PETER, Barbara, Gregor EISENWORT, Irina SADOVNIK, Karin BAUER, Michael WILLMANN, Thomas RUELICKE, Daniela BERGER, Gabriele STEFANZL, Georg GREINER, Gregor HOERMANN, Alexandra KELLER, Dominik WOLF, Martin ČULEN, Georg E WINTER, Thomas HOFFMANN, Ana-Iris SCHIEFER, Wolfgang R SPERR, Johannes ZUBER, Jiří MAYER and Peter VALENT. BRD4 degradation blocks expression of MYC and multiple forms of stem cell resistance in Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia. American Journal of Hematology. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2022, vol. 97, No 9, p. 1215-1225. ISSN 0361-8609. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajh.26650.
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Original name BRD4 degradation blocks expression of MYC and multiple forms of stem cell resistance in Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia
Authors PETER, Barbara, Gregor EISENWORT, Irina SADOVNIK, Karin BAUER, Michael WILLMANN, Thomas RUELICKE, Daniela BERGER, Gabriele STEFANZL, Georg GREINER, Gregor HOERMANN, Alexandra KELLER, Dominik WOLF, Martin ČULEN (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Georg E WINTER, Thomas HOFFMANN, Ana-Iris SCHIEFER, Wolfgang R SPERR, Johannes ZUBER, Jiří MAYER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Peter VALENT (guarantor).
Edition American Journal of Hematology, Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, 2022, 0361-8609.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30205 Hematology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 12.800
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14110/22:00127384
Organization unit Faculty of Medicine
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajh.26650
UT WoS 000826289800001
Keywords in English chronic myeloid leukemia; stem cell resistance; BRD4 degradation blocks expression; MYC
Tags 14110212, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
In most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) clonal cells can be kept under control by BCR::ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). However, overt resistance or intolerance against these TKI may occur. We identified the epigenetic reader BRD4 and its downstream-effector MYC as growth regulators and therapeutic targets in CML cells. BRD4 and MYC were found to be expressed in primary CML cells, CD34(+)/CD38(-) leukemic stem cells (LSC), and in the CML cell lines KU812, K562, KCL22, and KCL22(T315I). The BRD4-targeting drug JQ1 was found to suppress proliferation in KU812 cells and primary leukemic cells in the majority of patients with chronic phase CML. In the blast phase of CML, JQ1 was less effective. However, the BRD4 degrader dBET6 was found to block proliferation and/or survival of primary CML cells in all patients tested, including blast phase CML and CML cells exhibiting the T315I variant of BCR::ABL1. Moreover, dBET6 was found to block MYC expression and to synergize with BCR::ABL1 TKI in inhibiting the proliferation in the JQ1-resistant cell line K562. Furthermore, BRD4 degradation was found to overcome osteoblast-induced TKI resistance of CML LSC in a co-culture system and to block interferon-gamma-induced upregulation of the checkpoint antigen PD-L1 in LSC. Finally, dBET6 was found to suppress the in vitro survival of CML LSC and their engraftment in NSG mice. Together, targeting of BRD4 and MYC through BET degradation sensitizes CML cells against BCR::ABL1 TKI and is a potent approach to overcome multiple forms of drug resistance in CML LSC.
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