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Cancer Pathology Laboratory, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Cancer Pathology Laboratory, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Innovations Institute, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and Cancer Pathology Laboratory, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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