PMID- 30423551 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20191210 IS - 1421-9778 (Electronic) IS - 1015-8987 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 6 DP - 2018 TI - Constitutively Photomorphogenic 1 Reduces the Sensitivity of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells to Fludarabine Through Promotion of Ubiquitin-Mediated P53 Degradation. PG - 2314-2328 LID - 10.1159/000495092 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is characterized by accumulation of cells in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle and resistance to apoptosis due to gene mutation or abnormal gene expression. In our previous study, constitutively photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) was shown to be upregulated in Binet C-phase CLL patients. Based on the negative regulation of COP1 in the repair of DNA damage, we further studied the function of COP1 in CLL cell apoptosis induced by fludarabine in vitro and in vivo. METHODS: We analyzed the sensitivity of primary CLL cells to the fludarabine by CCK-8, and detected the expression of p53 in cells after drug treatment by western blot. Next, we constructed COP1 overexrpessing CLL cell line HG3, and analyzed the effect of COP1 overexpression on the HG3 cell's apoptosis, and HG3 transplant mice survival with drug treatment. RESULTS: Here, we found that primary CLL cells with high expression of COP1 showed low sensitivity to the drug and presented delayed enrichment of p53 protein than cells with low COP1 expressed. COP1 overexpression reduced HG3 cell sensitivity to the fludarabine treatment and inhibited cell apoptosis, and also retarded itself via autoubiquitination. The further study showed that COP1 promoted ubiquitin-dependent p53 degradation, which further disrupts the formation of the p53-Brn-3a complex and activation of Bcl-2 transcription. Moreover, mice engrafted with cells overexpressing COP1 showed a shortened survival, increased tumor cells burden in spleen and bone marrow (BM), and reduced tumor cell apoptosis even when fludarabine combined cyclophosphamide (F+C) therapy was administered. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that COP1 contributes to drug resistance of CLL cells to the fludarabine treatment in vitro and in vivo. CI - (c) 2018 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel. FAU - Fu, Chunling AU - Fu C AD - Blood Diseases Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Shi, Xuanxuan AU - Shi X AD - Blood Diseases Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Gong, Yanqing AU - Gong Y AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Wan, Yan AU - Wan Y AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Sun, Zengtian AU - Sun Z AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Shi, Hengliang AU - Shi H AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Wang, Zhenzhen AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China. FAU - Marinaccio, Christian AU - Marinaccio C AD - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Crispino, John D AU - Crispino JD AD - Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. FAU - Xu, Kailin AU - Xu K AD - Blood Diseases Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, ChinaLihmd@163.com. AD - Department of Hematology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, ChinaLihmd@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181113 PL - Germany TA - Cell Physiol Biochem JT - Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology JID - 9113221 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor Brn-3A) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 8N3DW7272P (Cyclophosphamide) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (COP1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - FA2DM6879K (Vidarabine) RN - P2K93U8740 (fludarabine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Bone Marrow/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cyclophosphamide/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/drug therapy/mortality/*pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics/metabolism MH - Spleen/pathology MH - Survival Rate MH - Transcription Factor Brn-3A/metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitination MH - Vidarabine/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - COP1 OT - Cll OT - F+C therapy OT - Ubiquitin-dependent degradation EDAT- 2018/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2018/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 000495092 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000495092 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018;50(6):2314-2328. doi: 10.1159/000495092. Epub 2018 Nov 13.