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ArticlePloS one2013

Selective Akt inhibitors synergize with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and effectively override stroma-associated cytoprotection of mutant FLT3-positive AML cells.

Ellen Weisberg, Qingsong Liu, Xin Zhang, Erik Nelson, Martin Sattler, Feiyang Liu, Maria Nicolais, Jianming Zhang, Constantine Mitsiades, Robert W Smith and 5 more

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15 authors.

Ellen WeisbergDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ellen_weisberg@dfci.harvard.edu
Qingsong Liu
Xin Zhang
Erik Nelson
Martin Sattler
Feiyang Liu
Maria Nicolais
Jianming Zhang
Constantine Mitsiades
Robert W Smith
Richard Stone
Ilene Galinsky
Atsushi Nonami
James D Griffin
Nathanael Gray

Funding

TYROSINE KINASE ONCOGENESIS IN MYELOID LEUKEMIAP01CA066996 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI SCOTT A ARMSTRONG · 1996 to 2026
$52.5M
Pharmaco Response Signatures and Disease MechanismU54HG006097 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MITCHISON, TIMOTHY J, SORGER, PETER KARL · 2010 to 2013
$9.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA66996NCI NIH HHS P01 CA066996NHGRI NIH HHS HG006097NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG006097
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-treated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients commonly show rapid and significant peripheral blood blast cell reduction, however a marginal decrease in bone marrow blasts. This suggests a protective environment and highlights the demand for a better understanding of stromal:leukemia cell communication. As a strategy to improve clinical efficacy, we searched for novel agents capable of potentiating the stroma-diminished effects of TKI treatment of mutant FLT3-expressing cells.

methodsWe designed a combinatorial high throughput drug screen using well-characterized kinase inhibitor-focused libraries to identify novel kinase inhibitors capable of overriding stromal-mediated resistance to TKIs, such as PKC412 and AC220. Standard liquid culture proliferation assays, cell cycle and apoptosis analysis, and immunoblotting were carried out with cell lines or primary AML to validate putative candidates from the screen and characterize the mechanism(s) underlying observed synergy. RESULTS AND

conclusionsOur study led to the observation of synergy between selective Akt inhibitors and FLT3 inhibitors against mutant FLT3-positive AML in either the absence or presence of stroma. Our findings are consistent with evidence that Akt activation is characteristic of mutant FLT3-transformed cells, as well as observed residual Akt activity following FLT3 inhibitor treatment. In conclusion, our study highlights the potential importance of Akt as a signaling factor in leukemia survival, and supports the use of the co-culture chemical screen to identify agents able to potentiate TKI anti-leukemia activity in a cytoprotective microenvironment.

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ApoptosisBenzothiazolesBone Marrow CellsCell CommunicationCell CycleCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorDrug Synergismfms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3HumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcutePhenylurea CompoundsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktStaurosporineStromal CellsBenzothiazolesFLT3 protein, humanfms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3midostaurinPhenylurea CompoundsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktquizartinibStaurosporine

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PMID23437141
PMCPMC3578845

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