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ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages 67-78Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02884-2
Keywords
Anthracyclines; AML therapy; Midostaurin; Multidrug resistance
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- Czech Science Foundation [16-26849S]
- Grant Agency of Charles University [1006218]
- project EFSA-CDN [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000841]
- ERDF
- Charles University [SVV 260 416]
- CESNET [LM2015042]
- CERIT Scientific Cloud [LM2015085]
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Midostaurin, an FLT3 inhibitor, shows therapeutic benefit beyond FLT3 inhibition in treating AML by blocking AKR1C3-mediated inactivation of Dau, increasing cellular accumulation of Dau, and enhancing its cytotoxic effects.
Midostaurin is an FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 receptor (FLT3) inhibitor that provides renewed hope for treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The limited efficacy of this compound as a monotherapy contrasts with that of its synergistic combination with standard cytarabine and daunorubicin (Dau), suggesting a therapeutic benefit that is not driven only by FLT3 inhibition. In an AML context, the activity of the enzyme aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3) is a crucial factor in chemotherapy resistance, as it mediates the intracellular transformation of anthracyclines to less active hydroxy metabolites. Here, we report that midostaurin is a potent inhibitor of Dau inactivation mediated by AKR1C3 in both its recombinant form as well as during its overexpression in a transfected cell model. Likewise, in the FLT3(-)AML cell line KG1a, midostaurin was able to increase the cellular accumulation of Dau and significantly decrease its metabolism by AKR1C3 simultaneously. The combination of those mechanisms increased the nuclear localization of Dau, thus synergizing its cytotoxic effects on KG1a cells. Our results provide new in vitro evidence of how the therapeutic activity of midostaurin could operate beyond targeting the FLT3 receptor.
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