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ArticleInternational journal of hematology2015

The mechanism of synergistic effects of arsenic trioxide and rapamycin in acute myeloid leukemia cell lines lacking typical t(15;17) translocation.

Vilma Dembitz, Hrvoje Lalic, Alen Ostojic, Radovan Vrhovac, Hrvoje Banfic, Dora Visnjic

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Article in International journal of hematology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vilma DembitzDepartment of Physiology and Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Salata 3, POB 978, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.
Hrvoje Lalic
Alen Ostojic
Radovan Vrhovac
Hrvoje Banfic
Dora Visnjic
University of Zagreb · HRUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb · HR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arsenic trioxide (ATO) has potent clinical activity in the treatment of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), but is much less efficacious in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) lacking t(15;17) translocation. Recent studies have indicated that the addition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors may increase the sensitivity of malignant cells to ATO. The aim of the present study was to test for possible synergistic effects of ATO and rapamycin at therapeutically achievable doses in non-APL AML cells. In HL-60 and U937 cell lines, the inhibitory effects of low concentrations of ATO and rapamycin were synergistic and more pronounced in U937 cells. The combination of drugs increased apoptosis in HL-60 cells and increased the percentage of cells in G(0)/G(1) phase in both cell lines. In U937 cells, rapamycin alone increased the activity of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) and the addition of ATO decreased the level of phosphorylated ERK, Ser473 phosphorylated Akt and anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 protein. Primary AML cells show high sensitivity to growth-inhibitory effects of rapamycin alone or in combination with ATO. The results of the present study reveal the mechanism of the synergistic effects of two drugs at therapeutically achievable doses in non-APL AML cells.

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Translocation, GeneticAgedAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalChromosomes, Human, Pair 15Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17Drug SynergismFemaleHL-60 CellsHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesOxidesSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID25758096
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