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ArticleNature communications2024

Activating p53 abolishes self-renewal of quiescent leukaemic stem cells in residual CML disease.

Mary T Scott, Wei Liu, Rebecca Mitchell, Cassie J Clarke, Ross Kinstrie, Felix Warren, Hassan Almasoudi, Thomas Stevens, Karen Dunn, John Pritchard and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mary T Scott *Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7177-6960
Wei Liu *Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Rebecca MitchellPaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Cassie J ClarkePaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2232-1609
Ross KinstrieWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Felix WarrenPaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5727-020X
Hassan AlmasoudiWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6722-6667
Thomas StevensWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Karen DunnPaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6532-970X
John PritchardWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1812-6985
Mark E DrotarWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Alison M MichiePaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5404-475X
Heather G JørgensenPaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4663-4191
Brian HigginsGenentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mhairi CoplandPaul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7655-016X
David VetrieWolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. David.Vetrie@glasgow.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2075-4662
University of Glasgow · GBNajran University · SA

Funding

Cancer Research UK 24896
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whilst it is recognised that targeting self-renewal is an effective way to functionally impair the quiescent leukaemic stem cells (LSC) that persist as residual disease in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), developing therapeutic strategies to achieve this have proved challenging. We demonstrate that the regulatory programmes of quiescent LSC in chronic phase CML are similar to that of embryonic stem cells, pointing to a role for wild type p53 in LSC self-renewal. In support of this, increasing p53 activity in primitive CML cells using an MDM2 inhibitor in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor resulted in reduced CFC outputs and engraftment potential, followed by loss of multilineage priming potential and LSC exhaustion when combination treatment was discontinued. Our work provides evidence that targeting LSC self-renewal is exploitable in the clinic to irreversibly impair quiescent LSC function in CML residual disease - with the potential to enable more CML patients to discontinue therapy and remain in therapy-free remission.

Indexed as

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveLeukemia, MyeloidCell DivisionEmbryonic Stem CellsHumansNeoplasm, ResidualTumor Suppressor Protein p53TP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID38246924
PMCPMC10800356
OpenAlexW4391076650

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