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ArticleCancer cell international2019

LMW-PTP targeting potentiates the effects of drugs used in chronic lymphocytic leukemia therapy.

Nagaja Capitani, Giulia Lori, Paolo Paoli, Laura Patrussi, Arianna Troilo, Cosima T Baldari, Giovanni Raugei, Mario Milco D'Elios

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nagaja Capitani *1Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Giulia Lori *2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Paolo Paoli2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Laura Patrussi3Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Arianna Troilo1Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Cosima T Baldari3Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Giovanni Raugei2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Mario Milco D'Elios1Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9160-0930
University of Florence · ITUniversity of Siena · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP) is overexpressed in different cancer types and its expression is related to more aggressive disease, reduced survival rate and drug resistance. Morin is a natural polyphenol which negatively modulates, among others, the activity of LMW-PTP, leading to the potentiation of the effects of different antitumoral drugs, representing a potential beneficial treatment against cancer.

methodsLMW-PTP levels were measured by immunoblot analysis both in CLL cells from patients and in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-derived Mec-1 cells. Cell viability was assessed in Mec-1 cells treated with morin alone or in combination with either fludarabine or ibrutinib or following siRNA-mediated LMW-PTP knockdown. Furthermore, the expression levels of VLA-4 and CXCR4 were assessed by both qRT-PCR and flow cytometry and both adhesion to fibronectin-coated plates and migration toward CXCL12 were analyzed in Mec-1 cells treated with morin alone or in combination with fludarabine or ibrutinib.

resultsWe observed that LMW-PTP is highly expressed in Mec-1 cells as well as in leukemic B lymphocytes purified from CLL patients compared to normal B lymphocytes. Morin treatment strongly decreased LMW-PTP expression levels in Mec-1 cells and potentiated the anticancer properties of both fludarabine and ibrutinib by increasing their apoptotic effects on leukemic cells. Moreover, morin negatively regulates adhesion and CXCL12-dependent migration of Mec-1 cells by affecting VLA-4 integrin expression and CXCR4 receptor recycling.

conclusionsMorin treatment in CLL-derived Mec-1 cell line synergizes with conventional anticancer drugs currently used in CLL therapy by affecting leukemic cell viability and trafficking.

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ApoptosisChronic lymphocytic leukemiaLMW-PTPMigrationMorin

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