Ewa Jasek-Gajda1, Halina Jurkowska2, MaŁgorzata JasiŃska3, Jan A Litwin3, Grzegorz J Lis3. 1. Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland ewa.jasek@uj.edu.pl. 2. Chair of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland. 3. Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM: Deregulated activation of signaling through the RAS/RAF/mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK) and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathways is involved in numerous hematological malignancies, making it an attractive therapeutic target. This study aimed to assess the effect of the combination of ERK2 inhibitor VX-11e and STAT3 inhibitor STA-21 on acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines REH and MOLT-4. MATERIALS AND METHODS: REH and MOLT-4 cell lines were cultured with each drug alone and in combination. Cell viability, ERK activity, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis and oxidative stress induction were assessed by flow cytometry. Protein levels of STAT3, phospho-STAT3, protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3), survivin, p53 and p21 were determined by western blotting. RESULTS: VX-11e in combination with STA-21 significantly inhibited cell viability, induced G0/G1 cell-cycle arrest, enhanced production of reactive oxygen species, and induced apoptosis. These effects were associated with an increased level of p21 protein in REH cells and with reduced levels of phopho-STAT3, survivin and PTP4A3 proteins in MOLT-4 cells. CONCLUSION: Our findings provide a rationale for combined inhibition of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and STAT3 pathways in order to enhance anticancer effects against acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Copyright
BACKGROUND/AIM: Deregulated activation of signaling through the RAS/RAF/mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK) and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathways is involved in numerous hematological malignancies, making it an attractive therapeutic target. This study aimed to assess the effect of the combination of ERK2 inhibitor VX-11e and STAT3 inhibitor STA-21 on acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines REH and MOLT-4. MATERIALS AND METHODS: REH and MOLT-4 cell lines were cultured with each drug alone and in combination. Cell viability, ERK activity, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis and oxidative stress induction were assessed by flow cytometry. Protein levels of STAT3, phospho-STAT3, protein tyrosine phosphatase 4A3 (PTP4A3), survivin, p53 and p21 were determined by western blotting. RESULTS:VX-11e in combination with STA-21 significantly inhibited cell viability, induced G0/G1 cell-cycle arrest, enhanced production of reactive oxygen species, and induced apoptosis. These effects were associated with an increased level of p21 protein in REH cells and with reduced levels of phopho-STAT3, survivin and PTP4A3 proteins in MOLT-4 cells. CONCLUSION: Our findings provide a rationale for combined inhibition of RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and STAT3 pathways in order to enhance anticancer effects against acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Copyright
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