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 cells1. 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 lacking2, 3. SAMHD1 is a deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) triphosphohydrolase that cleaves physiological dNTPs into deoxyribonucleosides and inorganic triphosphate4, 5. Although it has been postulated that SAMHD1 sensitizes cancer cells to nucleoside-analog derivatives through the depletion of competing dNTPs6, 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 particles7, 8--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..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

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2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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Nature medicine - 23(2016), 2, Seite 250-255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

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

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Chemotherapy
Cytotoxicity
Leukemia
Medical prognosis

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10.1038/nm.4255

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OLC1991413378