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XIAP represents a promising therapeutic target for relapsed/refractory ALL


ABSTRACT: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) represents the most frequent malignancy in children and relapse/refractory (r/r) disease is difficult to treat, both in children and adults. In search for novel treatment options against r/r ALL, we studied inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAP) and Smac mimetics (SM). SM sensitized r/r ALL cells towards conventional chemotherapy, even upon resistance against SM alone. The combination of SM and chemotherapy induced cell death via caspases and PARP, but independent from cIAP-1/2, RIPK1, TNFα or NF-B. Instead, XIAP was identified to mediate SM effects. Molecular manipulation of XIAP in vivo using microRNA-30 flanked shRNA expression in cell lines and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of r/r ALL mimicked SM effects and intermediate XIAP knockdown sensitized r/r ALL cells towards chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. Interestingly, upon strong XIAP knockdown, PDX r/r ALL cells were outcompeted in vivo, even in the absence of chemotherapy. Our results indicate a yet unknown essential function of XIAP in r/r ALL and reveal XIAP as a promising therapeutic target for r/r ALL.

SUBMITTER: Dr. Michela Carlet 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_15252-EMMM_202114557 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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