PIM kinases are essential for chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell survival (PIM2/3) and CXCR4-mediated microenvironmental interactions (PIM1)

Overexpression of the CXCR4 receptor is a hallmark of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and is important for CLL cell survival, migration, and interaction with their protective microenvironment. In acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), PIM1 was shown to regulate the surface expression of the CXCR4 receptor. Here, we show that PIM (proviral integration site for Moloney murine leukemia virus) kinases 1-3 are overexpressed and that the CXCR4 receptor is hyperphosphorylated on Ser339 in CLL compared with normal lymphocytes. Furthermore, CXCR4 phosphorylation correlates with PIM1 protein expression and PIM1 transcript levels in CLL. PIM kinase inhibition with three different PIM kinase inhibitors induced apoptosis in CLL cells independent of the presence of protective stromal cells. In addition, PIM inhibition caused dephosphorylation of the CXCR4 receptor on Ser339, resulting in enhanced ligand-dependent CXCR4 internalization and reduced re-externalization after withdrawal of CXCL12. Furthermore, PIM inhibition in CLL cells blocked CXCR4 functions, such as migration toward CXCL12- or CXCL12-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation. In concordance, pretreatment of CLL cells with PIM kinase inhibitors strongly reduced homing of CLL cells toward the bone marrow and the spleen of Rag2(-/-)γc(-/-) mice in vivo. Interestingly, the knockdown of PIM kinases in CLL cells demonstrated diverging functions, with PIM1 regulating CXCR4 surface expression and PIM2 and PIM3 as important for the survival of CLL cells. Our results show that PIM kinase inhibitors are an effective therapeutic option for CLL, not only by impairing PIM2/3-mediated CLL cell survival, but also by blocking the PIM1/CXCR4-mediated interaction of CLL cells with their protective microenvironment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Molecular cancer therapeutics - 13(2014), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 1231-45

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Decker, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Finter, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Forde, Aaron James [VerfasserIn]
Kissel, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Schwaller, Juerg [VerfasserIn]
Mack, Thomas Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, Anabel [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Nathanael [VerfasserIn]
Follo, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Jumaa, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Burger, Meike [VerfasserIn]
Zirlik, Katja [VerfasserIn]
Pfeifer, Dietmar [VerfasserIn]
Miduturu, Chandrasekhar V [VerfasserIn]
Eibel, Hermann [VerfasserIn]
Veelken, Hendrik [VerfasserIn]
Dierks, Christine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA-Binding Proteins
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 2.7.11.24
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
Journal Article
Nuclear Proteins
PIM2 protein, human
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1
Proto-oncogene proteins pim
RAG2 protein, human
RNA, Small Interfering
Receptors, CXCR4
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.01.2015

Date Revised 03.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-13-0575-T

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM236672371