SAMHD1 is a biomarker for cytarabine response and a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia

The nucleoside analog cytarabine (Ara-C) is an essential component of primary and salvage chemotherapy regimens for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). After cellular uptake, Ara-C is converted into its therapeutically active triphosphate metabolite, Ara-CTP, which exerts antileukemic effects, primarily by inhibiting DNA synthesis in proliferating cells. Currently, a substantial fraction of patients with AML fail to respond effectively to Ara-C therapy, and reliable biomarkers for predicting the therapeutic response to Ara-C are lacking. SAMHD1 is a deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) triphosphohydrolase that cleaves physiological dNTPs into deoxyribonucleosides and inorganic triphosphate. Although it has been postulated that SAMHD1 sensitizes cancer cells to nucleoside-analog derivatives through the depletion of competing dNTPs, we show here that SAMHD1 reduces Ara-C cytotoxicity in AML cells. Mechanistically, dGTP-activated SAMHD1 hydrolyzes Ara-CTP, which results in a drastic reduction of Ara-CTP in leukemic cells. Loss of SAMHD1 activity-through genetic depletion, mutational inactivation of its triphosphohydrolase activity or proteasomal degradation using specialized, virus-like particles-potentiates the cytotoxicity of Ara-C in AML cells. In mouse models of retroviral AML transplantation, as well as in retrospective analyses of adult patients with AML, the response to Ara-C-containing therapy was inversely correlated with SAMHD1 expression. These results identify SAMHD1 as a potential biomarker for the stratification of patients with AML who might best respond to Ara-C-based therapy and as a target for treating Ara-C-refractory AML.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Nat Med. 2017 Jun 6;23 (6):788. - PMID 28586337

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Nature medicine - 23(2017), 2 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 250-255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schneider, Constanze [VerfasserIn]
Oellerich, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Baldauf, Hanna-Mari [VerfasserIn]
Schwarz, Sarah-Marie [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Flick, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Bohnenberger, Hanibal [VerfasserIn]
Kaderali, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Stegmann, Lena [VerfasserIn]
Cremer, Anjali [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Margarethe [VerfasserIn]
Lohmeyer, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Michaelis, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Hornung, Veit [VerfasserIn]
Schliemann, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Berdel, Wolfgang E [VerfasserIn]
Hartmann, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Wardelmann, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Comoglio, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Hansmann, Martin-Leo [VerfasserIn]
Yakunin, Alexander F [VerfasserIn]
Geisslinger, Gerd [VerfasserIn]
Ströbel, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Ferreirós, Nerea [VerfasserIn]
Serve, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Keppler, Oliver T [VerfasserIn]
Cinatl, Jindrich [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

04079A1RDZ
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Cytarabine
Daunorubicin
EC 3.1.5.-
EC 3.6.5.2
Journal Article
Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins
SAM Domain and HD Domain-Containing Protein 1
SAMHD1 protein, human
Samhd1 protein, mouse
ZS7284E0ZP

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Date Completed 14.08.2017

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Nat Med. 2017 Jun 6;23 (6):788. - PMID 28586337

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/nm.4255

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NLM26726416X