Combination treatmetn of MRT68921 and all-trans retinoic acid in HL-60 human leukemia cells
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ABSTRACT: It was previously reported that inhibition of autophagosome formation by MRT68921 induced accumulation of cytosolic dsDNA, which can activate cytosolic DNA-sensor signaling pathway, thereby reducing cell viability through reactive oxygen species generation in leukemia cells. Thus, we examined the effect of combination treatment of MRT68921 and a leukemia differentiation therapeutic drug, all-trans retinoic acid.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human leukemia HL-60 cells comparing ATRA treated HL-60 cells with ATRA plus ATO. Goal was to determine the effects of ATO on ATRA induced differentiation of HL-60 cells.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human leukemia?HL-60 cells comparing ATRA treated HL-60 cells with ATRA plus ATO. Goal was to determine the effects of ATO on ATRA induced differentiation of HL-60 cells. Two-condition experiment, ATRA vs. ATRA plus ATO treated HL-60 cells.
Project description:In this study, we present an effective model All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA)-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells. The model describes reinforcing feedback between an ATRA-inducible signalsome complex involving many proteins including Vav1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor, and the activation of the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade. We decomposed the effective model into three modules; a signal initiation module that sensed and transformed an ATRA signal into program activation signals; a signal integration module that controlled the expression of upstream transcription factors; and a phenotype module which encoded the expression of functional differentiation markers from the ATRA-inducible transcription factors. We identified an ensemble of effective model parameters using measurements taken from ATRA-induced HL-60 cells. Using these parameters, model analysis predicted that MAPK activation was bistable as a function of ATRA exposure. Conformational experiments supported ATRA-induced bistability. Additionally, the model captured intermediate and phenotypic gene expression data. Knockout analysis suggested Gfi-1 and PPARg were critical to the ATRAinduced differentiation program. These findings, combined with other literature evidence, suggested that reinforcing feedback is central to hyperactive signaling in a diversity of cell fate programs.
Project description:Human acute myeloid leukemia HL60 cells were transduced with IDH1-WT or IDH1-R132H, and corresponding sub-clones were generated by FACS. In a first series of experiments, cells expressing wt and mutant IDH1were treated with either 1µM all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) or with vehicle (DMSO) for 24 hrs, resulting in 4 groups of samples (WT-CTRL, WT-ATRA, Mutant-CTRL, Mutant-ATRA). In a second series of assays, WT-IDH1 cells were pre-treated for 2 days with either 100 µM octyl ester of (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate ((R)-2-HG) or 1-octanol (octyl), and then treated with 1 µM ATRA or vehicle for 24 hrs, again resulting in 4 groups of samples (Octyl-CTRL, Octyl-ATRA, 2HG-CTRL, 2HG-ATRA). All assays were performed in triplicate (4 replicates for Mutant-CTRL and Mutant-ATRA).
Project description:Emergent resistance can be progressive and driven by global signaling aberrations. All-trans retinoic acid (RA) is the standard therapeutic agent for acute promyelocytic leukemia, but 10-20% of patients are not responsive, and initially responsive patients relapse and develop retinoic acid resistance. The patient-derived, lineage-bipotent acute myeloblastic leukemia (FAB M2) HL-60 cell line is a potent tool for characterizing differentiation-induction therapy responsiveness and resistance in t(15;17)-negative cells. Wild-type (WT) HL-60 cells undergo RA-induced granulocytic differentiation, or monocytic differentiation in response to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (D3). Two sequentially emergent RA-resistant HL-60 cell lines, R38+ and R38-, distinguishable by RA-inducible CD38 expression, do not arrest in G1/G0 and fail to upregulate CD11b and the myeloid-associated signaling factors Vav1, c-Cbl, Lyn, Fgr, and c-Raf after RA treatment. Here, we show that the R38+ and R38- HL-60 cell lines display a progressive reduced response to D3-induced differentiation therapy. Exploiting the biphasic dynamic of induced HL-60 differentiation, we examined if resistance-related defects occurred during the first 24 h (the early or "precommitment" phase) or subsequently (the late or "lineage-commitment" phase). HL-60 were treated with RA or D3 for 24 h, washed and retreated with either the same, different, or no differentiation agent. Using flow cytometry, D3 was able to induce CD38, CD11b and CD14 expression, and G1/G0 arrest when present during the lineage-commitment stage in R38+ cells, and to a lesser degree in R38- cells. Clustering analysis of cytometry and quantified Western blot data indicated that WT, R38+ and R38- HL-60 cells exhibited decreasing correlation between phenotypic markers and signaling factor expression. Thus differentiation induction therapy resistance can develop in stages, with initial partial RA resistance and moderate vitamin D3 responsiveness (unilineage maturation block), followed by bilineage maturation block and progressive signaling defects, notably the reduced expression of Vav1, Fgr, and c-Raf.
Project description:The acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has been treated with all-trans retinoic acid (RA) for decades. While RA has largely been ineffective in non-APL AML subtypes, co-treatments combining RA and other agents are currently in clinical trials. Using the RA-responsive non-APL AML cell line HL-60, we tested the efficacy of the Src family kinase (SFK) inhibitor bosutinib on RA-induced differentiation. HL-60 has been recently shown to bear fidelity to a subtype of AML that respond to RA. We found that co-treatment with RA and bosutinib enhanced differentiation evidenced by increased CD11b expression, G1/G0 cell cycle arrest, and respiratory burst. Expression of the SFK members Fgr and Lyn was enhanced, while SFK activation was inhibited. Phosphorylation of several sites of c-Raf was increased and expression of AhR and p85 PI3K was enhanced. Expression of c-Cbl and mTOR was decreased. Our study suggests that SFK inhibition enhances RA-induced differentiation and may have therapeutic value in non-APL AML.
Project description:The leukemic cell line HL-60 is widely used to study normal and aberrant myelopoiesis. HL-60 cells can be treated with ATRA (all-trans retinoic acid) and Vit-D3 (1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3, calcitriol) to differentiate into granulocytes and monocytes respectively. Induced myeloid differentiation helps us to understand the molecular basis of myeloid differentiation. To understand the genome-wide gene expression changes associated with HL-60 cells upon myeloid differentiation, RNA-sequencing was carried out. We subjected the HL-60 cells with 10 µM ATRA and 50 nM Vit-D3 for 72 hours. Post induction, the uninduced and induced cells were sorted based on CD11b and CD14 markers. The uninduced cells were negative for both the markers while ATRA and Vit D3 inductions were highly positive for CD11b-FITC and CD14-APC-H7 markers respectively. Two biological replicates were used for this experiment. Sorted cells were collected for RNA extraction using RNAeasy Kit from Qiagen and RNA quality was assessed using Bioanalyzer. High quality RNA with RIN values greater than 8, were used to generate library using TrueSeq stranded library preparation kit from Illumina following manufacturer’s instructions. Finally, barcoded libraries were pooled, and a final concentration of 10 nM was loaded in HiSeq 2500 Illumina platform and paired-end sequencing for 2*126 cycles were carried out.
Project description:BackgroundThe aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligand 6-Formylindolo(3,2-b)carbazole (FICZ) has received increasing attention since its identification as an endogenous AhR ligand and a photoproduct of tryptophan. FICZ and its metabolites have been detected in human fluids. We recently reported that AhR promotes retinoic acid (RA)-induced granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 myeloblastic leukemia cells by restricting the nuclear abundance of the stem cell associated transcription factor Oct4. The standard clinical management of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is differentiation induction therapy using RA. But RA is not effective for other myeloid leukemias, making the mechanism of RA-induced differentiation observed in a non-APL myeloid leukemia of interest. To our knowledge, this is the first study regarding the influence of FICZ on RA-induced differentiation in any type of leukemic blasts.MethodsUsing flow cytometry and Western blotting assays, we determined the effects of FICZ on RA-induced differentiation of HL-60 human leukemia cells. All experiments were performed in triplicate. The groups RA and FICZ + RA were compared using the Paired-Samples T-Test. Western blot figures present the typical blots.ResultsWe demonstrate that FICZ enhances RA-induced differentiation, assessed by the expression of the membrane differentiation marker CD11b; cell cycle arrest; and the functional differentiation marker, inducible-oxidative metabolism. FICZ causes changes in signaling events that are known to drive differentiation, and notably augments the RA-induced sustained activation of the RAF/MEK/ERK axis of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade. FICZ also augments expression of the known MAPK signaling regulatory molecules c-Cbl, VAV1, pY458 p85 PI3K, Src-family kinases (SFKs), and IRF-1, a transcription factor associated with this putative signalsome that promotes RA-induced differentiation. Moreover, FICZ in combination with RA also increases expression of AhR and even more so of both Cyp1A2 and p47phox, which are known to be transcriptionally regulated by AhR. pY1021 PDGFRβ, a marker associated with retinoic acid syndrome was also increased.ConclusionsOur data suggest that FICZ modulates intracellular signaling pathways and enhances RA-induced differentiation.
Project description:The airway epithelium represents a critical component of the human lung that helps orchestrate defences against respiratory tract viral infections, which are responsible for more than 2.5 million deaths/year globally. Innate immune activities of the airway epithelium rely Toll-like receptors (TLRs), nucleotide binding and leucine-rich-repeat pyrin domain containing (NLRP) receptors, and cytosolic nucleic acid sensors. ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) transporters are ubiquitous across all three domains of life – Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya – and expressed in the human airway epithelium. ABCF1, a unique ABC family member that lacks a transmembrane domain, has been defined as a cytosolic nucleic acid sensor that regulates CXCL10, interferon-b expression, and downstream type I interferon responses. We tested the hypothesis that ABCF1 functions as a dsDNA nucleic acid sensor in human airway epithelial cells important in regulating antiviral responses.