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Neoplasma Vol.68, No.4, p.832–841, 2021

Title: The combination of PRL-3 inhibitor with sorafenib synergistically promotes AML apoptosis
Author: Xiaomin Chen, Dade Rong, Wanhua Cai, Xiuzhen Tong, Haihe Wang

Abstract: Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3) is recognized as a novel independent crucial driver for AML progression. Thus, the specific inhibitor of PRL-3 would be a potential therapeutic agent to AML in clinics, but there are not enough preclinical applications reported yet. Here we evaluated the cytotoxicity of PRL-3 inhibitor, BR-1, against AML cells ML-1 and MOLM-13. Meanwhile, the effect of BR-1 on the biological characteristics of AML cells and the underlying mechanism was investigated along with the combination of BR-1 and sorafenib on the AML cell viability. Our results show that BR-1 promotes apoptosis by inactivation of the JAK/STAT5 and PI3K/AKT pathways, while inhibits cell proliferation through arresting cell cycle in the S phase. In addition, a combination of BR-1 with sorafenib can further improve the therapeutic effect on AML. Thus, our results demonstrated that BR-1 would be a novel and potent therapeutic agent to AML, and its combination with other anti-AML drugs would be a promising strategy for AML therapy.

Keywords: PRL-3 inhibitor; sorafenib; acute myeloid leukemia; apoptosis; therapy
Published online: 17-Jun-2021
Year: 2021, Volume: 68, Issue: 4 Page From: 832, Page To: 841
doi:10.4149/neo_2021_210301N265


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