Silencing AML1-ETO gene expression leads to simultaneous activation of both pro-apoptotic and proliferation signaling.
Leukemia
; 28(11): 2222-8, 2014 Nov.
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The t(8;21)(q22;q22) rearrangement represents the most common chromosomal translocation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It results in a transcript encoding for the fusion protein AML1-ETO (AE) with transcription factor activity. AE is considered to be an attractive target for treating t(8;21) leukemia. However, AE expression alone is insufficient to cause transformation, and thus the potential of such therapy remains unclear. Several genes are deregulated in AML cells, including KIT that encodes a tyrosine kinase receptor. Here, we show that AML cells transduced with short hairpin RNA vector targeting AE mRNAs have a dramatic decrease in growth rate that is caused by induction of apoptosis and deregulation of the cell cycle. A reduction in KIT mRNA levels was also observed in AE-silenced cells, but silencing KIT expression reduced cell growth but did not induce apoptosis. Transcription profiling of cells that escape cell death revealed activation of a number of signaling pathways involved in cell survival and proliferation. In particular, we find that the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2; also known as mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1)) protein could mediate activation of 23 out of 29 (79%) of these upregulated pathways and thus may be regarded as the key player in establishing the t(8;21)-positive leukemic cells resistant to AE suppression.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Leucemia Mieloide Aguda
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Transducción de Señal
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Regulación Leucémica de la Expresión Génica
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Proteínas de Fusión Oncogénica
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Apoptosis
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-kit
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Subunidad alfa 2 del Factor de Unión al Sitio Principal
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Leukemia
Asunto de la revista:
HEMATOLOGIA
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NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Rusia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido