Hyperthermia promotes degradation of the acute promyelocytic leukemia driver oncoprotein ZBTB16/RARα

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The acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) driver ZBTB16/RARα is generated by the t(11;17) (q23;q21) chromosomal translocation, which is resistant to combined treatment of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) or conventional chemotherapy, resulting in extremely low survival rates. In the current study, we investigated the effects of hyperthermia on the oncogenic fusion ZBTB16/RARα protein to explore a potential therapeutic approach for this variant APL. We showed that Z/R fusion protein expressed in HeLa cells was resistant to ATO, ATRA, and conventional chemotherapeutic agents. However, mild hyperthermia (42 °C) rapidly destabilized the ZBTB16/RARα fusion protein expressed in HeLa, 293T, and OCI-AML3 cells, followed by robust ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. In contrast, hyperthermia did not affect the normal (i.e., unfused) ZBTB16 and RARα proteins, suggesting a specific thermal sensitivity of the ZBTB16/RARα fusion protein. Importantly, we found that the destabilization of ZBTB16/RARα was the initial step for oncogenic fusion protein degradation by hyperthermia, which could be blocked by deletion of nuclear receptor corepressor (NCoR) binding sites or knockdown of NCoRs. Furthermore, SIAH2 was identified as the E3 ligase participating in hyperthermia-induced ubiquitination of ZBTB16/RARα. In short, these results demonstrate that hyperthermia could effectively destabilize and subsequently degrade the ZBTB16/RARα fusion protein in an NCoR-dependent manner, suggesting a thermal-based therapeutic strategy that may improve the outcome in refractory ZBTB16/RARα-driven APL patients in the clinic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 44(2023), 4 vom: 18. Apr., Seite 822-831

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Qian-Qian [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Liaqat [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Pei-Han [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Chen-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ya-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Si-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Yuan-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Wen-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Maimaitiyiming, Yasen [VerfasserIn]
Naranmandura, Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

147855-37-6
5688UTC01R
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
Antineoplastic Agents
Arsenic Trioxide
Arsenicals
Hyperthermia
Journal Article
Nuclear receptor corepressors
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein
Proteolysis
S7V92P67HO
Tretinoin
ZBTB16/RARα fusion protein
ZBTB16 protein, human

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.04.2023

Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41401-022-01001-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347321275