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ONCOTARGET
Volume 7, Issue 38, Pages 61860-61873Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11452
Keywords
ependymoma; p53; RELA; Actinomycin-D
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- Cooperation Program in Cancer Research of the Deutsches Krcbsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
- Israel's Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MOST)
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany - (BMBF
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung and Forschung)
- Stinting Sibylle Assmus
- Kind-Philipp Society for Research in Pediatric Oncology
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Ependymomas in children can arise throughout all compartments of the central nervous system (CNS). Highly malignant paediatric ependymoma subtypes are Group A tumours of the posterior fossa (PF-EPN-A) and RELA-fusion positive (ST-EPN-RELA) tumours in the supratentorial compartment. It was repeatedly reported in smaller series that accumulation of p53 is frequently observed in ependymomas and that immunohistochemical staining correlates with poor clinical outcome, while TP53 mutations are rare. Our TP53 mutation analysis of 130 primary ependymomas identified a mutation rate of only 3%. Immunohistochemical analysis of 398 ependymomas confirmed previous results correlating the accumulation of p53 with inferior outcome. Among the p53-positive ependymomas, the vast majority exhibited a RELA fusion leading to the hypothesis that p53 inactivation might be linked to RELA positivity. In order to assess the potential of p53 reactivation through MDM2 inhibition in ependymoma, we evaluated the effects of Actinomycin-D and Nutlin-3 treatment in two preclinical ependymoma models representing the high-risk subtypes PF-EPN-A and ST-EPN-RELA. The IC-50 of the agent as determined by metabolic activity assays was in the lower nano-molar range (0.2-0.7 nM). Transcriptome analyses of high-dose (100 nM), low-dose (5 nM) and non-treated cells revealed re-expression of p53 dependent genes including p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) after low-dose treatment. At the protein level, we validated the Actinomycin-D induced upregulation of PUMA, and of p53 interaction partners MDM2 and p21. Proapoptotic effects of low-dose application of the agent were confirmed by flow cytometry. Thus, Actinomycin-D could constitute a promising therapeutic option for ST-EPN-RELA ependymoma patients, whose tumours frequently exhibit p53 inactivation.
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