Synergism between Etoposide and 17-AAG in Leukemia Cells: Critical Roles for Hsp90, FLT3, Topoisomerase II, Chk1, and Rad51

Clinical Cancer Research - Tập 13 Số 5 - Trang 1591-1600 - 2007
Qing Yao1, Brenda J. Weigel2, John Kersey1,2
11The Cancer Center, University of Minnesota MMC 806, 420 Delaware St. SE, and
22 Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Abstract Purpose: DNA-damaging agents, such as etoposide, while clinically useful in leukemia therapy, are limited by DNA repair pathways that are not well understood. 17-(Allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG), an inhibitor of the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in FLT3+ leukemia cells. In this study, we evaluated the effects of etoposide and 17-AAG in leukemia cells and the roles of Hsp90, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1), Rad51, and topoisomerase II in this inhibition. Experimental Design: The single and combined effects of 17-AAG and etoposide and the mechanism of these effects were evaluated. FLT3 and the DNA repair-related proteins, Chk1 and Rad51, were studied in small interfering RNA (siRNA)–induced cell growth inhibition experiments in human leukemia cells with wild-type or mutated FLT3. Results: We found that etoposide and the Hsp90/FLT3 inhibitor 17-AAG, had synergistic inhibitory effects on FLT3+ MLL-fusion gene leukemia cells. Cells with an internal tandem duplication (ITD) FLT3 (Molm13 and MV4;11) were more sensitive to etoposide/17-AAG than leukemias with wild-type FLT3 (HPB-Null and RS4;11). A critical role for FLT3 was shown in experiments with FLT3 ligand and siRNA targeted to FLT3. An important role for topoisomerase II and the DNA repair-related proteins, Chk1 and Rad51, in the synergistic effects was suggested from the results. Conclusions: The repair of potentially lethal DNA damage by etoposide in leukemia cells is dependent on intact and functioning FLT3 especially leukemias with ITD-FLT3. These data suggest a rational therapeutic strategy for FLT3+ leukemias that combines etoposide or other DNA-damaging agents with Hsp90/FLT3 inhibitors such as 17-AAG.

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