Inhibition of histone deacetylases 1 and 6 enhances cytarabine-induced apoptosis in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia cells

BACKGROUND: Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains a challenging disease to treat even with intensified cytarabine-based chemotherapy. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) have been reported to be promising therapeutic targets for treating AML. However, HDAC family members that are involved in chemotherapy sensitivities remain unknown. In this study, we sought to identify members of the HDAC family that are involved in cytarabine sensitivities, and to select the optimal HDACI that is most efficacious when combined with cytarabine for treating children with AML.

METHODOLOGY: Expression profiles of classes I, II, and IV HDACs in 4 pediatric AML cell lines were determined by Western blotting. Inhibition of class I HDACs by different HDACIs was measured post immnunoprecipitation. Individual down-regulation of HDACs in pediatric AML cells was performed with lentiviral shRNA. The effects of cytarabine and HDACIs on apoptosis were determined by flow cytometry analysis.

RESULTS: Treatments with structurally diverse HDACIs and HDAC shRNA knockdown experiments revealed that down-regulation of both HDACs 1 and 6 is critical in enhancing cytarabine-induced apoptosis in pediatric AML, at least partly mediated by Bim. However, down-regulation of HDAC2 may negatively impact cytarabine sensitivities in the disease. At clinically achievable concentrations, HDACIs that simultaneously inhibited both HDACs 1 and 6 showed the best anti-leukemic activities and significantly enhanced cytarabine-induced apoptosis.

CONCLUSION: Our results further confirm that HDACs are bona fide therapeutic targets for treating pediatric AML and suggest that pan-HDACIs may be more beneficial than isoform-specific drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 6(2011), 2 vom: 16. Feb., Seite e17138

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Xuelian [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Chengzhi [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Holly [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Buck, Steven A [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Yubin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

04079A1RDZ
Cytarabine
EC 3.5.1.98
Evaluation Study
HDAC1 protein, human
HDAC6 protein, human
Histone Deacetylase 1
Histone Deacetylase 6
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Histone Deacetylases
Journal Article
RNA, Small Interfering
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 01.09.2011

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0017138

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM206221258