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ArticleCancer research2018

Cotargeting BCL-2 and PI3K Induces BAX-Dependent Mitochondrial Apoptosis in AML Cells.

Mohamed Rahmani, Jewel Nkwocha, Elisa Hawkins, Xinyan Pei, Rebecca E Parker, Maciej Kmieciak, Joel D Leverson, Deepak Sampath, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Steven Grant

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Article in Cancer research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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107citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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107 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed RahmaniDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia. steven.grant@vcuhealth.org mrahmani@sharjah.ac.ae.
Jewel NkwochaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia.
Elisa HawkinsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia.
Xinyan PeiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia.
Rebecca E ParkerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia.
Maciej KmieciakDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia.
Joel D LeversonAbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois.
Deepak SampathGenentech, South San Francisco, California.
Andrea Ferreira-GonzalezDepartment of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Steven GrantDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia. steven.grant@vcuhealth.org mrahmani@sharjah.ac.ae.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USAbbVie (United States) · USKaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center · US

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Kim Felder Rhoads · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
Targeting AML with PI3K/AKT inhibitors and BH3-mimeticsR01CA167708 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI GRANT, STEVEN · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Targeting Multiple Myeloma with Smac-mimetics and HDAC InhibitorsR01CA205607 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI GRANT, STEVEN · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
Wee1 and HDAC inhibition in relapsed/refractory AMLUH2TR001373 · NCATS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI GRANT, STEVEN · 2015 to 2017
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UH2 TR001373NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NCI NIH HHS R01 CA167708NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitors targeting BCL-2 apoptotic proteins have significant potential for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML); however, complete responses are observed in only 20% of patients, suggesting that targeting BCL-2 alone is insufficient to yield durable responses. Here, we assessed the efficacy of coadministration of the PI3K/mTOR inhibitor GDC-0980 or the p110β-sparing PI3K inhibitor taselisib with the selective BCL-2 antagonist venetoclax in AML cells. Tetracycline-inducible downregulation of BCL-2 significantly sensitized MV4-11 and MOLM-13 AML cells to PI3K inhibition. Venetoclax/GDC-0980 coadministration induced rapid and pronounced BAX mitochondrial translocation, cytochrome c release, and apoptosis in various AML cell lines in association with AKT/mTOR inactivation and MCL-1 downregulation; ectopic expression of MCL-1 significantly protected cells from this regimen. Combined treatment was also effective against primary AML blasts from 17 patients, including those bearing various genetic abnormalities. Venetoclax/GDC-0980 markedly induced apoptosis in primitive CD34

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AnimalsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory Proteinsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicCell Line, TumorDown-RegulationHeterograftsHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDMitochondriaPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-21-(4-((2-(2-aminopyrimidin-5-yl)-7-methyl-4-morpholinothieno(3,2-d)pyrimidin-6-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-2-hydroxypropan-1-oneApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBAX protein, humanbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBCL2 protein, humanBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2PyrimidinesSulfonamidesvenetoclax

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PMID29559471
PMCPMC5984704
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