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Tubacin suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, histone deacetylase inhibitors have increasingly been used to treat various malignancies. Tubacin (tubulin acetylation inducer) is a small molecule that inhibits histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) and induces acetylation of ?-tubulin. We observed a higher antiproliferative effect of tubacin in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells than in normal hematopoietic cells. Treatment with tubacin led to the induction of apoptotic pathways in both pre-B and T cell ALL cells at a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) of low micromolar concentrations. Acetylation of ?-tubulin increases within the first 30?min following treatment of ALL cells with tubacin. We also observed an accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage. Furthermore, the signaling pathways activated by tubacin appear to be distinct from those observed in multiple myeloma. In this article, we demonstrate that tubacin enhances the effects of chemotherapy to treat primary ALL cells in vitro and in vivo. These results suggest that targeting HDAC6 alone or in combination with chemotherapy could provide a novel approach to treat ALL.

SUBMITTER: Aldana-Masangkay GI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4113006 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tubacin suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

Aldana-Masangkay Grace I GI Rodriguez-Gonzalez Agustin A Lin Tara T Ikeda Alan K AK Hsieh Yao-Te YT Kim Yong-Mi YM Lomenick Brett B Okemoto Kazuo K Landaw Elliot M EM Wang Dongpeng D Mazitschek Ralph R Bradner James E JE Sakamoto Kathleen M KM

Leukemia & lymphoma 20110623 8

Over the past decade, histone deacetylase inhibitors have increasingly been used to treat various malignancies. Tubacin (tubulin acetylation inducer) is a small molecule that inhibits histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) and induces acetylation of α-tubulin. We observed a higher antiproliferative effect of tubacin in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells than in normal hematopoietic cells. Treatment with tubacin led to the induction of apoptotic pathways in both pre-B and T cell ALL cells at a 50% i ...[more]

PMID: 21699378

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Tubacin suppresses proliferation and induces apoptosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

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