Dasatinib targets chronic myeloid leukemia-CD34⁺ progenitors as effectively as it targets mature cells

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2013

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Hiwase, D.
Saunders, V.
Nievergall, E.
Ross, D.
White, D.
Hughes, T.

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Haematologica: the hematology journal, 2013; 98(6):896-900

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Devendra K. Hiwase, Verity A. Saunders, Eva Nievergall, Douglas D. Ross, Deborah L. White, and Timothy P. Hughes

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Dasatinib is effective in most chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia patients both in first-line therapy and following imatinib failure. While imatinib uptake into CD34(+) cells is low compared to mononuclear cells, few data evaluate how well dasatinib targets primitive CML cells. This study compares intracellular concentration of dasatinib and Bcr-Abl kinase inhibition in CML-CD34(+) progenitors and mononuclear cells induced by dasatinib. The intracellular concentrations of dasatinib were similar between CML-CD34(+) and mononuclear cells (P=0.8). Similarly, there was no significant difference in the degree of dasatinib-mediated Bcr-Abl kinase inhibition. ABCB1 (MDR1) and ABCG2 inhibitors neither increased dasatinib intracellular concentration nor enhanced dasatinib-mediated Bcr-Abl kinase inhibition. In contrast to nilotinib, we show that dasatinib is not an ABCB1 inhibitor. Thus, dasatinib targets CML-CD34(+) progenitors as effectively as it targets mononuclear cells. ABCB1 and ABCG2 efflux pumps do not appear to influence the intracellular dasatinib concentration in CML-CD34(+) progenitors.

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©2013 Ferrata Storti Foundation

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