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Jiang LC, Luo JM. Role and mechanism of decitabine combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in advanced chronic myeloid leukemia cells. Oncol Lett 2017; 14:1295-1302. [PMID: 28789344 PMCID: PMC5529866 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.6318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Patients with advanced chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have a poor prognosis, with the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) to treat CML demonstrating poor results. The results of the present study revealed that, following Cell Counting Kit-8 analysis, treatment of K562 cells with decitabine (DAC) combined with TKIs exhibits synergic effects. Co-immunoprecipitation indicated that tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 6 (SHP-1) and BCR-ABL fusion protein (BCR-ABL) (p210) form a complex in the K562 cell line, and in the primary cells derived from patients with CML. These results suggested that SHP-1 serves a role in regulating the tyrosine kinase activity of BCR-ABL (p210). In addition, SHP-1 expression increased, while BCR-ABL expression decreased in the group treated with DAC and TKIs combined group compared with the TKI monotherapy group. Treatment with imatinib (IM) demonstrated no effect on SHP-1 methylation in the K562 cell line; however, the methylation of SHP-1 was not determined in the combined IM and DAC therapy group. Treatment with DAC demonstrated the ability to activate the expression of silenced SHP-1 through demethylation, thus decreasing BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase activity, resulting in an improved therapeutic effect on CML.
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- Li-Cai Jiang
- Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050000, P.R. China
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Papadopoulou V, Kontandreopoulou E, Panayiotidis P, Roumelioti M, Angelopoulou M, Kyriazopoulou L, Diamantopoulos PT, Vaiopoulos G, Variami E, Kotsianidis I, Athina Viniou N. Expression, prognostic significance and mutational analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in chronic myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 57:1182-8. [PMID: 26373709 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1090573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 dephosphorylates BCR-ABL1, thereby serving as a potential control mechanism of BCR-ABL1 kinase activity. Pathways regulating SHP-1 expression, which could be exploited in the therapeutics of TKI-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), remain unknown. Moreover, the questions of whether there is any kind of SHP-1 deregulation in CML, contributing to disease initiation or evolution, as well as the question of prognostic significance of SHP-1, have not been definitively answered. This study shows moderately lower SHP-1 mRNA expression in chronic phase CML patients in comparison to healthy individuals and no change in SHP-1 mRNA levels after successful TKI treatment. Mutational analysis of the aminoterminal and phosphatase domains of SHP-1 in patients did not reveal genetic lesions. This study also found no correlation of SHP-1 expression at diagnosis with response to treatment, although a trend for lower SHP-1 expression was noted in the very small non-responders' group of the 3-month therapeutic milestone.
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- Vasiliki Papadopoulou
- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- b Molecular Hematology Laboratory, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- b Molecular Hematology Laboratory, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Medicine , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- c Hematology Department, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- d Hematology Department , University of Ioannina Medical School , Ioannina , Greece
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- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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- e Hematology Department , Democritus University of Thrace Medical School , Xanthi , Greece
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- a Hematology Unit, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital , University of Athens , Athens , Greece
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Jung JH, Yun M, Choo EJ, Kim SH, Jeong MS, Jung DB, Lee H, Kim EO, Kato N, Kim B, Srivastava SK, Kaihatsu K, Kim SH. A derivative of epigallocatechin-3-gallate induces apoptosis via SHP-1-mediated suppression of BCR-ABL and STAT3 signalling in chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:3565-78. [PMID: 25825203 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a component of green tea known to have chemo-preventative effects on several cancers. However, EGCG has limited clinical application, which necessitates the development of a more effective EGCG prodrug as an anticancer agent. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Derivatives of EGCG were evaluated for their stability and anti-tumour activity in human chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) K562 and KBM5 cells. KEY RESULTS EGCG-mono-palmitate (EGCG-MP) showed most prolonged stability compared with other EGCG derivatives. EGCG-MP exerted greater cytotoxicity and apoptosis in K562 and KBM5 cells than the other EGCG derivatives. EGCG-MP induced Src-homology 2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) leading decreased oncogenic protein BCR-ABL and STAT3 phosphorylation in CML cells, compared with treatment with EGCG. Furthermore, EGCG-MP reduced phosphorylation of STAT3 and survival genes in K562 cells, compared with EGCG. Conversely, depletion of SHP-1 or application of the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate blocked the ability of EGCG-MP to suppress phosphorylation of BCR-ABL and STAT3, and the expression of survival genes downstream of STAT3. In addition, EGCG-MP treatment more effectively suppressed tumour growth in BALB/c athymic nude mice compared with untreated controls or EGCG treatment. Immunohistochemistry revealed increased caspase 3 and SHP-1 activity and decreased phosphorylation of BCR-ABL in the EGCG-MP-treated group relative to that in the EGCG-treated group. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS EGCG-MP induced SHP-1-mediated inhibition of BCR-ABL and STAT3 signalling in vitro and in vivo more effectively than EGCG. This derivative may be a potent chemotherapeutic agent for CML treatment.
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- Ji Hoon Jung
- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Cancer Biology Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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CIP2A is overexpressed and involved in the pathogenesis of chronic myelocytic leukemia by interacting with breakpoint cluster region-Abelson leukemia virus. Med Oncol 2014; 31:112. [DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0112-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Sánchez-Sánchez B, Gutiérrez-Herrero S, López-Ruano G, Prieto-Bermejo R, Romo-González M, Llanillo M, Pandiella A, Guerrero C, Miguel JFS, Sánchez-Guijo F, Del Cañizo C, Hernández-Hernández A. NADPH oxidases as therapeutic targets in chronic myelogenous leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 2014; 20:4014-25. [PMID: 24833663 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-3044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer cells show higher levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) than normal cells and increasing intracellular ROS levels are becoming a recognized strategy against tumor cells. Thus, diminishing ROS levels could be also detrimental to cancer cells. We surmise that avoiding ROS generation would be a better option than quenching ROS with antioxidants. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is triggered by the expression of BCR-ABL kinase, whose activity leads to increased ROS production, partly through NADPH oxidases. Here, we assessed NADPH oxidases as therapeutic targets in CML. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We have analyzed the effect of different NADPH oxidase inhibitors, either alone or in combination with BCR-ABL inhibitors, in CML cells and in two different animal models for CML. RESULTS NADPH oxidase inhibition dramatically impaired the proliferation and viability of BCR-ABL-expressing cells due to the attenuation of BCR-ABL signaling and a pronounced cell-cycle arrest. Moreover, the combination of NADPH oxidase inhibitors with BCR-ABL inhibitors was highly synergistic. Two different animal models underscore the effectiveness of NADPH oxidase inhibitors and their combination with BCR-ABL inhibitors for CML targeting in vivo. CONCLUSION Our results offer further therapeutic opportunities for CML, by targeting NADPH oxidases. In the future, it would be worthwhile conducting further experiments to ascertain the feasibility of translating such therapies to clinical practice.
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- Beatriz Sánchez-Sánchez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); CIC, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, CSIC; and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL)
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); CIC, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, CSIC; and
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); CIC, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, CSIC; and
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL); Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL);
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Evren S, Ma XZ, Sakac D, Branch DR. SHP-1 protein tyrosine phosphatase associates with the adaptor protein CrkL. Exp Hematol 2012; 40:1055-9. [PMID: 22960265 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2012.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SHP-1, encoded by the PTPN6 gene, is a protein tyrosine phosphatase with two src-homology-2 (SH2) domains that is implicated as providing suppression of hematopoietic malignancies. A number of reports have shown protein-protein interactions between SHP-1 SH2 domains and tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins. However, despite its having three proline-rich, potential SH3-binding motifs, no reports of protein-protein interactions through src-homology-3 (SH3)-binding domains with SHP-1 have been described. Herein we show that the SH3 domain-containing CT10 regulator of kinase-like (CrkL) adaptor protein associates with SHP-1. We also provide results that suggest this association is due to CrkL binding to PxxP domains located at amino acid residues 158-161 within the SHP-1 C-terminal SH2 domain, and amino acid residues 363-366 within its phosphatase domain. This study is the first to identify and define an interaction between SHP-1 and an SH3 domain-containing protein. Our findings provide an alternative way that SHP-1 can be linked to potential substrates.
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- Sevan Evren
- Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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SHP-1 expression accounts for resistance to imatinib treatment in Philadelphia chromosome-positive cells derived from patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Blood 2011; 118:3634-44. [PMID: 21821701 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-03-341073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We prove that the SH2-containing tyrosine phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) plays a prominent role as resistance determinant of imatinib (IMA) treatment response in chronic myelogenous leukemia cell lines (sensitive/KCL22-S and resistant/KCL22-R). Indeed, SHP-1 expression is significantly lower in resistant than in sensitive cell line, in which coimmunoprecipitation analysis shows the interaction between SHP-1 and a second tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2, a positive regulator of RAS/MAPK pathway. In KCL22-R SHP-1 ectopic expression restores both SHP-1/SHP-2 interaction and IMA responsiveness; it also decreases SHP-2 activity after IMA treatment. Consistently, SHP-2 knocking-down in KCL22-R reduces either STAT3 activation or cell viability after IMA exposure. Therefore, our data suggest that SHP-1 plays an important role in BCR-ABL-independent IMA resistance modulating the activation signals that SHP-2 receives from both BCR/ABL and membrane receptor tyrosine kinases. The role of SHP-1 as a determinant of IMA sensitivity has been further confirmed in 60 consecutive untreated patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, whose SHP-1 mRNA levels were significantly lower in case of IMA treatment failure (P < .0001). In conclusion, we suggest that SHP-1 could be a new biologic indicator at baseline of IMA sensitivity in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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ABL-family proteins comprise one of the best conserved branches of the tyrosine kinases. Each ABL protein contains an SH3-SH2-TK (Src homology 3-Src homology 2-tyrosine kinase) domain cassette, which confers autoregulated kinase activity and is common among nonreceptor tyrosine kinases. This cassette is coupled to an actin-binding and -bundling domain, which makes ABL proteins capable of connecting phosphoregulation with actin-filament reorganization. Two vertebrate paralogs, ABL1 and ABL2, have evolved to perform specialized functions. ABL1 includes nuclear localization signals and a DNA binding domain through which it mediates DNA damage-repair functions, whereas ABL2 has additional binding capacity for actin and for microtubules to enhance its cytoskeletal remodeling functions. Several types of posttranslational modifications control ABL catalytic activity, subcellular localization, and stability, with consequences for both cytoplasmic and nuclear ABL functions. Binding partners provide additional regulation of ABL catalytic activity, substrate specificity, and downstream signaling. Information on ABL regulatory mechanisms is being mined to provide new therapeutic strategies against hematopoietic malignancies caused by BCR-ABL1 and related leukemogenic proteins.
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- John Colicelli
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Perrotti D, Jamieson C, Goldman J, Skorski T. Chronic myeloid leukemia: mechanisms of blastic transformation. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:2254-64. [PMID: 20592475 DOI: 10.1172/jci41246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The BCR-ABL1 oncoprotein transforms pluripotent HSCs and initiates chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Patients with early phase (also known as chronic phase [CP]) disease usually respond to treatment with ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), although some patients who respond initially later become resistant. In most patients, TKIs reduce the leukemia cell load substantially, but the cells from which the leukemia cells are derived during CP (so-called leukemia stem cells [LSCs]) are intrinsically insensitive to TKIs and survive long term. LSCs or their progeny can acquire additional genetic and/or epigenetic changes that cause the leukemia to transform from CP to a more advanced phase, which has been subclassified as either accelerated phase or blastic phase disease. The latter responds poorly to treatment and is usually fatal. Here, we discuss what is known about the molecular mechanisms leading to blastic transformation of CML and propose some novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Danilo Perrotti
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 41230, USA.
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Motiwala T, Majumder S, Ghoshal K, Kutay H, Datta J, Roy S, Lucas DM, Jacob ST. PTPROt inactivates the oncogenic fusion protein BCR/ABL and suppresses transformation of K562 cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:455-464. [PMID: 18997174 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802840200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia is typified by constitutive activation of the c-abl kinase as a result of its fusion to the breakpoint cluster region (BCR). Because the truncated isoform of protein-tyrosine phosphatase receptor-type O (PTPROt) is specifically expressed in hematopoietic cells, we tested the possibility that it could potentially dephosphorylate and inactivate the fusion protein bcr/abl. Ectopic expression of PTPROt in the chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line K562 indeed resulted in hypophosphorylation of bcr/abl and reduced phosphorylation of its downstream targets CrkL and Stat5, confirming that PTPROt could inactivate the function of bcr/abl. Furthermore, the expression of catalytically active PTPROt in K562 cells caused reduced proliferation, delayed transition from G0/G1 to S phase, loss of anchorage independent growth, inhibition of ex vivo tumor growth, and increased their susceptibility to apoptosis, affirming that this tyrosine phosphatase can revert the transformation potential of bcr/abl. Additionally, the catalytically inactive PTPROt acted as a trapping mutant that was also able to inhibit anchorage independence and facilitate apoptosis of K562 cells. The inhibitory action of PTPROt on bcr/abl was also confirmed in a murine myeloid cell line overexpressing bcr/abl. PTPROt expression was suppressed in K562 cells and was relieved upon treatment of the cells with 5-azacytidine, an inhibitor of DNA methyltransferase, with concomitant hypomethylation of the PTPRO CpG island. These data demonstrate that suppression of PTPROt by promoter methylation could contribute to the augmented phosphorylation and constitutive activity of its substrate bcr/abl and provide a potentially significant molecular therapeutic target for bcr/abl-positive leukemia.
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- Tasneem Motiwala
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
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Perrotti D, Neviani P. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a drugable tumor suppressor in Ph1(+) leukemias. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2008; 27:159-68. [PMID: 18213449 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-008-9119-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Protein phosphatase-2A (PP2A) is one of the major cellular serine-threonine phosphatases and is involved in the regulation of cell homeostasis through the negative regulation of signaling pathways initiated by protein kinases. As several cancers are characterized by the aberrant activity of oncogenic kinases, it was not surprising that a phosphatase like PP2A has progressively been considered as a potential tumor suppressor. Indeed, multiple solid tumors (e.g. melanomas, colorectal carcinomas, lung and breast cancers) present with genetic and/or functional inactivation of different PP2A subunits and, therefore, loss of PP2A phosphatase activity towards certain substrates. Likewise, impaired PP2A phosphatase activity has been linked to B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia and blast crisis chronic myelogenous leukemia. Remarkably, drugs such as forskolin, 1,9-dideoxy-forskolin and FTY720 which lead to PP2A activation effectively antagonize leukemogenesis in both in vitro and in vivo models of these cancers. Thus, PP2A is now in the spotlight as a highly promising drugable target for the development of a new series of anticancer agents potentially capable of overcoming drug-resistance induced in patients by continuous exposure to kinase inhibitor monotherapy. Herein, we review current knowledge of PP2A biology and function with particular emphasis on its tumor suppressor activity and possible therapeutic implications in cancer.
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- Danilo Perrotti
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Amin HM, Hoshino K, Yang H, Lin Q, Lai R, Garcia-Manero G. Decreased expression level of SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 (Shp1) is associated with progression of chronic myeloid leukaemia. J Pathol 2007; 212:402-10. [PMID: 17503411 DOI: 10.1002/path.2178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is characterized by t(9;22)(q34;q11) and the aberrant expression of the fusion protein Bcr-Abl that leads to constitutive activation of c-Abl kinase. Bcr-Abl plays a major role in the development and progression of CML through chronic, accelerated, and blast phases. The interaction between Bcr-Abl and other oncogenic molecules has been extensively documented. Nonetheless, negative regulatory mechanisms of Bcr-Abl are not completely defined. One major inhibitory pathway is mediated via the SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase Shp1. In the present study, we demonstrate that Shp1 levels are markedly decreased in advanced stage CML patients compared with those in chronic phase. This process was independent of DNA methylation. Furthermore, we did not detect mutations in the Shp1 gene in CML cell lines or patient samples. These data suggest that the decrease in Shp1 in advanced stage CML patients is due to post-transcriptional modifications. Our findings suggest that the decrease in Shp1 expression levels plays a role in the progression of CML. Also, the decrease in Shp1 and subsequently its inhibitory effect on Bcr-Abl could provide an explanation for imatinib resistance seen in advanced stage CML patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- DNA Methylation
- DNA Mutational Analysis/methods
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Protein Phosphatase 1
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
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- H M Amin
- Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Perrotti D, Neviani P. ReSETting PP2A tumour suppressor activity in blast crisis and imatinib-resistant chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Br J Cancer 2006; 95:775-81. [PMID: 16953242 PMCID: PMC2360538 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The deregulated kinase activity of p210-BCR/ABL oncoproteins, hallmark of chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML), induces and sustains the leukaemic phenotype, and contributes to disease progression. Imatinib mesylate, a BCR/ABL kinase inhibitor, is effective in most of chronic phase CML patients. However, a significant percentage of CML patients develop resistance to imatinib and/or still progresses to blast crisis, a disease stage that is often refractory to imatinib therapy. Furthermore, there is compelling evidence indicating that the CML leukaemia stem cell is also resistant to imatinib. Thus, there is still a need for new drugs that, if combined with imatinib, will decrease the rate of relapse, fully overcome imatinib resistance and prevent blastic transformation of CML. We recently reported that the activity of the tumour suppressor protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is markedly inhibited in blast crisis CML patient cells and that molecular or pharmacologic re-activation of PP2A phosphatase led to growth suppression, enhanced apoptosis, impaired clonogenic potential and decreased in vivo leukaemogenesis of imatinib-sensitive and -resistant (T315I included) CML-BC patient cells and/or BCR/ABL+ myeloid progenitor cell lines. Thus, the combination of PP2A phosphatase-activating and BCR/ABL kinase-inhibiting drugs may represent a powerful therapeutic strategy for blast crisis CML patients.
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- D Perrotti
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, and The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Honorat JF, Ragab A, Lamant L, Delsol G, Ragab-Thomas J. SHP1 tyrosine phosphatase negatively regulates NPM-ALK tyrosine kinase signaling. Blood 2006; 107:4130-8. [PMID: 16469875 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-06-2421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is frequently associated with the 2;5 translocation and expresses the NPM-ALK fusion protein, which possesses a constitutive tyrosine kinase activity. We analyzed SHP1 tyrosine phosphatase expression and activity in 3 ALK-positive ALCL cell lines (Karpas 299, Cost, and SU-DHL1) and in lymph node biopsies (n = 40). We found an inverse correlation between the level of NPM-ALK phosphorylation and SHP1 phosphatase activity. Pull-down and coimmunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated a SHP1/NPM-ALK association. Furthermore, confocal microscopy performed on ALCL cell lines and biopsy specimens showed the colocalization of the 2 proteins in cytoplasmic bodies containing Y664-phosphorylated NPM-ALK. Dephosphorylation of NPM-ALK by SHP1 demonstrated that NPM-ALK was a SHP1 substrate. Downregulation of SHP1 expression by RNAi in Karpas cells led to hyperphosphorylation of NPM-ALK, STAT3 activation, and increase in cell proliferation. Furthermore, SHP1 overexpression in 3T3 fibroblasts stably expressing NPM-ALK led to the decrease of NPM-ALK phosphorylation, lower cell proliferation, and tumor progression in nude mice. These findings show that SHP1 is a negative regulator of NPM-ALK signaling. The use of tissue microarrays revealed that 50% of ALK-positive ALCLs were positive for SHP1. Our results suggest that SHP1 could be a critical enzyme in ALCL biology and a potential therapeutic target.
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- Jean-François Honorat
- Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse-Purpan, CHU-Purpan, Place du Docteur Baylac, 31059 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Neviani P, Santhanam R, Trotta R, Notari M, Blaser BW, Liu S, Mao H, Chang JS, Galietta A, Uttam A, Roy DC, Valtieri M, Bruner-Klisovic R, Caligiuri MA, Bloomfield CD, Marcucci G, Perrotti D. The tumor suppressor PP2A is functionally inactivated in blast crisis CML through the inhibitory activity of the BCR/ABL-regulated SET protein. Cancer Cell 2005; 8:355-68. [PMID: 16286244 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2005] [Revised: 10/04/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The oncogenic BCR/ABL kinase activity induces and maintains chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). We show here that, in BCR/ABL-transformed cells and CML blast crisis (CML-BC) progenitors, the phosphatase activity of the tumor suppressor PP2A is inhibited by the BCR/ABL-induced expression of the PP2A inhibitor SET. In imatinib-sensitive and -resistant (T315I included) BCR/ABL+ cell lines and CML-BC progenitors, molecular and/or pharmacological activation of PP2A promotes dephosphorylation of key regulators of cell proliferation and survival, suppresses BCR/ABL activity, and induces BCR/ABL degradation. Furthermore, PP2A activation results in growth suppression, enhanced apoptosis, restored differentiation, impaired clonogenic potential, and decreased in vivo leukemogenesis of imatinib-sensitive and -resistant BCR/ABL+ cells. Thus, functional inactivation of PP2A is essential for BCR/ABL leukemogenesis and, perhaps, required for blastic transformation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Benzamides
- Blast Crisis/metabolism
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/physiology
- Colforsin/pharmacology
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/physiology
- Histone Chaperones
- Humans
- Imatinib Mesylate
- In Vitro Techniques
- K562 Cells
- Leukemia/prevention & control
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/physiology
- Piperazines/pharmacology
- Protein Phosphatase 2
- Pyrimidines/pharmacology
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology
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- Paolo Neviani
- Human Cancer Genetics Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Miething C, Mugler C, Grundler R, Hoepfl J, Bai RY, Peschel C, Duyster J. Phosphorylation of tyrosine 393 in the kinase domain of Bcr-Abl influences the sensitivity towards imatinib in vivo. Leukemia 2003; 17:1695-9. [PMID: 12970766 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Bcr-Abl fusion protein arising through the t(9;22)(q34;q11) reciprocal translocation is the causative agent in chronic myeloid leukemia and a subset of acute lymphocytic leukemia. Imatinib mesylate is a specific inhibitor of the Bcr-Abl kinase and has shown promising results in clinical studies. The structural relation between the Bcr-Abl oncogene and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib has recently been elucidated by an elegant crystal structure analysis, emphasizing the importance of dephosphorylated tyrosine 393 (Tyr393) in Bcr-Abl for access of the inhibitor to the kinase domain. By mutating this tyrosine to phenylalanine and thereby mimicking a constitutively dephosphorylated state, we now show that Ba/F3 cells transformed by this mutant demonstrate an increased sensitivity towards imatinib in vivo. This effect is not due to an impaired kinase activity of Bcr-Abl Y393F, since a synthetic substrate is phosphorylated with similar kinetics. Treatment of Ba/F3 cells transfected with Bcr-Abl wild type with a phosphatase inhibitor diminished the effect of imatinib, but did not influence the growth of Ba/F3 cells transfected with Bcr-AblY393F. The results support the findings of the crystal structure and indicate that Tyr393 indeed plays a significant role for the sensitivity of Bcr-Abl towards imatinib in vivo. These data implicate the regulation of Tyr393 phosphorylation as a potential mechanism of imatinib resistance.
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- C Miething
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Ma XZ, Jin T, Sakac D, Fahim S, Zhang X, Katsman Y, Bali M, Branch DR. Abnormal splicing of SHP-1 protein tyrosine phosphatase in human T cells. Implications for lymphomagenesis. Exp Hematol 2003; 31:131-42. [PMID: 12591278 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(02)01025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE SHP-1 protein tyrosine phosphatase has been implicated in suppressing B-lymphocyte and myeloid cell malignancies; however, there are little data on this role of SHP-1 in T-lymphocyte malignancies. We examined malignant human T cells to identify any abnormalities of SHP-1 that would support a role for this molecule in suppressing T lymphomagenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human T-lymphocyte cell lines and primary blood cells were used to examine the expression of SHP-1 mRNA and protein. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify particular portions of the SHP-1 mRNA for cloning and sequencing. Gene transfer was used to examine the effects of SHP-1 on cell growth and morphology. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins were generated and used to determine SHP-1-associated proteins. RESULTS Leukemia- and lymphoma-derived cell lines were identified that did not express SHP-1 protein. Examination of the mRNA from these and other T-cell lines, and from normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), revealed three distinct transcripts by restriction enzymes, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, and Southern blot analysis. In addition to the expected wild-type transcript, two novel transcripts were identified. One was a deletion transcript found only in Jurkat leukemia-derived cells, predicted to encode for a 7-kDa protein containing most of the amino-terminal SH2 domain. The second contained an 88-nucleotide insert that is the unspliced second intron resulting in a frame shift and the formation of a noncoding transcript. This mRNA was found in all cells examined but was the only transcript detected in the cell lines lacking SHP-1 protein. Expressing wild-type SHP-1 in these cell lines resulted in a change in the morphology of the cells with a concomitant decrease in their growth. GST fusion constructs showed the 7-kDa variant able to associate with an identical array of proteins as wild-type SHP-1, suggesting that it could compete with the wild-type SHP-1 for substrates. This protein was detectable in the cell line expressing its corresponding mRNA and was able to induce significant changes in cell morphology when transfected into a cell line expressing wild-type SHP-1; however, it did not induce any changes in cell growth. CONCLUSIONS These data are the first to show the existence of multiple transcripts of SHP-1 in human transformed T lymphocytes and normal PBMCs and supports previous work showing that alternate forms of SHP-1 mRNA are a common finding in other cells. We also show the lack of splicing out of an intron as a novel mechanism of regulation of SHP-1 protein expression in both normal and transformed T cells. Moreover, we provide the first evidence showing a protein product detectable in cells that is translated from an alternatively spliced form of SHP-1 mRNA, a variant truncated SHP-1 protein having potential biologic relevance. This report provides evidence supporting the concept that SHP-1 can negatively regulate growth of malignant human T cells and that lack of SHP-1 protein or function may be associated with lymphomagenesis.
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- Xue-Zhong Ma
- Department of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, 67 College Street, Toronto M5G 2M1, Ontario, Canada
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Yoshida K, Kufe D. Negative regulation of the SHPTP1 protein tyrosine phosphatase by protein kinase C delta in response to DNA damage. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 60:1431-8. [PMID: 11723252 DOI: 10.1124/mol.60.6.1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The SHPTP1 protein tyrosine phosphatase is activated by the c-Abl and Lyn tyrosine kinases in the cellular response to genotoxic stress. However, signaling mechanisms involved in the negative regulation of SHPTP1 are unknown. This study demonstrates that protein kinase C delta (PKCdelta) associates with SHPTP1. The PKCdelta catalytic domain binds directly to SHPTP1. The results also demonstrate that PKCdelta is required, at least in part, for phosphorylation and inactivation of SHPTP1. The phosphatase activity of SHPTP1 was attenuated by coincubation with PKCdelta in vitro. In addition, treatment of U-937 human myeloid leukemia cells with 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) was associated with induction of the PKCdelta kinase function and inhibition of SHPTP1 activity. Down-regulation of SHPTP1 by ara-C was blocked by the PKCdelta inhibitor rottlerin but not by the PKCalpha and -beta inhibitor Gö6976. Moreover, transient coexpression studies with a dominant-negative mutant of PKCdelta demonstrate that the kinase activity of PKCdelta is required for the down-regulation of SHPTP1. These findings support the functional interaction between PKCdelta and SHPTP1 in the cellular response to DNA damage.
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- K Yoshida
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Bruecher-Encke B, Griffin JD, Neel BG, Lorenz U. Role of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in K562 cell differentiation. Leukemia 2001; 15:1424-32. [PMID: 11516103 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The erythro-megakaryoblastic leukemia cell line K562 undergoes erythroid or myeloid differentiation in response to treatment with various inducing agents. We observed that expression of the SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 was induced upon exposure of K562 cells to differentiating agents. Under the same conditions, expression of SHP-2, a close relative of SHP-1, and the more distantly related PTP-1 B remained unchanged. Induction of SHP-1 expression correlates with dephosphorylation of a specific and limited set of tyrosyl phosphoproteins, suggesting that dephosphorylation of these proteins may be important for the differentiation process. Importantly, expression of exogenous SHP-1 inhibits K562 proliferation and alters the adhesion properties of these cells, indicating a more differentiated phenotype. Moreover, SHP-1 is found in a complex with both p210 Bcr-Abl and p190 Bcr-Abl, suggesting that it may regulate Bcr-Abl or Bcr-Abl-associated phosphotyrosyl proteins. Our results indicate that induction of SHP-1 expression is important for K562 differentiation in response to various inducers and raise the possibility that functional inactivation of SHP-1 may play a role in progression to blast crisis in chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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- B Bruecher-Encke
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Multistep carcinogenesis is exemplified by chronic myeloid leukemia with clinical manifestation consisting of a chronic phase and blast crisis. Pathological generation of BCR-ABL (breakpoint cluster region-Abelson) results in growth promotion, differentiation, resistance to apoptosis, and defect in DNA repair in targeted blood cells. Domains in BCR and ABL sequences work in concert to elicit a variety of leukemogenic signals including Ras, STAT5 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-5), Myc, cyclin D1, P13 (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase), RIN1 (Ras interaction/interference), and activation of actin cytoskeleton. However, the mechanism of differentiation of transformed cells is poorly understood. A mutator phenotype of BCR-ABL could explain the transformation to blast crisis. The aim of this review is to integrate molecular and biological information on BCR, ABL, and BCR-ABL and to focus on how signaling from those molecules mirrors the biological phenotypes of chronic myeloid leukemia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blast Crisis/genetics
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Disease Progression
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/chemistry
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Genes, abl
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated Phase/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Biological
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/enzymology
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Oncogene Proteins/chemistry
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/physiology
- Phenotype
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl/chemistry
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr
- Rats
- Signal Transduction
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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- Y Maru
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Lim YM, Wong S, Lau G, Witte ON, Colicelli J. BCR/ABL inhibition by an escort/phosphatase fusion protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:12233-8. [PMID: 11027300 PMCID: PMC17324 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.210253497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cellular transformation by the BCR/ABL oncogene depends on the ABL-encoded tyrosine kinase activity. To block BCR/ABL function, we created a unique tyrosine phosphatase by fusing the catalytic domain of SHP1 (SHP1c) to the ABL binding domain (ABD) of RIN1, an established binding partner and substrate for c-ABL and BCR/ABL. This fusion construct (ABD/SHP1c) binds to BCR/ABL in cells and functions as an active phosphatase. ABD/SHP1c effectively suppressed BCR/ABL function as judged by reductions in transformation of fibroblast cells, growth factor independence of hematopoietic cell lines, and proliferation of primary bone marrow cells. In addition, the leukemogenic properties of BCR/ABL in a murine model system were blocked by coexpression of ABD/SHP1c. Both the "escort" function provided by ABD and the inhibitor function provided by the phosphatase of SHP1c were necessary for effective BCR/ABL interference. Expression of ABD/SHP1c also reversed the transformed phenotype of K562, a human leukemia-derived cell line. These results have direct implications for leukemia therapeutics and suggest an approach to block aberrant signal transduction in other pathologies through the use of appropriately designed escort/inhibitors.
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- Y M Lim
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Zou X, Calame K. Signaling pathways activated by oncogenic forms of Abl tyrosine kinase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:18141-4. [PMID: 10373409 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.26.18141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- X Zou
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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