Wachholz, Vanessa and Mustafa, Al-Hassan M. and Zeyn, Yanira and Henninger, Sven J. and Beyer, Mandy and Dzulko, Melanie and Piee-Staffa, Andrea and Brachetti, Christina and Haehnel, Patricia S. and Sellmer, Andreas and Mahboobi, Siavosh and Kindler, Thomas and Brenner, Walburgis and Nikolova, Teodora and Kramer, Oliver H. (2022) Inhibitors of class I HDACs and of FLT3 combine synergistically against leukemia cells with mutant FLT3. ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY, 96 (1). pp. 177-193. ISSN 0340-5761, 1432-0738
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with mutations in the FMS-like tyrosine kinase (FLT3) is a clinically unresolved problem. AML cells frequently have a dysregulated expression and activity of epigenetic modulators of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) family. Therefore, we tested whether a combined inhibition of mutant FLT3 and class I HDACs is effective against AML cells. Low nanomolar doses of the FLT3 inhibitor (FLT3i) AC220 and an inhibition of class I HDACs with nanomolar concentrations of FK228 or micromolar doses of the HDAC3 specific agent RGFP966 synergistically induce apoptosis of AML cells that carry hyperactive FLT3 with an internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD). This does not occur in leukemic cells with wild-type FLT3 and without FLT3, suggesting a preferential toxicity of this combination against cells with mutant FLT3. Moreover, nanomolar doses of the new FLT3i marbotinib combine favorably with FK228 against leukemic cells with FLT3-ITD. The combinatorial treatments potentiated their suppressive effects on the tyrosine phosphorylation and stability of FLT3-ITD and its downstream signaling to the kinases ERK1/ERK2 and the inducible transcription factor STAT5. The beneficial pro-apoptotic effects of FLT3i and HDACi against leukemic cells with mutant FLT3 are associated with dose- and drug-dependent alterations of cell cycle distribution and DNA damage. This is linked to a modulation of the tumor-suppressive transcription factor p53 and its target cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21. While HDACi induce p21, AC220 suppresses the expression of p53 and p21. Furthermore, we show that both FLT3-ITD and class I HDAC activity promote the expression of the checkpoint kinases CHK1 and WEE1, thymidylate synthase, and the DNA repair protein RAD51 in leukemic cells. A genetic depletion of HDAC3 attenuates the expression of such proteins. Thus, class I HDACs and hyperactive FLT3 appear to be valid targets in AML cells with mutant FLT3.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA; ANTILEUKEMIC INTERACTIONS; RESISTANCE; CHK1; APOPTOSIS; TARGET; REPAIR; CYCLE; DIFFERENTIATION; AML; Drug interaction; FLT3-ITD; HDAC; HDACi; TKi |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 615 Pharmacy |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institute of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry I (Prof. Elz) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2022 15:36 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2022 15:36 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/47563 |
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