Dual targeting of aberrant DNA and histone methylation synergistically suppresses tumor cell growth in ATL.

ABSTRACT: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a malignancy of mature CD4+ T cells caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-induced T-cell transformation. After infection with HTLV-1, it takes several decades for HTLV-1 carriers to develop ATL. The prognosis of ATL remains poor despite several new agents being approved in the last few years. Recently, it has been noted that epigenetic abnormalities, both DNA methylation and trimethylation at histone H3Lys27 (H3K27me3), contribute to ATL leukemogenesis. Here, we investigated the effect of combination treatment with DNA demethylating agents (azacitidine [AZA], decitabine (DAC), and OR-2100 (OR21), which is a silylated derivative of DAC) and inhibitors of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) (EPZ-6438 and DS-3201b), which catalyze tri

SUBMITTER: Kurahashi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature