| Literature DB >> 29404396 |
Lucie de Beauchamp1, Pablo Baquero1, Elodie M Kuntz2, Eyal Gottlieb2,3, G Vignir Helgason1.
Abstract
We have recently uncovered an abnormal increase in mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in therapy-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia stem cells (LSCs). By simultaneously disrupting mitochondrial respiration and inhibiting BCR-ABL kinase activity using the antibiotic tigecycline and imatinib respectively, we effectively eradicated LSCs and prevented disease relapse in pre-clinical animal models.Entities:
Keywords: CML; Cancer stem cells; Imatinib; Leukaemia; Metabolism; OXPHOS; TCA cycle; Tigecycline; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Year: 2017 PMID: 29404396 PMCID: PMC5791851 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2017.1403532
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Oncol ISSN: 2372-3556