PMID- 30864683 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190813 LR - 20190813 IS - 1791-2423 (Electronic) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May TI - TOPK is regulated by PP2A and BCR/ABL in leukemia and enhances cell proliferation. PG - 1785-1796 LID - 10.3892/ijo.2019.4740 [doi] AB - Although treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has improved with the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), patients develop fatal blast crisis (BC) whilst receiving TKI treatment. Alternative treatments for cases resistant to TKIs are required. A serine/threonine protein kinase, T‑lymphokine‑activated killer cell‑originated protein kinase (TOPK), is highly expressed in various malignant tumors. Binding of peptides to human leukocyte antigen was assessed via mass spectrometry in K562 CML cells. TOPK expression was assessed in various CML cell lines and in clinical samples obtained from patients with CML using reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot assays. It was observed that TOPK was expressed abundantly in BCR/ABL‑positive cell lines and at significantly higher levels in CML clinical samples compared with healthy donor samples. Overexpression of BCR/ABL or the presence of its inhibitor imatinib upregulated and downregulated TOPK expression, respectively, indicating that TOPK may be a target of BCR/ABL. TOPK inhibitor OTS514 suppressed proliferation of BCR/ABL‑positive cell lines and colony formation of CD34‑positive cells from patients with CML compared with lymphoma patients without bone marrow involvement. Furthermore, phosphorylation of TOPK was increased by protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor okadaic acid and was decreased in the presence of PP2A activator FTY720 compared with untreated samples. As constitutive BCR/ABL activity and inhibition of PP2A are key mechanisms of CML development, TOPK may be a crucial signaling molecule for this disease. Inhibition of TOPK may control disease status of CML, even in cases resistant to TKIs. FAU - Uchida, Emi AU - Uchida E AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Suwa, Shihoko AU - Suwa S AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Yoshimoto, Ryoto AU - Yoshimoto R AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Watanabe, Ken AU - Watanabe K AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Kasama, Takeshi AU - Kasama T AD - Research Center for Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Miura, Osamu AU - Miura O AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. FAU - Fukuda, Tetsuya AU - Fukuda T AD - Department of Hematology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113‑8519, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190305 PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (HLA-A24 Antigen) RN - 0 (OTS514) RN - 0 (Quinolones) RN - 0 (Thiophenes) RN - 8A1O1M485B (Imatinib Mesylate) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (PDZ-binding kinase) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 2) MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Blast Crisis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Female MH - Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - HLA-A24 Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Imatinib Mesylate/pharmacology MH - K562 Cells MH - Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics/metabolism/*pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Phosphatase 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Quinolones/pharmacology MH - Thiophenes/pharmacology MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2019/03/14 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/14 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/14 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/14 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.3892/ijo.2019.4740 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2019 May;54(5):1785-1796. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4740. Epub 2019 Mar 5.