RRC ID 34922
著者 Kawashima-Goto S, Imamura T, Tomoyasu C, Yano M, Yoshida H, Fujiki A, Tamura S, Osone S, Ishida H, Morimoto A, Kuroda H, Hosoi H.
タイトル BCL2 Inhibitor (ABT-737): A Restorer of Prednisolone Sensitivity in Early T-Cell Precursor-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with High MEF2C Expression?
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract Early T-cell precursor-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ETP-ALL) has been identified as a high-risk subtype of pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Conventional chemotherapy is not fully effective for this subtype of leukemia; therefore, potential therapeutic targets need to be explored. Analysis of the gene expression patterns of the transcription factors in pediatric T-ALL revealed that MEF2C and FLT3 were expressed at higher levels in ETP-ALL than typical T-ALL. Using human T-ALL and BaF3 cell lines with high expression levels of MEF2C, the present study tested whether the BCL2 inhibitor (ABT-737) restores the sensitivity to prednisolone (PSL), because MEF2C causes PSL resistance, possibly by augmenting the anti-apoptotic activity of BCL2. Treatment with PSL and ABT-737 caused a significant reduction in the IC50 of PSL in the MEF2C-expressing LOUCY cells, in addition to the MEF2C-transduced BaF3 cells, but not in the non-MEF2C-expressing Jurkat cells. The combination treatment significantly accelerated the killing of primary leukemic blast cells of ETP-ALL with high expression levels of MEF2C, which were co-cultured with murine stromal cells. These findings suggest that BCL2 inhibitors may be a therapeutic candidate in vivo for patients with ETP-ALL with high expression levels of MEF2C.
巻・号 10(7)
ページ e0132926
公開日 2015-1-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0132926
PII PONE-D-15-04635
PMID 26172269
PMC PMC4501565
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / drug effects Apoptosis / genetics Biphenyl Compounds / pharmacology* Cell Line, Tumor Coculture Techniques Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / drug effects Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic / genetics Humans Jurkat Cells MEF2 Transcription Factors / genetics Mice Nitrophenols / pharmacology* Piperazines / pharmacology Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy* Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics* Prednisolone / pharmacology* Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / antagonists & inhibitors* Sulfonamides / pharmacology* fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / genetics
IF 2.74
引用数 13
WOS 分野 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
リソース情報
遺伝子材料 pMSCVneo-MEF2C (RDB13695)