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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2021

Inhibition of EZH2 by chidamide exerts antileukemia activity and increases chemosensitivity through Smo/Gli-1 pathway in acute myeloid leukemia.

Xuejie Jiang, Ling Jiang, Jiaying Cheng, Fang Chen, Jinle Ni, Changxin Yin, Qiang Wang, Zhixiang Wang, Dan Fang, Zhengshan Yi and 4 more

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Xuejie JiangDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China. jxj3331233@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0178-691X
Ling JiangDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Jiaying ChengDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Fang ChenDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Jinle NiDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Changxin YinDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Qiang WangDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Zhixiang WangDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Dan FangDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Zhengshan YiDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Guopan YuDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
Qingxiu ZhongDepartment of Hematology, Kanghua Hospital, Dongguan, 523080, Guangdong, China.
Bing Z CarterSection of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Fanyi MengDepartment of Hematology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China. mengfu@medmail.com.cn.
Nanfang Hospital · CNGuhua Hospital · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

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Abstract

backgroundEpigenetic dysregulation plays important roles in leukemogenesis and the progression of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) reciprocally regulate the acetylation and deacetylation of nuclear histones. Aberrant activation of HDACs results in uncontrolled proliferation and blockade of differentiation, and HDAC inhibition has been investigated as epigenetic therapeutic strategy against AML.

methodsCell growth was assessed with CCK-8 assay, and apoptosis was evaluated by flow cytometry in AML cell lines and CD45 + and CD34 + CD38- cells from patient samples after staining with Annexin V-fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)/propidium iodide (PI). EZH2 was silenced with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) or overexpressed by lentiviral transfection. Changes in signaling pathways were detected by western blotting. The effect of chidamide or EZH2-specific shRNA (shEZH2) in combination with adriamycin was studied in vivo in leukemia-bearing nude mouse models.

resultsIn this study, we investigated the antileukemia effects of HDAC inhibitor chidamide and its combinatorial activity with cytotoxic agent adriamycin in AML cells. We demonstrated that chidamide suppressed the levels of EZH2, H3K27me3 and DNMT3A, exerted potential antileukemia activity and increased the sensitivity to adriamycin through disruption of Smo/Gli-1 pathway and downstream signaling target p-AKT in AML cells and stem/progenitor cells. In addition to decreasing the levels of H3K27me3 and DNMT3A, inhibition of EZH2 either pharmacologically by chidamide or genetically by shEZH2 suppressed the activity of Smo/Gli-1 pathway and increased the antileukemia activity of adriamycin against AML in vitro and in vivo.

conclusionsInhibition of EZH2 by chidamide has antileukemia activity and increases the chemosensitivity to adriamycin through Smo/Gli-1 pathway in AML cells (Fig. 5). These findings support the rational combination of HDAC inhibitors and chemotherapy for the treatment of AML.

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AminopyridinesLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteAnimalsApoptosisBenzamidesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinHumansMiceSmoothened ReceptorAminopyridinesBenzamidesEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanN-(2-amino-5-fluorobenzyl)-4-(N-(pyridine-3-acrylyl)aminomethyl)benzamideSmoothened ReceptorSMO protein, humanChemosensitivityChidamideEZH2LeukemiaSmo/Gli-1

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