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Ruxolitinib/nilotinib cotreatment inhibits leukemia-propagating cells in Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL

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Title
Ruxolitinib/nilotinib cotreatment inhibits leukemia-propagating cells in Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL
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Journal of Translational Medicine, August 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12967-017-1286-5
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Yuan Kong, Yi-Lin Wu, Yang Song, Min-Min Shi, Xie-Na Cao, Hong-Yan Zhao, Ya-Zhen Qin, Yue-Yun Lai, Hao Jiang, Qian Jiang, Xiao-Jun Huang

Abstract

As one of the major treatment obstacles in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph(+)ALL), relapse of Ph(+)ALL may result from the persistence of leukemia-propagating cells (LPCs). Research using a xenograft mouse assay recently determined that LPCs were enriched in the CD34(+)CD38(-)CD58(-) fraction in human Ph(+)ALL. Additionally, a cohort study demonstrated that Ph(+)ALL patients with a LPCs phenotype at diagnosis exhibited a significantly higher cumulative incidence of relapse than those with the other cell phenotypes even with uniform front-line imatinib-based therapy pre- and post-allotransplant, thus highlighting the need for novel LPCs-based therapeutic strategies. RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were performed to analyze the gene expression profiles of the sorted LPCs and other cell fractions from patients with de novo Ph(+)ALL. In order to assess the effects of the selective BCR-ABL and/or Janus kinase (JAK)2 inhibition therapy by the treatment with single agents or a combination of ruxolitinib and imatinib or nilotinib on Ph(+)ALL LPCs, drug-induced apoptosis of LPCs was investigated in vitro, as well as in vivo using sublethally irradiated and anti-CD122-conditioned NOD/SCID xenograft mouse assay. Moreover, western blot analyses were performed on the bone marrow cells harvested from the different groups of recipient mice. RNA-Seq and qRT-PCR demonstrated that JAK2 was more highly expressed in the sorted LPCs than in the other cell fractions in de novo Ph(+)ALL patients. Combination treatment with a selective JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor (ruxolitinib) and nilotinib more effectively eliminated LPCs than either therapy alone or both in vitro and in humanized Ph(+)ALL mice by reducing phospho-CrKL and phospho-JAK2 activities at the molecular level. In summary, this pre-clinical study provides a scientific rationale for simultaneously targeting BCR-ABL and JAK2 activities as a promising anti-LPCs therapeutic approach for patients with de novo Ph(+)ALL.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 28 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 21%
Researcher 5 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 11%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 5 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 7%
Psychology 2 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 32%
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