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ArticleNature communications2021

Imaging dynamic mTORC1 pathway activity in vivo reveals marked shifts that support time-specific inhibitor therapy in AML.

Toshihiko Oki, Francois Mercier, Hiroki Kato, Yookyung Jung, Thomas O McDonald, Joel A Spencer, Michael C Mazzola, Nick van Gastel, Charles P Lin, Franziska Michor and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Toshihiko OkiCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Francois MercierCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Hiroki KatoCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Yookyung JungCenter for Systems Biology and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2790-6016
Thomas O McDonaldDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Joel A SpencerHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Michael C MazzolaCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Nick van GastelCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0563-3590
Charles P LinHarvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Franziska MichorDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4869-8842
Toshio KitamuraDivision of Cellular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 108-8639, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7855-1767
David T ScaddenCenter for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. david_scadden@harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9821-7133
Harvard University · USBroad Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USTokyo University of Science · JP

Funding

Project 3: Single Cell Measures of Intratumor Diversity for Optimal Breast Cancer TherapyU54CA193461 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI HOLLAND, ERIC C. · 2015 to 2020
$11.2M
(PQC2) Localization as a determinant of cancer dormancyR01CA194596 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIN, CHARLES P., SCADDEN, DAVID T · 2015 to 2018
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA194596NCI NIH HHS U54 CA193461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a high remission, high relapse fatal blood cancer. Although mTORC1 is a master regulator of cell proliferation and survival, its inhibitors have not performed well as AML treatments. To uncover the dynamics of mTORC1 activity in vivo, fluorescent probes are developed to track single cell proliferation, apoptosis and mTORC1 activity of AML cells in the bone marrow of live animals and to quantify these activities in the context of microanatomical localization and intra-tumoral heterogeneity. When chemotherapy drugs commonly used clinically are given to mice with AML, apoptosis is rapid, diffuse and not preferentially restricted to anatomic sites. Dynamic measurement of mTORC1 activity indicated a decline in mTORC1 activity with AML progression. However, at the time of maximal chemotherapy response, mTORC1 signaling is high and positively correlated with a leukemia stemness transcriptional profile. Cell barcoding reveals the induction of mTORC1 activity rather than selection of mTORC1 high cells and timed inhibition of mTORC1 improved the killing of AML cells. These data define the real-time dynamics of AML and the mTORC1 pathway in association with AML growth, response to and relapse after chemotherapy. They provide guidance for timed intervention with pathway-specific inhibitors.

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AnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell Line, TumorDisease ProgressionDown-RegulationDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceModels, BiologicalNIH 3T3 CellsRNA-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionTranscriptomeTreatment OutcomeApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Pdcd4 protein, mouseRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID33431855
PMCPMC7801403
OpenAlexW3119550037

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