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ArticleCancers2021

Metabolic Rewiring Is Essential for AML Cell Survival to Overcome Autophagy Inhibition by Loss of ATG3.

Fatima Baker, Ibrahim H Polat, Khalil Abou-El-Ardat, Islam Alshamleh, Marlyn Thoelken, Daniel Hymon, Andrea Gubas, Sebastian E Koschade, Jonas B Vischedyk, Manuel Kaulich and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fatima BakerDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Ibrahim H PolatDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2196-6667
Khalil Abou-El-ArdatDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Islam AlshamlehGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6714-3602
Marlyn ThoelkenDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Daniel HymonGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Andrea GubasInstitute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Sebastian E KoschadeDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jonas B VischedykDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Manuel KaulichFrankfurt Cancer Institute, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9528-8822
Harald SchwalbeGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Shabnam ShaidDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Christian H BrandtsDepartment of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1732-2535
Goethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 259130777 - SFB 1177LOEWE Center Frankfurt Cancer Institute (FCI) funded by the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts III L 5 - 519/03/03.001 - (0015)Work at BMRZ is supported by the state of Hesse
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an important survival mechanism that allows recycling of nutrients and removal of damaged organelles and has been shown to contribute to the proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. However, little is known about the mechanism by which autophagy- dependent AML cells can overcome dysfunctional autophagy. In our study we identified autophagy related protein 3 (ATG3) as a crucial autophagy gene for AML cell proliferation by conducting a CRISPR/Cas9 dropout screen with a library targeting around 200 autophagy-related genes. shRNA-mediated loss of ATG3 impaired autophagy function in AML cells and increased their mitochondrial activity and energy metabolism, as shown by elevated mitochondrial ROS generation and mitochondrial respiration. Using tracer-based NMR metabolomics analysis we further demonstrate that the loss of ATG3 resulted in an upregulation of glycolysis, lactate production, and oxidative phosphorylation. Additionally, loss of ATG3 strongly sensitized AML cells to the inhibition of mitochondrial metabolism. These findings highlight the metabolic vulnerabilities that AML cells acquire from autophagy inhibition and support further exploration of combination therapies targeting autophagy and mitochondrial metabolism in AML.

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acute myeloid leukemiaATG3autophagyautophagy inhibitionmetabolic rewiring

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PMID34885250
PMCPMC8657081
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