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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate possible causes of the variable response to treatment in pediatric B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to establish potential novel therapeutic targets, we used ionizing radiation (IR) exposure as a model of DNA damage formation to identify tumors with resistance to p53-dependent apoptosis. Twenty-one of 40 ALL tumors responded normally to IR, exhibiting accumulation of p53 and p21 proteins and cleavage of caspases 3, 7, and 9 and of PARP1. Nineteen tumors exhibited apoptotic resistance and lacked PARP1 and caspase cleavage; although 15 of these tumors had normal accumulation of p53 and p21 proteins, examples exhibited abnormal expression of TRAF5, TRAF6, and cIAP1 after IR, suggesting increased NF-kappaB prosurvival signaling as the mechanism of apoptotic resistance. The presence of a hyperactive PARP1 mutation in one tumor was consistent with such increased NF-kappaB activity. PARP1 inhibition restored p53-dependent apoptosis after IR in these leukemias by reducing NF-kappaB DNA binding and transcriptional activity. In the remaining 4 ALL tumors, apoptotic resistance was associated with a TP53 mutation or with defective activation of p53. We conclude that increased NF-kappaB prosurvival signaling is a frequent mechanism by which B-precursor ALL tumors develop apoptotic resistance to IR and that PARP1 inhibition may improve the DNA damage response of these leukemias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1465-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Radiation, Ionizing, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15142883-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptotic resistance to ionizing radiation in pediatric B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia frequently involves increased NF-kappaB survival pathway signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, Birmingham University, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom. victoriaw@cancer.bham.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't