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BCL6 mediates Chemoresistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

ABSTRACT: BCL6 is a transcription repressor that plays a crucial role in germinal center formation and lymphomagenesis. However, its role in myeloid malignancies remains unclear. Here, we explored the role of BCL6 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Heterogeneous levels of BCL6 were found across AML cell lines and primary AML samples. Cells with higher levels of BCL6 were indeed sensitive to treatment with BCL6 inhibitors. Gene expression profiling of AML cells treated with BCL6 inhibitor revealed a subset of target genes that are common with lymphoma cells. Ex vivo treatment of primary AML cells with BCL6 peptide inhibitor (BPI) induced apoptosis and decrease colony forming capacity which correlated with the levels of BCL6 expression . Importantly, inhibition of BCL6 in primary AML cells with either BPI or BCL6 siRNA resulted in significant reduction of leukemia initiating capacity using immunodeficient mice, suggesting ablation of leukemia stem cells (LSC). Such anti-LSC activity was also observed as downregulation of LSC gene signatures using gene expression analyses of cells treated with a BCL6 inhibitor. Importantly, treatment with cytarabine (AraC) induced BCL6 expression, and the levels of BCL6 induction were correlated with resistance to AraC. Treatment of AML primary derived xenografts (PDX) revealed that when AraC was combined with BCL6 inhibitor, inhibition of BCL6 significantly potentiated the efficacy of AraC and improved cytotoxic effects by interfering with the leukemia initiating capacity of AML cells. This suggests that pharmacological inhibition of BCL6 might provide a novel therapeutic strategy for ablation of LSCs and overcome chemoresistance in AML.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE133112 | GEO | 2020/08/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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