Abstract Despite the relevant therapeutic progresses made in these last 2 decades, the prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains poor. Phorbol esters are used at very low concentrations as differentiating agents in the therapy of myeloid leukemias. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), in turn, is a death ligand that spares normal cells and is therefore currently under clinical trials for cancer therapy. Emerging evidence, however, suggests that TRAIL is also involved in nonapoptotic functions, like cell differentiation. PKCepsilon is differentially modulated along normal hematopoiesis, and its levels modulate the response of hematopoietic precursors to TRAIL. Here, we investigated the effects of the combination of phorbol esters (phorbol ester 4-beta-phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate [PDBu]) and TRAIL in the survival/differentiation of AML cells. We demonstrate here that PDBu sensitizes primary AML cells to both the apoptogenic and the differentiative effects of TRAIL via PKCepsilon down-modulation, without affecting TRAIL receptor surface expression. We believe that the use of TRAIL in combination with phorbol esters (or possibly more specific PKCepsilon down-modulators) might represent a significative improvement of our therapeutic arsenal against AML.

Phorbol ester-induced PKC{epsilon} down-modulation sensitizes AML cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis and cell differentiation / Gobbi, Giuliana; Mirandola, Prisco; Carubbi, Cecilia; Micheloni, Cristina; Malinverno, C.; Lunghi, P.; Bonati, Antonio; Vitale, Marco. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 113(13):(2009), pp. 3080-3087. [10.1182/blood-2008-03-143784]

Phorbol ester-induced PKC{epsilon} down-modulation sensitizes AML cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis and cell differentiation.

GOBBI, Giuliana;MIRANDOLA, Prisco;CARUBBI, Cecilia;MICHELONI, Cristina;LUNGHI P.;BONATI, Antonio;VITALE, Marco
2009-01-01

Abstract

Abstract Despite the relevant therapeutic progresses made in these last 2 decades, the prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains poor. Phorbol esters are used at very low concentrations as differentiating agents in the therapy of myeloid leukemias. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), in turn, is a death ligand that spares normal cells and is therefore currently under clinical trials for cancer therapy. Emerging evidence, however, suggests that TRAIL is also involved in nonapoptotic functions, like cell differentiation. PKCepsilon is differentially modulated along normal hematopoiesis, and its levels modulate the response of hematopoietic precursors to TRAIL. Here, we investigated the effects of the combination of phorbol esters (phorbol ester 4-beta-phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate [PDBu]) and TRAIL in the survival/differentiation of AML cells. We demonstrate here that PDBu sensitizes primary AML cells to both the apoptogenic and the differentiative effects of TRAIL via PKCepsilon down-modulation, without affecting TRAIL receptor surface expression. We believe that the use of TRAIL in combination with phorbol esters (or possibly more specific PKCepsilon down-modulators) might represent a significative improvement of our therapeutic arsenal against AML.
2009
Phorbol ester-induced PKC{epsilon} down-modulation sensitizes AML cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis and cell differentiation / Gobbi, Giuliana; Mirandola, Prisco; Carubbi, Cecilia; Micheloni, Cristina; Malinverno, C.; Lunghi, P.; Bonati, Antonio; Vitale, Marco. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 113(13):(2009), pp. 3080-3087. [10.1182/blood-2008-03-143784]
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