Abstract
AbstractTo investigate possible causes of the variable response to treatment in pediatric B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to establish potential novel therapeutic targets, we used ionizing radiation (IR) exposure as a model of DNA damage formation to identify tumors with resistance to p53-dependent apoptosis. Twenty-one of 40 ALL tumors responded normally to IR, exhibiting accumulation of p53 and p21 proteins and cleavage of caspases 3, 7, and 9 and of PARP1. Nineteen tumors exhibited apoptotic resistance and lacked PARP1 and caspase cleavage; although 15 of these tumors had normal accumulation of p53 and p21 proteins, examples exhibited abnormal expression of TRAF5, TRAF6, and cIAP1 after IR, suggesting increased NF-κB prosurvival signaling as the mechanism of apoptotic resistance. The presence of a hyperactivePARP1mutation in one tumor was consistent with such increased NF-κB activity. PARP1 inhibition restored p53-dependent apoptosis after IR in these leukemias by reducing NF-κB DNA binding and transcriptional activity. In the remaining 4 ALL tumors, apoptotic resistance was associated with aTP53mutation or with defective activation of p53. We conclude that increased NF-κB prosurvival signaling is a frequent mechanism by which B-precursor ALL tumors develop apoptotic resistance to IR and that PARP1 inhibition may improve the DNA damage response of these leukemias.
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