PUBLICATION

Clonal evolution enhances leukemia-propagating cell frequency in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia through Akt/mTORC1 pathway activation

Authors
Blackburn, J.S., Liu, S., Wilder, J.L., Dobrinski, K.P., Lobbardi, R., Moore, F.E., Martinez, S.A., Chen, E.Y., Lee, C., Langenau, D.M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140513-379
Date
2014
Source
Cancer Cell   25: 366-78 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Dobrinski, Kim P., Langenau, David, Lee, Charles
Keywords
none
Datasets
GEO:GSE54482
MeSH Terms
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis/genetics
  • Clonal Evolution/genetics*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/pharmacology
  • Multiprotein Complexes/metabolism*
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/antagonists & inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Humans
  • Zebrafish
  • Disease Progression
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Dexamethasone/pharmacology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism*
  • T-Lymphocytes/cytology
  • T-Lymphocytes/pathology
  • Genetic Variation
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
PubMed
24613413 Full text @ Cancer Cell
Abstract
Clonal evolution and intratumoral heterogeneity drive cancer progression through unknown molecular mechanisms. To address this issue, functional differences between single T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) clones were assessed using a zebrafish transgenic model. Functional variation was observed within individual clones, with a minority of clones enhancing growth rate and leukemia-propagating potential with time. Akt pathway activation was acquired in a subset of these evolved clones, which increased the number of leukemia-propagating cells through activating mTORC1, elevated growth rate likely by stabilizing the Myc protein, and rendered cells resistant to dexamethasone, which was reversed by combined treatment with an Akt inhibitor. Thus, T-ALL clones spontaneously and continuously evolve to drive leukemia progression even in the absence of therapy-induced selection.
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