Putting the STING back into BH3-mimetic drugs for TP53-mutant blood cancers.
Cancer Cell
; 42(5): 850-868.e9, 2024 May 13.
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ABSTRACT
TP53-mutant blood cancers remain a clinical challenge. BH3-mimetic drugs inhibit BCL-2 pro-survival proteins, inducing cancer cell apoptosis. Despite acting downstream of p53, functional p53 is required for maximal cancer cell killing by BH3-mimetics through an unknown mechanism. Here, we report p53 is activated following BH3-mimetic induced mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, leading to BH3-only protein induction and thereby potentiating the pro-apoptotic signal. TP53-deficient lymphomas lack this feedforward loop, providing opportunities for survival and disease relapse after BH3-mimetic treatment. The therapeutic barrier imposed by defects in TP53 can be overcome by direct activation of the cGAS/STING pathway, which promotes apoptosis of blood cancer cells through p53-independent BH3-only protein upregulation. Combining clinically relevant STING agonists with BH3-mimetic drugs efficiently kills TRP53/TP53-mutant mouse B lymphoma, human NK/T lymphoma, and acute myeloid leukemia cells. This represents a promising therapy regime that can be fast-tracked to tackle TP53-mutant blood cancers in the clinic.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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Apoptosis
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Proteínas de la Membrana
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Cancer Cell
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2024
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos