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PROTAC-Mediated GSPT1 Degradation Impairs the Expression of Fusion Genes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Alicia Perzolli, Christian Steinebach, Jan Krönke, Michael Gütschow, C Michel Zwaan, Farnaz Barneh, Olaf Heidenreich

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Alicia PerzolliPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1302-0943
Christian SteinebachDepartment of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5638-1955
Jan KrönkeDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Michael GütschowDepartment of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9376-7897
C Michel ZwaanPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6892-8268
Farnaz BarnehPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Olaf HeidenreichPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5404-6483

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Abstract

backgroundProteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional small molecules that utilize the ubiquitin-proteasome system to selectively degrade target proteins. This innovative technology has shown remarkable efficacy and specificity in degrading oncogenic proteins and has progressed through various stages of preclinical and clinical development for hematologic malignancies, including adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the application of PROTACs in pediatric AML remains largely unexplored.

methodsIn this study, we show the potent effect of GSPT1 degradation against AML cells induced by either a GSPT1-selective cereblon modulator CC-90009 or by an off-target effect caused by a CDK6-PROTAC named GU3341.

resultsBoth in vitro and ex vivo experiments revealed that GSPT1 degradation significantly inhibited tumor growth, induced cell cycle arrest, and triggered apoptosis in two pediatric AML subtypes characterized by RUNX1::RUNX1T1 and FUS::ERG fusion genes. Furthermore, the degradation of GSPT1 impaired the expression of RUNX1::RUNX1T1 and its cooperating transcription factors RUNX1 and ERG. Similarly, GSPT1 degradation also reduced FUS::ERG fusion transcript levels in AML cells harboring the translocation t(16;24)(p11:q22).

conclusionsThese findings suggest a new role of GSPT1 in regulating leukemic transcriptional networks and open a new therapeutic strategy to target leukemic fusion genes in pediatric AML patients.

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acute myeloid leukemiaCDK6FUS::ERGGSPT1PROTACsRUNX1::RUNX1T1target therapy

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PMCPMC11763475

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