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ArticleHaematologica2025

BCAT1 is a NOTCH1 target and sustains the oncogenic function of NOTCH1.

Valeria Tosello, Ludovica Di Martino, Adonia E Papathanassiu, Silvia Dalla Santa, Marco Pizzi, Lara Mussolin, Jingjing Liu, Pieter Van Vlierberghe, Erich Piovan

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Article in Haematologica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Valeria ToselloBasic and Translational Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua.
Ludovica Di MartinoDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua.
Adonia E PapathanassiuErgon Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Washington DC, United States of America.
Silvia Dalla SantaDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua.
Marco PizziSurgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua.
Lara MussolinUnit of Onco-hematology, stem cell transplant and gene therapy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua.
Jingjing LiuDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
Pieter Van VlierbergheDepartment of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Erich PiovanDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua; Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua. erich.piovan@unipd.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High levels of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) transaminase 1 (BCAT1) have been associated with tumor aggressiveness and drug resistance in several cancer types. Nevertheless, the mechanistic role of BCAT1 in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) remains uncertain. We provide evidence that Bcat1 was over-expressed following NOTCH1-induced transformation of leukemic progenitors and that NOTCH1 directly controlled BCAT1 expression by binding to a BCAT1 promoter. Further, using a NOTCH1 gain-of-function retroviral model of T-ALL, mouse cells genetically deficient for Bcat1 showed defects in developing leukemia. In murine T-ALL cells, Bcat1 depletion or inhibition redirected leucine metabolism towards production of 3-hydroxy butyrate (3-HB), an endogenous histone deacetylase inhibitor. Consistently, BCAT1-depleted cells showed altered protein acetylation levels which correlated with a pronounced sensitivity to DNA damaging agents. In human NOTCH1-dependent leukemias, high expression levels of BCAT1 may predispose to worse prognosis. Therapeutically, BCAT1 inhibition specifically synergized with etoposide to eliminate tumors in patient-derived xenograft models suggesting that BCAT1 inhibitors may have a part to play in salvage protocols for refractory T-ALL.

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Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptor, Notch1TransaminasesAnimalsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHumansMicePromoter Regions, GeneticXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysBCAT1 protein, humanNOTCH1 protein, humanReceptor, Notch1Transaminases

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PMID39234857
PMCPMC11788623

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