The synthetic triterpenoid CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis of patient-derived AML blasts: 11/25 AMLs were highly sensitive, while the remaining were moderately sensitive to CDDO-Im. The addition of TRAIL significantly potentiated the cytotoxic effect of CDDO-Im, through mechanisms involving the induction of TRAIL-R1/TRAIL-R2 and downmodulation of TRAIL-R3/TRAIL-R4. Biochemical studies showed that CDDO-Im: induced a rapid and marked GSH depletion and antioxidants (GSH or NAC) completely inhibited its pro-apoptotic effect; sequentially activated caspase-8, -9 and -3; caspase inhibitors partially protected AML blasts from CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis; resistance of AML blasts to CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis correlated with low caspase-8/FADD and high Bcl-X-L expression in leukemic blasts.
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Resistance of acute myeloid leukemic cells to the triterpenoid CDDO-Imidazolide is associated with low caspase-8 and FADD levels
LO COCO, FRANCESCO;
2008-01-01
Abstract
The synthetic triterpenoid CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis of patient-derived AML blasts: 11/25 AMLs were highly sensitive, while the remaining were moderately sensitive to CDDO-Im. The addition of TRAIL significantly potentiated the cytotoxic effect of CDDO-Im, through mechanisms involving the induction of TRAIL-R1/TRAIL-R2 and downmodulation of TRAIL-R3/TRAIL-R4. Biochemical studies showed that CDDO-Im: induced a rapid and marked GSH depletion and antioxidants (GSH or NAC) completely inhibited its pro-apoptotic effect; sequentially activated caspase-8, -9 and -3; caspase inhibitors partially protected AML blasts from CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis; resistance of AML blasts to CDDO-Im-induced apoptosis correlated with low caspase-8/FADD and high Bcl-X-L expression in leukemic blasts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.