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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 57-63出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2012.92
关键词
Myc; Bcl-2 family; apoptosis; tumorigenesis; cancer prevention
资金
- Cancer Council of Victoria
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Australia Fellowship) [461221]
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (SCOR Grant) [7413]
- Australian Government IRISS
- Victorian State Government OIS
As many oncogenic changes, such as Myc overexpression, promote apoptosis, the survival of emerging neoplastic clones may often initially depend upon endogenous levels of particular pro-survival members of the Bcl-2 protein family. Pertinently, we recently showed that in lymphoma-prone E mu-myc transgenic mice, which overexpress Myc in all B-lymphoid cells, endogenous Bcl-x(L) is critical for the survival, as well as the expansion of preneoplastic B-lymphoid cells and the development of malignant disease. This discovery raised the possibility that pharmacological blockade of Bcl-x(L) might impede Myc-driven lymphoma development. Indeed, we report here that treatment of preleukaemic E mu-myc transgenic mice with the Bcl-2 homology (BH)3 mimetic drug ABT-737, which inhibits Bcl-x(L), as well as Bcl-2 and Bcl-w, augmented apoptosis of preneoplastic B-lymphoid cells, reduced their numbers and greatly prolonged lymphoma-free survival. These findings reveal that BH3 mimetic drugs may provide a prophylactic strategy to prevent the development of certain tumours, particularly those driven by deregulated Myc expression. Moreover, such treatment may help in the management of patients with hereditary cancer syndromes and perhaps also in the prevention of tumour relapses. Cell Death and Differentiation (2013) 20, 57-63; doi:10.1038/cdd.2012.92; published online 20 July 2012
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