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ArticleBlood2011

BCR-ABL suppresses autophagy through ATF5-mediated regulation of mTOR transcription.

Zhi Sheng, Leyuan Ma, Jiaoyuan E Sun, Lihua J Zhu, Michael R Green

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Article in Blood, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi ShengHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Leyuan Ma
Jiaoyuan E Sun
Lihua J Zhu
Michael R Green
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Role of Lipocalin 24p3 in Apoptosis and LeukemiaR01CA115817 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GREEN, MICHAEL R · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R01 CA115817NCI NIH HHS R01CA115817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oncoprotein BCR-ABL transforms myeloid progenitor cells and is responsible for the development of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In transformed cells, BCR-ABL suppresses apoptosis as well as autophagy, a catabolic process in which cellular components are degraded by the lysosomal machinery. The mechanism by which BCR-ABL suppresses autophagy is not known. Here we report that in both mouse and human BCR-ABL-transformed cells, activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5), a prosurvival factor, suppresses autophagy but does not affect apoptosis. We find that BCR-ABL, through PI3K/AKT/FOXO4 signaling, transcriptionally up-regulates ATF5 expression and that ATF5, in turn, stimulates transcription of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR; also called mechanistic target of rapamycin), a well-established master negative-regulator of autophagy. Previous studies have shown that the BCR-ABL inhibitor imatinib mesylate induces both apoptosis and autophagy, and that the resultant autophagy modulates the efficiency by which imatinib kills BCR-ABL-transformed cells. We demonstrate that imatinib-induced autophagy is because of inhibition of the BCR-ABL/PI3K/AKT/FOXO4/ATF5/mTOR pathway that we have identified in this study.

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AutophagyGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticActivating Transcription FactorsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesBlotting, WesternCell Transformation, NeoplasticChromatin ImmunoprecipitationFusion Proteins, bcr-ablHumansImatinib MesylateImmunosuppressive AgentsLeukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveLuciferasesMiceActivating Transcription FactorsAntineoplastic AgentsATF5 protein, humanAtf5 protein, mouseBenzamidesFusion Proteins, bcr-ablImatinib MesylateImmunosuppressive AgentsLuciferasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperazinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyrimidinesRNA, MessengerSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID21715304
PMCPMC3172800
OpenAlexW2001577911

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