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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a life-threatening disease whose induction treatment consists of combination chemotherapy with Idarubicin and Cytarabine for fit patients. Treatment failures are frequent, urging the need for novel treatments for this disease. The DNA Damage Response Mechanism (DDR) comprises numerous molecules and pathways intended to arrest the cell cycle until DNA damage is repaired or else drive the cell to apoptosis. AML-derived cell lines after treatment with Idarubicin and Cytarabine were used for studying the expression profile of 84 DDR genes, through PCR arrays. Utilizing de novo AML patient and control samples we studied the expression of PPP1R15A, CDKN1A, GADD45A, GADD45G, and EXO1. Next, we performed PPP1R15A silencing in AML cell lines in two separate experiments using siRNA and CRISPR-cas9, respectively. Our findings highlight that DDR regulators demonstrate increased expression in patients with high cytogenetic risk possibly reflecting increased genotoxic stress. Especially, PPP1R15A is mainly involved in the recovery of the cells from stress and it was the only DDR gene upregulated in AML patients. The PPP1R15A silencing resulted in decreased viability of Idarubicin and Cytarabine-treated cell lines, in contrast to untreated cells. These findings shed light on new strategies to enhance chemotherapy efficacy and demonstrate that PPP1R15A is an important DDR regulator in AML and its downregulation might be a safe and effective way to increase sensitivity to chemotherapy in this disease.
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Citarabina , Dano ao DNA , Inativação Gênica , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Dano ao DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Citarabina/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteína Fosfatase 1/genética , Proteína Fosfatase 1/metabolismo , Idarubicina/farmacologia , Idarubicina/administração & dosagem , Masculino , Feminino , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/farmacologia , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Reparo do DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto , Idoso , Regulação Leucêmica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL) is a rare and aggressive subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined AEL as a biopsy with ≥30% proerythroblasts and erythroid precursors that account for ≥80% of cellularity. The International Consensus Classification refers to this neoplasm as "AML with mutated TP53". Classification entails ≥20% blasts in blood or bone marrow biopsy and a somatic TP53 mutation (VAF > 10%). This type of leukemia is typically associated with biallelic TP53 mutations and a complex karyotype, specifically 5q and 7q deletions. Transgenic mouse models have implicated several molecules in the pathogenesis of AEL, including transcriptional master regulator GATA1 (involved in erythroid differentiation), master oncogenes, and CDX4. Recent studies have also characterized AEL by epigenetic regulator mutations and transcriptome subgroups. AEL patients have overall poor clinical outcomes, mostly related to their poor response to the standard therapies, which include hypomethylating agents and intensive chemotherapy. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (AlloBMT) is the only potentially curative approach but requires deep remission, which is very challenging for these patients. Age, AlloBMT, and a history of antecedent myeloid neoplasms further affect the outcomes of these patients. In this review, we will summarize the diagnostic criteria of AEL, review the current insights into the biology of AEL, and describe the treatment options and outcomes of patients with this disease.
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Leucemia Eritroblástica Aguda , Humanos , Leucemia Eritroblástica Aguda/genética , Leucemia Eritroblástica Aguda/terapia , Leucemia Eritroblástica Aguda/diagnóstico , Leucemia Eritroblástica Aguda/patologia , Animais , Mutação , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismoRESUMO
The aim of this study was to compare the genomic features and clinical outcomes between paediatric and young adult patients (PAYA, <40 years) and older adults (OA, ≥40 years) with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) to gain insight into pathogenesis, disease prognosis and management. Of 630 MPN patients, 171 (27%) were PAYA with an average age at diagnosis of 31 years. Females were more prevalent in PAYA than OA (71% vs 58%; p = 0.002), and PAYA more frequently presented with essential thrombocytosis (ET) at diagnosis (67% vs 39%; p < 0.001). The presence of a JAK2 somatic mutation was higher in OA (80.4% vs 64.3%; p < 0.001), while a CALR mutation or lack of any traditional driver mutation was more common in PAYA (20.5% vs 10.5%; p = 0.001, 8.8% vs 3.7%; p = 0.01 respectively). Venous thrombosis was more common in PAYA compared to OA (19.8% vs 10.7%; p = 0.002). PAYA had a higher prevalence of familial MPN and familial cancer predisposition, and two PAYA patients harboured pathogenic germline JAK2 lesions. PAYA demonstrated longer survival from diagnosis than OA (median not reached vs 13 years), while disease transformation was less frequent (19.3% vs 37.9%).
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Transtornos Mieloproliferativos , Neoplasias , Trombocitemia Essencial , Feminino , Humanos , Adulto Jovem , Criança , Idoso , Adulto , Mutação , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/epidemiologia , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/genética , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/patologia , Trombocitemia Essencial/epidemiologia , Trombocitemia Essencial/genética , Trombocitemia Essencial/diagnóstico , Prognóstico , Janus Quinase 2/genética , Calreticulina/genéticaRESUMO
Better understanding of the biology of resistance to DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors is required to identify therapies that can improve their efficacy for patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). CCRL2 is an atypical chemokine receptor that is upregulated in CD34+ cells from MDS patients and induces proliferation of MDS and secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) cells. In this study, we evaluated any role that CCRL2 may have in the regulation of pathways associated with poor response or resistance to DNMT inhibitors. We found that CCRL2 knockdown in TF-1 cells downregulated DNA methylation and PRC2 activity pathways and increased DNMT suppression by azacitidine in MDS/sAML cell lines (MDS92, MDS-L and TF-1). Consistently, CCRL2 deletion increased the sensitivity of these cells to azacitidine in vitro and the efficacy of azacitidine in an MDS-L xenograft model. Furthermore, CCRL2 overexpression in MDS-L and TF-1 cells decreased their sensitivity to azacitidine. Finally, CCRL2 levels were higher in CD34+ cells from MDS and MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasm patients with poor response to DNMT inhibitors. In conclusion, we demonstrated that CCRL2 modulates epigenetic regulatory pathways, particularly DNMT levels, and affects the sensitivity of MDS/sAML cells to azacitidine. These results support CCRL2 targeting as having therapeutic potential in MDS/sAML.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas , Humanos , Azacitidina/farmacologia , Azacitidina/uso terapêutico , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/tratamento farmacológico , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Linhagem CelularRESUMO
Haploidentical donors offer a potentially readily available donor, especially for non-White patients, for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). In this North American collaboration, we retrospectively analyzed outcomes of first HCT using haploidentical donor and post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) in myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN) overlap neoplasms (MDS/MPN). We included 120 consecutive patients who underwent HCT using a haploidentical donor for MDS/MPN across 15 centers. Median age was 62.5 years and 38% were of non-White/Caucasian ethnicity. The median follow-up was 2.4 years. Graft failure was reported in seven of 120 (6%) patients. At 3 years, nonrelapse mortality (NRM) was 25% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 17-34), relapse 27% (95% CI: 18-36), grade 3-4 acute graftversus- host disease 12% (95% CI: 6-18), chronic graft-versus-host disease requiring systemic immunosuppression 14% (95% CI: 7-20), progression-free survival (PFS) 48% (95% CI: 39-59), and overall survival (OS) 56% (95% CI: 47-67). On multivariable analysis, NRM was statistically significantly associated with advancing age at HCT (per decade increment, subdistribution hazard ratio [sdHR] =3.28; 95% CI: 1.30-8.25); relapse with the presence of mutation in EZH2/RUNX1/SETBP1 (sdHR=2.61; 95% CI: 1.06-6.44); PFS with advancing age at HCT (per decade increment, HR=1.98, 95% CI: 1.13-3.45); and OS with advancing age at HCT (per decade increment, HR=2.01; 95% CI: 1.11-3.63) and splenomegaly at HCT/prior splenectomy (HR=2.20; 95% CI: 1.04-4.65). Haploidentical donors are a viable option for HCT in MDS/MPN, especially for those disproportionately represented in the unrelated donor registry. Hence, donor mismatch should not preclude HCT for patients with MDS/MPN, an otherwise incurable malignancy. In addition to patient age, disease-related factors including splenomegaly and high-risk mutations dominate outcomes following HCT.
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Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Doenças Mieloproliferativas-Mielodisplásicas , Neoplasias , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Esplenomegalia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/métodos , Ciclofosfamida , Doadores não Relacionados , Doença Aguda , Recidiva , Doenças Mieloproliferativas-Mielodisplásicas/genética , Doenças Mieloproliferativas-Mielodisplásicas/terapia , América do Norte , Condicionamento Pré-Transplante/métodosRESUMO
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal hematopoietic neoplasm characterized by bone marrow dysplasia, failure of hematopoiesis and variable risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Recent large-scale studies have demonstrated that distinct molecular abnormalities detected at earlier stages of MDS alter disease biology and predict progression to AML. Consistently, various studies analyzing these diseases at the single-cell level have identified specific patterns of progression strongly associated with genomic alterations. These pre-clinical results have solidified the conclusion that high-risk MDS and AML arising from MDS or AML with MDS-related changes (AML-MRC) represent a continuum of the same disease. AML-MRC is distinguished from de novo AML by the presence of certain chromosomal abnormalities, such as deletion of 5q, 7/7q, 20q and complex karyotype and somatic mutations, which are also present in MDS and carry crucial prognostic implications. Recent changes in the classification and prognostication of MDS and AML by the International Consensus Classification (ICC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reflect these advances. Finally, a better understanding of the biology of high-risk MDS and the mechanisms of disease progression have led to the introduction of novel therapeutic approaches, such as the addition of venetoclax to hypomethylating agents and, more recently, triplet therapies and agents targeting specific mutations, including FLT3 and IDH1/2. In this review, we analyze the pre-clinical data supporting that high-risk MDS and AML-MRC share the same genetic abnormalities and represent a continuum, describe the recent changes in the classification of these neoplasms and summarize the advances in the management of patients with these neoplasms.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/genética , Aberrações Cromossômicas , MutaçãoRESUMO
Myeloid neoplasms arise from malignant primitive cells, which exhibit growth advantage within the bone marrow microenvironment (BMM). The interaction between these malignant cells and BMM cells is critical for the progression of these diseases. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bound vesicles secreted into the extracellular space and involved in intercellular communication. Recent studies have described RNA and protein alterations in EVs isolated from myeloid neoplasm patients compared to healthy controls. The altered expression of various micro-RNAs is the best-described feature of EVs of these patients. Some of these micro-RNAs induce growth-related pathways such as AKT/mTOR and promote the acquisition of stem cell-like features by malignant cells. Another well-described characteristic of EVs in myeloid neoplasms is their ability to suppress healthy hematopoiesis either via direct effect on healthy CD34+ cells or via alteration of the differentiation of BMM cells. These results support a role of EVs in the pathogenesis of myeloid neoplasms. mainly through mediating the interaction between malignant and BMM cells, and warrant further study to better understand their biology. In this review, we describe the reported alterations of EV composition in myeloid neoplasms and the recent discoveries supporting their involvement in the development and progression of these diseases.
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Vesículas Extracelulares , MicroRNAs , Neoplasias , Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Comunicação Celular , Vesículas Extracelulares/metabolismo , Humanos , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Microambiente TumoralRESUMO
Myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN) overlap syndromes show a male predominance and men with MDS/MPN have worse outcomes, but it is unknown if the mutational burden differs between genders. We reviewed 167 patients with MDS/MPN and found that men had worse overall survival [hazard ratio (HR) 2·09, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·16-3·75; P = 0·013] independent of subtype, Revised International Prognostic Scoring System score and age at diagnosis. We analysed the genomic data of a subset of 100 patients. Men had 0·88 more somatic mutations on average (95% CI 0·20-1·56, P = 0·011) independent of subtype, sample source and blast percentage. More somatic mutations was associated with a higher incidence of transformation to acute myeloid leukaemia (subdistribution HR 1·30, 95% CI 1·01-1·70; P = 0·046). Men had 0·70 more mutations in high-risk genes [additional sex combs like-1 (ASXL1), enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1), SET binding protein 1 (SETBP1), NRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase (NRAS), stromal antigen 2 (STAG2)] on average (95% CI 0·11-1·29, P = 0·021), and 13-times higher odds of harbouring an EZH2 mutation (95% CI 1·64-102·94, P = 0·015). The presence of an EZH2 mutation was associated with worse survival among men (HR 2·98, 95% CI 1·1-8·0; P = 0·031). Our present findings suggest that the worse outcomes in men with MDS/MPN are associated with a higher number of somatic mutations, especially in high-risk genes. These results warrant validation in larger cohorts and investigation of the underlying mechanisms.
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Bases de Dados de Ácidos Nucleicos , Neoplasias Hematológicas/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Mutação , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/genética , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Caracteres Sexuais , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Genômica , Neoplasias Hematológicas/mortalidade , Humanos , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/mortalidade , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/mortalidade , Proto-Oncogene Mas , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Chronic myeloid neoplasms are clonal diseases with variable clinical course and outcomes and despite the introduction of novel therapies, patients with high-risk disease continue to have overall poor outcomes. Different groups have highlighted that men have overall worse survival and higher incidence of transformation to acute leukemia compared to women across neoplasms such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), MDS/MPN overlap neoplasms, and CML. More recent studies evaluating the genomic profile of patients with these neoplasms demonstrated a male predominance for mutations in high-risk genes including ASXL1, U2AF1, SRSF2 and ZRSR2. The understanding of the underlying biology is limited but a number of hypotheses have been developed and are currently being investigated. This review summarizes the current knowledge about sex-related differences in the clinical outcomes and genomic profile of patients with chronic myeloid neoplasms and discusses the hypothesized biologic mechanisms as an attempt to explain these observations.
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Leucemia Mielogênica Crônica BCR-ABL Positiva/patologia , Animais , Humanos , Leucemia Mielogênica Crônica BCR-ABL Positiva/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/genética , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Mutação/genética , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/genética , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/patologia , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/genética , Transtornos Mieloproliferativos/patologia , Caracteres SexuaisRESUMO
BK virus (BKV), a human polyomavirus that remains latent in renal epithelial cells, can be reactivated after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) leading to hemorrhagic cystitis. The incidence of BK viremia is higher after Umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) than HSCT from adult donors. Data regarding the role of immune recovery after UCBT in BKV reactivation is lacking. We examined the correlation between the development of BK viremia and immune reconstitution in 27 adult recipients of UCBT. The incidence of BK viremia was 52% and developed most frequently within the first 8â¯weeks after the transplantation, but persisted in seven patients at 6â¯months, and three patients at 1-year post UCBT. Detection of BK viremia 1â¯year after transplant was negatively associated with the number of CD8+ cells (pâ¯=â¯0.03) and CD8+CD45RO+ cells (pâ¯=â¯0.05) at 6â¯months, and the number of CD4+ (pâ¯=â¯0.03) and CD4+CD45RO+ cells (pâ¯=â¯0.03) at 12â¯months after UCBT. Conversely, BK viremia at 6 and 12â¯months was positively correlated with the number of T regulatory (Treg) cells at 1â¯month (pâ¯=â¯0.005 and pâ¯=â¯0.016, respectively). Because UCB Treg have highly potent immunosuppressive function, our findings indicate that sustained BK viremia in UCBT recipients might be associated with the increase of Treg cells early after transplantation, which mediate impaired and delayed reconstitution of CD4+ and CD8+ T effector cells.
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Vírus BK , Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/efeitos adversos , Infecções por Polyomavirus/virologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/fisiologia , Infecções Tumorais por Vírus/virologia , Ativação Viral , Adulto , Idoso , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , DNA Viral/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Polyomavirus/patologia , Infecções Tumorais por Vírus/patologia , Viremia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Integrase interactor 1 (INI-1)-deficient carcinoma is a rare cancer characterized by the loss of the SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily B member 1 gene (SMARCB1) and tends to follow an aggressive clinical course. There is no currently available standard therapy option, although a few promising treatment strategies, including enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibition, are under active investigation. This report describes a 30-year-old woman with INI-1-deficient carcinoma who progressed on combination chemotherapy and an EZH2 inhibitor. Next-generation-sequencing-based targeted cancer-related gene assay confirmed SMARCB1 loss and revealed other mutations in breast cancer 1 gene and checkpoint kinase 2 gene, which may have impacted her clinical course. After discussion at the molecular tumor board, she was offered alisertib, an aurora A kinase inhibitor, on a single-patient expanded-use program and achieved prolonged disease stabilization. Aurora A kinase inhibition may have an important role in the management of patients with INI-1-deficient tumors, warranting further evaluation in clinical studies. KEY POINTS: Loss of the SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily B member 1 gene (SMARCB1), which encodes integrase interactor 1 (INI-1), is associated with various mesenchymal malignancies, but a few carcinomas with rhabdoid features have been recently described as a distinct entity.INI-1-deficient carcinoma can be very aggressive, and there is no known treatment option available.There are encouraging preliminary data with an enhancer of zeste homolog 2 inhibitor, tazematostat, in INI-1-deficient malignancies, including INI-1-deficient carcinomas.Loss of INI-1 can activate aurora A kinase (AurkA), and inhibition of AurkA by alisertib could be a viable option and warrants further investigation in this cancer.Clinical genomic profiling can confirm diagnosis of molecularly defined malignancy and provide insights on therapeutic options.
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Aurora Quinase A/antagonistas & inibidores , Carcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Proteína SMARCB1/deficiência , Adulto , Carcinoma/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Metástase NeoplásicaRESUMO
The failure of complete remissions to reliably translate into cures in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can be explained by the leukemia stem cell (LSC) paradigm, which hypothesizes that rare leukemia cells with stem cell features, including self-renewal capacity and drug resistance, are primarily responsible for both disease maintenance and relapses. Traditionally, the ability to generate AML in immunocompromised mice were how these so-called LSCs were identified. Only those rare AML cells characterized by a hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) CD34+CD38- phenotype were believed capable of generating leukemia in immunocompromised mice, but more recently, significant heterogeneity in the phenotypes of engrafting AML cells has been demonstrated. Moreover, AML cells that engraft immunocompromised mice do not necessarily represent either the founder clone or those cells responsible for relapse. A recent study found that the most immature phenotype present in an AML was heterogeneous, but correlated with genetically defined risk groups and outcomes. Patients with AML cells expressing a primitive HSC phenotype (CD34+CD38- with high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity) manifested significantly lower complete remission rates, as well as poorer event-free and overall survivals. AMLs in which the most primitive cells displayed more mature phenotypes were associated with better outcomes. The strong clinical correlations suggest that the most immature phenotype detectable within a patient's AML might serve as a biomarker for "clinically relevant" LSCs. The minimal residual disease state during first remission may be the optimal setting to study novel LSC-targeted therapies, since they may have limited activity against the bulk leukemia and will be utilized at lowest tumor burden as well as least tumor heterogeneity.
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Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/patologia , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/citologia , Animais , Antígenos CD34 , Biomarcadores , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas , Humanos , Camundongos , FenótipoRESUMO
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a valuable graft source for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients who lack adult donors. UCB transplantation (UCBT) in adults results in delayed immune reconstitution, leading to high infection-related morbidity and mortality. Angiogenic factors and markers of endothelial dysfunction have biologic and prognostic significance in conventional HSCT, but their role in UCBT has not been investigated. Furthermore, the interplay between angiogenesis and immune reconstitution has not been studied. Here we examined whether angiogenic cytokines, angiopoietin-1 (ANG-1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), or markers of endothelial injury, thrombomodulin (TM) and angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2), associate with thymic regeneration as determined by T cell receptor excision circle (TREC) values and recovery of T cell subsets, as well as clinical outcomes in adult recipients of UCBT. We found that plasma levels of ANG-1 significantly correlated with the reconstitution of naive CD4+CD45RA+ and CD8+CD45RA+ T cell subsets, whereas plasma levels of VEGF displayed a positive correlation with CD4+CD45RO+ T cells and regulatory T cells and a weak correlation with TRECs. Assessment of TM and ANG-2 revealed a strong inverse correlation of both factors with naive T cells and TRECs. The angiogenic capacity of each patient's plasma, as determined by an in vitro angiogenesis assay, positively correlated with VEGF levels and with reconstitution of CD4+ T cell subsets. Higher VEGF levels were associated with worse progression-free survival and higher risk of relapse, whereas higher levels of TM were associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease and nonrelapse mortality. Thus, angiogenic factors may serve as valuable markers associated with T cell reconstitution and clinical outcomes after UCBT.
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Indutores da Angiogênese/sangue , Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/normas , Neoplasias Hematológicas/terapia , Reconstituição Imune/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Angiopoietina-1/sangue , Angiopoietina-2/sangue , Biomarcadores/sangue , Transplante de Células-Tronco de Sangue do Cordão Umbilical/métodos , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T , Recidiva , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Trombomodulina/sangue , Resultado do Tratamento , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/sangue , Adulto JovemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Gut colonization is a risk factor for infections with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms. We aimed to determine the ESBL class A reservoir among healthy individuals. METHODS: We searched PubMed and EMBASE (through 10 July 2015) looking for studies that contained data for fecal colonization with ESBL class A bacteria among healthy individuals for each World Health Organization-defined region. Distribution of isolates among cefotaximase (CTX-M), sulfhydryl variable, and temoneira enzymes and data on previous antibiotic use, international travel, previous hospitalization, and animal contacts were extracted. RESULTS: Sixty-six of 17 479 studies on 28 909 healthy individuals were included. The pooled prevalence of ESBL class A colonization was 14% (95% confidence interval [CI], 9, 20), with an increasing trend of 5.38% annually (P = .003). The pooled prevalence was higher in Asia and Africa (ranging from 46%, 95% CI, 29, 63 to 15%, 95% CI, 4, 31) and lower but still significant in central (3%, 95% CI, 1, 5), northern (4%, 95% CI, 2, 6), and southern Europe (6%, 95% CI, 1, 12) and the Americas (2%, 95% CI, 0, 5). CTX-Ms were the prevalent ESBL enzyme (69%). Antibiotic use for the prior 4 or 12 months was associated with a high colonization risk (risk ratio [RR] = 1.63; 95% CI, 1.19, 2.24 and RR = 1.58; 95% CI, 1.16, 2.16, respectively). International travel was also correlated with ESBL colonization [(RR = 4.06, (95% CI, 1.33, 12.41)]. CONCLUSIONS: The ESBL colonization rate among healthy individuals is significant worldwide. This should be taken into consideration in infection control and antibiotic management decisions.
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Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae/epidemiologia , Enterobacteriaceae/enzimologia , beta-Lactamases/metabolismo , África/epidemiologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Ásia/epidemiologia , Enterobacteriaceae/efeitos dos fármacos , Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae/microbiologia , Europa (Continente)/epidemiologia , Fezes/microbiologia , Humanos , Prevalência , ViagemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Docetaxel is the first chemotherapy agent approved for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The limited survival benefit associated with the quick emergence of resistance and systemic toxicity diminished its efficacy. JNK-mediated apoptosis is one of the mechanisms of docetaxel activity whereas ERK1/2-c-Myc-CXCR4 signaling is implicated in the development of resistance and induction of migration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the combination treatment with docetaxel and GLIPR1-ΔTM will synergistically induce greater cell death and inhibit the emergence of resistance and development of metastatic potential in prostate cancer (PCa) cells. METHODS: The synergistic effects of the docetaxel and GLIPR1-ΔTM were evaluated with DNA fragmentation, DAPI staining and MTS using paired t-test and isobologram study. The effects of the drugs on JNK and ERK1/2-c-Myc-CXCR4 signaling were evaluated with Western blot, DNA fragmentation, and MTS assays using the JNK inhibitor SP600125, and CXCR4 siRNA. The results of docetaxel and GLIPR1-ΔTM combination on migration were examined with scratch assay using the CXCR4 inhibitor AMD3100 while our hypothesis was examined in vivo using VCaP orthotopic xenograft model. RESULTS: We found that GLIPR1-ΔΤΜ synergized with docetaxel to induce apoptosis in VCaP and PC-3 PCa cells through induction of JNK signaling and concomitant inhibition of ERK1/2-c-Myc-CXCR4 signaling. We showed that JNK activation mediates the apoptotic effects of the drug combination and that CXCR4 knockdown increases its efficacy. We also found that the addition of GLIPR1-ΔΤΜ to docetaxel decreases the migration of VCaP and PC-3 cells. The combination treatment with docetaxel and GLIPR1-ΔTM inhibited tumor growth and decreased metastatic potential in VCaP xenografts more than single agents did. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggested that addition of GLIPR1-ΔTM treatment in PCa cells increases the efficacy of docetaxel and may inhibit the emergence of drug resistance; potentially permitting a decrease of docetaxel dose for patients with mCRPC eliminating its systemic toxicities.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Proteínas de Neoplasias/farmacologia , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/química , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/farmacologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Deleção de Sequência , Taxoides/farmacologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Docetaxel , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Proteínas de Membrana , Camundongos Nus , Metástase Neoplásica , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/metabolismo , Receptores CXCR4/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
GLIPR1 is a p53 target gene known to be downregulated in prostate cancer, and increased endogenous GLIPR1 expression has been associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species, increased apoptosis, decreased c-Myc protein levels and increased cell cycle arrest. Recently, we found that upregulation of GLIPR1 in prostate cancer cells increases mitotic catastrophe through interaction with heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70) and downregulation of Aurora kinase A and TPX2. In this study, we evaluated the mechanisms of recombinant GLIPR1 protein (glioma pathogenesis-related protein 1-transmembrane domain deleted [GLIPR1-ΔTM]) uptake by prostate cancer cells and the efficacy of systemic GLIPR1-ΔTM administration in a prostate cancer xenograft mouse model. GLIPR1-ΔTM was selectively internalized by prostate cancer cells, leading to increased apoptosis through reactive oxygen species production and to decreased c-Myc protein levels. Interestingly, GLIPR1-ΔTM was internalized through clathrin-mediated endocytosis in association with Hsc70. Systemic administration of GLIPR1-ΔTM significantly inhibited VCaP xenograft growth. GLIPR1-ΔTM showed no evidence of toxicity following elimination from mouse models 8 hr after injection. Our results demonstrate that GLIPR1-ΔTM is selectively endocytosed by prostate cancer cells, leading to increased reactive oxygen species production and apoptosis, and that systemic GLIPR1-ΔTM significantly inhibits growth of VCaP xenografts without substantial toxicity.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/uso terapêutico , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Animais , Apoptose/genética , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Clatrina/metabolismo , Endocitose/efeitos dos fármacos , Endocitose/genética , Endossomos/metabolismo , Humanos , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Masculino , Proteínas de Membrana , Camundongos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Transplante de Neoplasias , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico/efeitos dos fármacos , Transporte Proteico/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/metabolismo , Deleção de Sequência/genética , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Anastomotic leaks after colorectal resections for cancer are a leading cause of postoperative morbidity, mortality, and long hospital stay. Few data exist on the potentially deleterious effect of the anastomotic leaks after proctectomy for cancer on patient health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the effect of clinically evident anastomotic leaks on health-related quality of life after rectal cancer excision. DESIGN: This is a case-matched study. SETTINGS: This study was conducted in a Greek academic surgical department. PATIENTS: Included were 25 patients undergoing low anterior resection complicated by an anastomotic leak (Clavien classification II, n = 14, and III, n = 11) and 50 patients undergoing low anterior resection with an uncomplicated course. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Health-related quality-of-life data were prospectively collected at fixed assessment time points (baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively) by the use of validated questionnaires (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36, Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index, European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30, and European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-CR29). RESULTS: "Leak" patients required a longer hospitalization. Although the numbers of initially constructed defunctioning loop ileostomies were not significantly different between cases and controls, "leak" patients were required to remain with a stoma significantly more often at all postoperative assessment time points. No differences were observed in the baseline scores between the 2 groups. Physical function of "leak" patients was significantly worse at all postoperative assessment time points. At 6 and 12 months, their emotional and social function and overall quality-of-life scores were significantly decreased in comparison with the patients with an uncomplicated course. "Leak" patients experienced significantly more "stoma-related problems" and "sore skin" around the stoma site. LIMITATIONS: Limited number of patients, restriction of follow-up to the end of the first year, and heterogeneity in terms of the presentation, severity, and management of anastomotic leaks were the limitations of this study. CONCLUSIONS: Anastomotic leaks have an adverse effect on postoperative health-related quality of life.
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Fístula Anastomótica/fisiopatologia , Fístula Anastomótica/psicologia , Nível de Saúde , Qualidade de Vida , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Fístula Anastomótica/etiologia , Colectomia/efeitos adversos , Colectomia/psicologia , Feminino , Hospitalização , Humanos , Ileostomia/efeitos adversos , Ileostomia/psicologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica , Neoplasias Retais/fisiopatologia , Neoplasias Retais/psicologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The circadian rhythm regulates the cell cycle progression and DNA damage response. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between polymorphisms in the CLOCK1, PER2, and PER3 genes with the colorectal cancer (CRC) susceptibility and clinicopathological variables. METHODS: Four hundred two CRC patients and 480 healthy controls were included in a case-control study. Genotype and allelic frequencies of 311T>C (rs1801260) in CLOCK1 gene, G3853A (rs934945) in PER2 gene and 4/5 repeats polymorphisms in PER3 gene were evaluated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism method in the DNA extracted from the peripheral blood of patients and controls. RESULTS: The frequencies of the 311T>C CLOCK1 gene, CC genotype and C allele were significantly higher among CRC patients compared to controls (P < 0.0001) elevating the CRC risk by 2.78- and 1.78-fold respectively. No correlation was found between G3853A and 4/5 repeats polymorphisms and CRC risk. The C/G/5 and C/G/4 repeats haplotypes were higher in CRC patients (P = 0.0009 and P = 0.038) elevating the CRC risk by 60% and 89% respectively. No correlation was found between any polymorphism and clinicopathological characteristics of CRC patients. CONCLUSION: The 311T>C polymorphism in the CLOCK1 gene significantly increases the risk for CRC development while it does not affect the outcome of CRC patients.
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Proteínas CLOCK/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/genética , Neoplasias Colorretais/patologia , Proteínas Circadianas Period/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de RestriçãoRESUMO
The evolution of antiretroviral therapies (ART) has tremendously improved the life expectancy of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH), which is currently similar to the general population. However, as PLWH are now living longer, they exhibit various comorbidities such as a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defined malignancies. Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is the acquisition of somatic mutations by the hematopoietic stem cells, rendering them survival and growth benefit, thus leading to their clonal dominance in the bone marrow. Recent epidemiologic studies have highlighted that PLWH have a higher prevalence of CH, which in turn is associated with increased CVD risk. Thus, a link between HIV infection and a higher risk for CVD might be explained through the induction of inflammatory signaling in the monocytes carrying CH mutations. Among the PLWH, CH is associated with an overall poorer control of HIV infection; an association that requires further mechanistic evaluation. Finally, CH is linked to an increased risk of progression to myeloid neoplasms including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which are associated with particularly poor outcomes among patients with HIV infection. These bidirectional associations require further molecular-level understanding, highlighting the need for more preclinical and prospective clinical studies. This review summarizes the current literature on the association between CH and HIV infection.