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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies have demonstrated that cotreatment with mitogen activated-protein kinase kinase (MEK) 1/2 inhibitors (e.g., PD184352) and the checkpoint abrogator 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) dramatically induces apoptosis in a variety of human leukemia and multiple myeloma cell types. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the roles of Bcl-2 family members and the relative contribution of the intrinsic mitochondrial versus the extrinsic receptor-related apoptotic pathways to MEK inhibitors/UCN-01-induced leukemic cell death. Cotreatment of U937 cells with PD184352 and UCN-01 resulted in the activation of procaspase-3, -9, and -8 as well as Bid cleavage. PD184352/UCN-01-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis were both substantially attenuated in cells ectopically expressing Bcl-2, an N-terminal phosphorylation loop-deleted mutant Bcl-2, or Bcl-xL, but not in cells expressing dominant-negative (DN) caspase-8, cytokine response modifier A (cowpox virus-encoded antiapoptotic protein), or DN Fas-associated death domain. Coadministration of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) or TNF-alpha substantially increased MEK inhibitors (e.g., PD184352 or U0126)/UCN-01-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, activation of procaspase-8 and Bid, and apoptosis in Bcl-2- and Bcl-xL-overexpressing cells but not in those in which the extrinsic pathway was interrupted. Together, these findings suggest that the MEK inhibitors/UCN-01 regimen primarily induces leukemic cell apoptosis by engaging the intrinsic, mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and that resistance to these events conferred by increased expression of certain antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members can be overcome, at least in part, by coadministration of TRAIL and other agents that activate the extrinsic apoptotic cascade.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/7-hydroxystaurosporine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BCL2L1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Staurosporine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNFSF10 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-X Protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0026-895X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1402-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Mitochondrial Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Staurosporine, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-U937 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14645670-bcl-X Protein
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) promotes mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis induced by 7-hydroxystaurosporine and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitors in human leukemia cells that ectopically express Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, MCV Station Box 230, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. stgrant@hsc.vcu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't