PMID- 22665066 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130524 LR - 20131121 IS - 1476-5594 (Electronic) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 13 DP - 2013 Mar 28 TI - BCR-ABL regulates death receptor expression for TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia. PG - 1670-81 LID - 10.1038/onc.2012.186 [doi] AB - Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a potentially curative therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph(+)) acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and the graft-vs-leukemia (GVL) effect can eradicate residual leukemia after allo-SCT. Ph(+) leukemia cells frequently express death-inducing receptors (DR4 and DR5) for tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), which is one of the cytotoxic ligands expressed on cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells mediating the GVL effect. Here we demonstrate that imatinib specifically downregulated DR4 and DR5 expression in cell lines and clinical samples of Ph(+) leukemia. Second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (dasatinib and nilotinib) and short hairpin RNA against bcr-abl also downregulated DR4 and DR5 expression in Ph(+) leukemia cells, and transfection of bcr-abl into a Ph(-) leukemia cell line induced DR4 and DR5 expression, which was abrogated by imatinib treatment. Accordingly, Ph(+) leukemia cells that had been pretreated with imatinib showed resistance to the pro-apoptotic activity of recombinant human soluble TRAIL. These observations demonstrate that BCR-ABL is critically involved in the leukemia-specific expression of DR4 and DR5 and in the susceptibility of Ph(+) leukemia to TRAIL-mediated anti-leukemic activity, providing new insight into the mechanisms of the tumor-specific cytotoxic activities of TRAIL. FAU - Kuroda, I AU - Kuroda I AD - Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan. FAU - Inukai, T AU - Inukai T FAU - Zhang, X AU - Zhang X FAU - Kikuchi, J AU - Kikuchi J FAU - Furukawa, Y AU - Furukawa Y FAU - Nemoto, A AU - Nemoto A FAU - Akahane, K AU - Akahane K FAU - Hirose, K AU - Hirose K FAU - Honna-Oshiro, H AU - Honna-Oshiro H FAU - Goi, K AU - Goi K FAU - Kagami, K AU - Kagami K FAU - Yagita, H AU - Yagita H FAU - Tauchi, T AU - Tauchi T FAU - Maeda, Y AU - Maeda Y FAU - Sugita, K AU - Sugita K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120604 PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Receptors, Death Domain) RN - 0 (Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - 0 (TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - 0 (TNFRSF10A protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/*genetics/pathology MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics MH - Philadelphia Chromosome MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Death Domain/*genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/genetics/metabolism MH - TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/*pharmacology EDAT- 2012/06/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/28 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/28 06:00 [medline] AID - onc2012186 [pii] AID - 10.1038/onc.2012.186 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2013 Mar 28;32(13):1670-81. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.186. Epub 2012 Jun 4.