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| Arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis in myeloma cells: p53-dependent G(1) or G(2)/M cell cycle arrest, activation of caspase-8 or caspase-9, and synergy with APO2/TRAIL |
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| Author(s): Liu Q, Hilsenbeck S, Gazitt Y |
| Source: BLOOD Volume: 101 Issue: 10 Pages: 4078-4087 Published: MAY 15 2003 |
| Times Cited: 77 References: 56 |
| Abstract: Arsenic trioxide (ATO) has been shown to induce differentiation and apoptosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells concomitant with down-regulation of the PML-RARalpha fusion protein, a product of the t(15:17) translocation characteristic of APL leukemic cells. However, ATO is also a potent inducer of apoptosis in a number of other cancer cells lacking the t(15:17) translocation. The exact mechanism of ATO-Induced apoptosis in these cells is not yet clear. We tested the effect of ATO on 7 myeloma cell lines with varying p53 status and report that in cells with mutated p53, ATO induced rapid and extensive (more than 90%) apoptosis in a time- and dose-dependent manner concomitant with arrest of cells in G(2)/M phase of the cell cycle. Myeloma cells with wildtype (wt) p53 were relatively resistant to ATO with maximal apoptosis of about 40% concomitant with partial arrest of cells in G(1) and up-regulation of p21. The use of caspase blocking peptides, fluorescence-tagged caspase-specific substrate peptides, and Western immunoblotting confirmed the involvement of primarily caspase-8 and -3 in ATO-induced apoptosis in myeloma cells with mutated p53 and primarily caspase-9 and -3 in cells expressing wt p53. We also observed up-regulation by ATO of R1 and R2 APO2/TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) receptors. Most important, however, we observed a synergy between ATO and APO2/TRAIL in the induction of apoptosis in the partially resistant myeloma cell lines and in myeloma cells freshly isolated from myeloma patients. Our results justify the use of the combination of these 2 drugs in clinical setting in myeloma patients. (C) 2003 by The American Society of Hematology. |
| Document Type: Proceedings Paper |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Gazitt, Y (reprint author), Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Med Hematol, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78284 USA |
Addresses:
1. Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Med Hematol, San Antonio, TX 78284 USA
2. Baylor Coll Med, Breast Ctr, Houston, TX 77030 USA |
| Publisher: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY, 1900 M STREET. NW SUITE 200, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA |
| Subject Category: Hematology |
| IDS Number: 677EB |
| ISSN: 0006-4971 |
| DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-10-3231 |
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