Repression of Gadd45α by activated FLT3 and GM-CSF receptor mutants contributes to growth, survival and blocked differentiation
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2009
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Perugini, M.
Kok, C.
Brown, A.
Wilkinson, C.
Salerno, D.
Young, S.
Diakiw, S.
Lewis, I.
Gonda, T.
D'Andrea, R.
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Leukemia, 2009; 23(4):729-738
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M. Perugini, C. H. Kok, A. L. Brown, C. R. Wilkinson, D. G. Salerno, S. M. Young, S. M. Diakiw, I. D. Lewis, T. J. Gonda and R. J. D'Andrea
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The tumor suppressor Gadd45alpha was earlier shown to be a repressed target of sustained receptor-mediated ERK1/2 signaling. We have identified Gadd45alpha as a downregulated gene in response to constitutive signaling from two FLT3 mutants (FLT3-ITD and FLT3-TKD) commonly found in AML, and a leukemogenic GM-CSF receptor trans-membrane mutant (GMR-V449E). GADD45A mRNA downregulation is also associated with FLT3-ITD(+) AML. Sustained ERK1/2 signaling contributes significantly to receptor-mediated downregulation of Gadd45alpha mRNA in FDB1 cells expressing activated receptor mutants, and in the FLT3-ITD(+) cell line MV4;11. Knockdown of Gadd45alpha with shRNA led to increased growth and survival of FDB1 cells and enforced expression of Gadd45alpha in FDB1 cells expressing FLT3-ITD or GMR-V449E resulted in reduced growth and viability. Gadd45alpha overexpression in FLT3-ITD(+) AML cell lines also resulted in reduced growth associated with increased apoptosis and G(1)/S cell cycle arrest. Overexpression of Gadd45alpha in FDB1 cells expressing GMR-V449E was sufficient to induce changes associated with myeloid differentiation suggesting Gadd45alpha downregulation contributes to the maintenance of receptor-induced myeloid differentiation block. Thus, we show that ERK1/2-mediated downregulation of Gadd45alpha by sustained receptor signaling contributes to growth, survival and arrested differentiation in AML.
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Link to a related website: https://www.nature.com/articles/leu2008349.pdf, Open Access via Unpaywall
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