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ArticleCell death & disease2021

GLI1 reduces drug sensitivity by regulating cell cycle through PI3K/AKT/GSK3/CDK pathway in acute myeloid leukemia.

Cheng Zhou, Juan Du, Liang Zhao, Wei Liu, Tianming Zhao, Hui Liang, Peng Fang, Kaixuan Zhang, Hui Zeng

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng ZhouDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Juan DuDepartment of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China.
Liang ZhaoDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Wei LiuDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Tianming ZhaoDepartment of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China.
Hui LiangDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Peng FangDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Kaixuan ZhangDepartment of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China.
Hui ZengDepartment of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China. androps2011@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4498-8888
Central South University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy with high incidence and recurrence rates. Gene expression profiling has revealed that transcriptional overexpression of glioma-associated oncogene 1 (GLI1), a vital gene in the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway, occurs in poor-prognosis AML, and high levels of phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit 1 (PIK3R1) and AKT3 predict shorter overall survival in AML patients. In this study, we discovered that GLI1 overexpression promotes cell proliferation and reduces chemotherapy sensitivity in AML cells while knocking down GLI1 has the opposite effect. Moreover, GLI1 promoted cell cycle progression and led to elevated protein levels of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) in AML cells. By luciferase assays and co-immunoprecipitation, we demonstrated that the PI3K/AKT pathway is directly activated by GLI1. GLI1 overexpression significantly accelerates tumor growth and upregulated p-AKT, CDK4, and cyclinD3 in vivo. Notably, the GLI1 inhibitor GANT61 and the CDK4/6 inhibitor PD 0332991 had synergistic effects in promoting Ara-c sensitivity in AML cell lines and patient samples. Collectively, our data demonstrate that GLI1 reduces drug sensitivity by regulating cell cycle through the PI3K/AKT/GSK3/CDK pathway, providing a new perspective for involving GLI1 and CDK4/6 inhibitors in relapsed/refractory (RR) patient treatment.

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Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCell CycleCell ProliferationCyclin-Dependent KinasesCytarabineFemaleGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3HEK293 CellsHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMiceMice, NudeAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticCyclin-Dependent KinasesCytarabineGANT 61GLI1 protein, humanGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3palbociclibPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePiperazinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyridinesPyrimidinesZinc Finger Protein GLI1

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