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  • Chen, Bing  (2)
  • Natural Sciences  (2)
  • 1
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 99, No. 11 ( 2002-05-28), p. 7640-7645
    Abstract: The physiologic actions of retinoic acids (RAs) are mediated through RA receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). The RAR α gene has drawn particular attention because it is the common target in all chromosomal translocations in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a unique model in cancer research that responds to the effect of RA. In the great majority of patients with APL, RAR α is fused to the PML gene as a result of the t(15;17) translocation. Three distinct types of PML-RAR α transcripts, long (L), short (S), and variant (V), were identified. The V-type is characterized by truncation of exon 6 of PML and in some cases by the insertion of a variable “spacer” sequence between the truncated PML and RAR α mRNA fusion partners, although the precise mechanisms underlying formation of the V-type transcript remain unclear. To get further insights into the molecular basis of the t(15;17), we sequenced the entire genomic DNA region of RAR α. Of note, all previously reported “spacer” sequences in V-type transcripts were found in intron 2 of the RAR α gene and most of these sequences were flanked by gt splice donor sites. In most cases, these “cryptic” coding sequences maintained the ORF of the chimeric transcript. Interestingly, two cases with a relatively long spacer sequence showed APL cellular and clinical resistance to RA treatment. In these cases, the aberrant V-type PML-RAR α protein displayed increased affinity to the nuclear corepressor protein SMRT, providing further evidence that RA exerts the therapeutic effect on APL through modulation of the RAR–corepressor interaction. Finally, among patients with the L- or S-type PML-RARα fusion transcript, some consensus motifs were identified at the hotspots of the chromosome 17q breakpoints within intron 2 of RAR α, strengthening the importance of this intron in the molecular pathogenesis of APL.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
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    Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publication Date: 2002
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    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 102, No. 4 ( 2005-01-25), p. 1104-1109
    Abstract: To explore the genetic abnormalities that cooperate with AML1-ETO ( AE ) fusion gene to cause acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(8;21), we screened a number of candidate genes and identified 11 types of mutations in C-KIT gene ( mC-KIT ), including 6 previously undescribed ones among 26 of 54 (48.1%) cases with t(8;21). To address a possible chronological order between AE and mC-KIT, we showed that, among patients with AE and mC-KIT , most leukemic cells at disease presentation harbored both genetic alteration, whereas in three such cases investigated during complete remission, only AE , but not mC-KIT , could be detected by allele-specific PCR. Therefore, mC-KIT should be a subsequent event on the basis of t(8;21). Furthermore, induced expression of AE in U937-A/E cells significantly up-regulated mRNA and protein levels of C-KIT. This may lead to an alternative way of C-KIT activation and may explain the significantly higher C-KIT expression in 81.3% of patients with t(8;21) than in patients with other leukemias. These data strongly suggest that t(8;21) AML follows a stepwise model in leukemogenesis, i.e., AE represents the first, fundamental genetic hit to initiate the disease, whereas activation of the C-KIT pathway may be a second but also crucial hit for the development of a full-blown leukemia. Additionally, Gleevec suppressed the C-KIT activity and induced proliferation inhibition and apoptosis in cells bearing C-KIT N822K mutation or overexpression, but not in cells with D816 mC-KIT . Gleevec also exerted a synergic effect in apoptosis induction with cytarabine, thus providing a potential therapeutic for t(8;21) leukemia.
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    ISSN: 0027-8424 , 1091-6490
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    Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Publication Date: 2005
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