A post-transcriptional program of chemoresistance by AU-rich elements and TTP in quiescent leukemic cells

Background Quiescence (G0) is a transient, cell cycle-arrested state. By entering G0, cancer cells survive unfavorable conditions such as chemotherapy and cause relapse. While G0 cells have been studied at the transcriptome level, how post-transcriptional regulation contributes to their chemoresista...

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Vydané v:Genome Biology Ročník 21; číslo 1; s. 33
Hlavní autori: Lee, Sooncheol, Micalizzi, Douglas, Truesdell, Samuel S., Bukhari, Syed I. A., Boukhali, Myriam, Lombardi-Story, Jennifer, Kato, Yasutaka, Choo, Min-Kyung, Dey-Guha, Ipsita, Ji, Fei, Nicholson, Benjamin T., Myers, David T., Lee, Dongjun, Mazzola, Maria A., Raheja, Radhika, Langenbucher, Adam, Haradhvala, Nicholas J., Lawrence, Michael S., Gandhi, Roopali, Tiedje, Christopher, Diaz-Muñoz, Manuel D., Sweetser, David A., Sadreyev, Ruslan, Sykes, David, Haas, Wilhelm, Haber, Daniel A., Maheswaran, Shyamala, Vasudevan, Shobha
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London Springer Science and Business Media LLC 10.02.2020
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ISSN:1474-760X, 1474-7596, 1465-6906, 1474-760X
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Shrnutí:Background Quiescence (G0) is a transient, cell cycle-arrested state. By entering G0, cancer cells survive unfavorable conditions such as chemotherapy and cause relapse. While G0 cells have been studied at the transcriptome level, how post-transcriptional regulation contributes to their chemoresistance remains unknown. Results We induce chemoresistant and G0 leukemic cells by serum starvation or chemotherapy treatment. To study post-transcriptional regulation in G0 leukemic cells, we systematically analyzed their transcriptome, translatome, and proteome. We find that our resistant G0 cells recapitulate gene expression profiles of in vivo chemoresistant leukemic and G0 models. In G0 cells, canonical translation initiation is inhibited; yet we find that inflammatory genes are highly translated, indicating alternative post-transcriptional regulation. Importantly, AU-rich elements (AREs) are significantly enriched in the upregulated G0 translatome and transcriptome. Mechanistically, we find the stress-responsive p38 MAPK-MK2 signaling pathway stabilizes ARE mRNAs by phosphorylation and inactivation of mRNA decay factor, Tristetraprolin (TTP) in G0. This permits expression of ARE mRNAs that promote chemoresistance. Conversely, inhibition of TTP phosphorylation by p38 MAPK inhibitors and non-phosphorylatable TTP mutant decreases ARE-bearing TNFα and DUSP1 mRNAs and sensitizes leukemic cells to chemotherapy. Furthermore, co-inhibiting p38 MAPK and TNFα prior to or along with chemotherapy substantially reduces chemoresistance in primary leukemic cells ex vivo and in vivo. Conclusions These studies uncover post-transcriptional regulation underlying chemoresistance in leukemia. Our data reveal the p38 MAPK-MK2-TTP axis as a key regulator of expression of ARE-bearing mRNAs that promote chemoresistance. By disrupting this pathway, we develop an effective combination therapy against chemosurvival.
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PMCID: PMC7011231
ISSN:1474-760X
1474-7596
1465-6906
1474-760X
DOI:10.1186/s13059-020-1936-4