TY - JOUR
T1 - Cotreatment with the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) enhances imatinib-induced apoptosis of Bcr-Abl-positive human acute leukemia cells
AU - Nimmanapalli, Ramadevi
AU - Fuino, Lianne
AU - Stobaugh, Corinne
AU - Richon, Victoria
AU - Bhalla, Kapil
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003/4/15
Y1 - 2003/4/15
N2 - Here we demonstrate that treatment with SAHA (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid), a known inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs), alone induced p21 and/or p27 expressions but decreased the mRNA and protein levels of Bcr-Abl, which was associated with apoptosis of Bcr-Abl-expressing K562 and LAMA-84 cells. Cotreatment with SAHA and imatinib (Gleevec) caused more down-regulation of the levels and auto-tyrosine phosphorylation of Bcr-Abl and apoptosis of these cell types, as compared with treatment with either agent alone (P < .05). This finding was also associated with a greater decline in the levels of phospho-AKT and Bcl-xL. Significantly, treatment with SAHA also down-regulated Bcr-Abl levels and induced apoptosis of CD34+ leukemia blast progenitor cells derived from patients who had developed progressive blast crisis (BC) of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) while receiving therapy with imatinib. Taken together, these findings indicate that cotreatment with SAHA enhances the cytotoxic effects of imatinib and may have activity against imatinib-refractory CML-BC.
AB - Here we demonstrate that treatment with SAHA (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid), a known inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs), alone induced p21 and/or p27 expressions but decreased the mRNA and protein levels of Bcr-Abl, which was associated with apoptosis of Bcr-Abl-expressing K562 and LAMA-84 cells. Cotreatment with SAHA and imatinib (Gleevec) caused more down-regulation of the levels and auto-tyrosine phosphorylation of Bcr-Abl and apoptosis of these cell types, as compared with treatment with either agent alone (P < .05). This finding was also associated with a greater decline in the levels of phospho-AKT and Bcl-xL. Significantly, treatment with SAHA also down-regulated Bcr-Abl levels and induced apoptosis of CD34+ leukemia blast progenitor cells derived from patients who had developed progressive blast crisis (BC) of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) while receiving therapy with imatinib. Taken together, these findings indicate that cotreatment with SAHA enhances the cytotoxic effects of imatinib and may have activity against imatinib-refractory CML-BC.
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U2 - 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2675
DO - 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2675
M3 - Article
C2 - 12446442
AN - SCOPUS:0038620379
SN - 0006-4971
VL - 101
SP - 3236
EP - 3239
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
IS - 8
ER -