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LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 678-685Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.10.026
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Notch-1; T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Apoptosis; siRNA; Akt
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Gain-of-function mutations in Notch-1 are common in T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), making this receptor a promising target lot drugs such as gamma-secretase inhibitors (GSIs). However, GSIs seem to be active in only a small fraction off-ALL cell lines with constitutive Notch-1 activity and the downstream response of Notch signaling is only partially understood. To further investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying proliferation suppression and apoptosis and explore effective downstream target genes, we used RNA interference (RNAi) technology to down-regulate the expression of Notch-1 in GSIs-resistant T-ALL cell lines. Results showed that down-regulation of Notch-1 by transfection of a small interfering RNA (siRNA) Could cause SUpT1 cells proliferation inhibition by inducing G(0)/G(1) cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. The proliferation inhibitory and apoptotic effects resulting from down-regulation of Notch-1 may be mediated through regulating the expression of cell cycle regulatory proteins cyclin D1, C1 and p21 and the activity of Akt signaling. In addition, Our results demonstrated that down-regulation of Notch-1 signaling could sensitize SupT1 cells to adriamycin. Taken together, cell cycle regulatory proteins and Akt signaling may be attractive targets in T-ALL. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved-
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