TY - JOUR A1 - Herrmann, Andreas B. A1 - Müller, Martha‐Lena A1 - Orth, Martin F. A1 - Müller, Jörg P. A1 - Zernecke, Alma A1 - Hochhaus, Andreas A1 - Ernst, Thomas A1 - Butt, Elke A1 - Frietsch, Jochen J. T1 - Knockout of LASP1 in CXCR4 expressing CML cells promotes cell persistence, proliferation and TKI resistance JF - Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine N2 - Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative stem cell disorder characterized by the constitutively active BCR‐ABL tyrosine kinase. The LIM and SH3 domain protein 1 (LASP1) has recently been identified as a novel BCR‐ABL substrate and is associated with proliferation, migration, tumorigenesis and chemoresistance in several cancers. Furthermore, LASP1 was shown to bind to the chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), thought to be involved in mechanisms of relapse. In order to identify potential LASP1‐mediated pathways and related factors that may help to further eradicate minimal residual disease (MRD), the effect of LASP1 on processes involved in progression and maintenance of CML was investigated. The present data indicate that not only overexpression of CXCR4, but also knockout of LASP1 contributes to proliferation, reduced apoptosis and migration as well as increased adhesive potential of K562 CML cells. Furthermore, LASP1 depletion in K562 CML cells leads to decreased cytokine release and reduced NK cell‐mediated cytotoxicity towards CML cells. Taken together, these results indicate that in CML, reduced levels of LASP1 alone and in combination with high CXCR4 expression may contribute to TKI resistance. KW - BCR‐ABL KW - CML KW - CXCR4 KW - LASP1 KW - nilotinib KW - precursor cells Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214122 VL - 24 IS - 5 SP - 2942 EP - 2955 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eisenhardt, Anja E. A1 - Sprenger, Adrian A1 - Röring, Michael A1 - Herr, Ricarda A1 - Weinberg, Florian A1 - Köhler, Martin A1 - Braun, Sandra A1 - Orth, Joachim A1 - Diedrich, Britta A1 - Lanner, Ulrike A1 - Tscherwinski, Natalja A1 - Schuster, Simon A1 - Dumaz, Nicolas A1 - Schmidt, Enrico A1 - Baumeister, Ralf A1 - Schlosser, Andreas A1 - Dengjel, Jörn A1 - Brummer, Tilman T1 - Phospho-proteomic analyses of B-Raf protein complexes reveal new regulatory principles JF - Oncotarget N2 - B-Raf represents a critical physiological regulator of the Ras/RAF/MEK/ERK-pathway and a pharmacological target of growing clinical relevance, in particular in oncology. To understand how B-Raf itself is regulated, we combined mass spectrometry with genetic approaches to map its interactome in MCF-10A cells as well as in B-Raf deficient murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and B-Raf/Raf-1 double deficient DT40 lymphoma cells complemented with wildtype or mutant B-Raf expression vectors. Using a multi-protease digestion approach, we identified a novel ubiquitination site and provide a detailed B-Raf phospho-map. Importantly, we identify two evolutionary conserved phosphorylation clusters around T401 and S419 in the B-Raf hinge region. SILAC labelling and genetic/biochemical follow-up revealed that these clusters are phosphorylated in the contexts of oncogenic Ras, sorafenib induced Raf dimerization and in the background of the V600E mutation. We further show that the vemurafenib sensitive phosphorylation of the T401 cluster occurs in trans within a Raf dimer. Substitution of the Ser/Thr-residues of this cluster by alanine residues enhances the transforming potential of B-Raf, indicating that these phosphorylation sites suppress its signaling output. Moreover, several B-Raf phosphorylation sites, including T401 and S419, are somatically mutated in tumors, further illustrating the importance of phosphorylation for the regulation of this kinase. KW - BRAF KW - proteomics KW - phosphorylation KW - sorafenib KW - protein-protein interaction Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166529 VL - 7 IS - 18 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Salzmann-Manrique, Emilia A1 - Bremm, Melanie A1 - Huenecke, Sabine A1 - Stech, Milena A1 - Orth, Andreas A1 - Eyrich, Matthias A1 - Schulz, Ansgar A1 - Esser, Ruth A1 - Klingebiel, Thomas A1 - Bader, Peter A1 - Herrmann, Eva A1 - Koehl, Ulrike T1 - Joint Modeling of Immune Reconstitution Post Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Patients With Acute Leukemia Comparing CD34(+)-Selected to CD3/CD19-Depleted Grafts in a Retrospective Multicenter Study JF - frontiers in Immunology N2 - Rapid immune reconstitution (IR) following stem cell transplantation (SCT) is essential for a favorable outcome. The optimization of graft composition should not only enable a sufficient IR but also improve graft vs. leukemia/tumor effects, overcome infectious complications and, finally, improve patient survival. Especially in haploidentical SCT, the optimization of graft composition is controversial. Therefore, we analyzed the influence of graft manipulation on IR in 40 patients with acute leukemia in remission. We examined the cell recovery post haploidentical SCT in patients receiving a CD34(+)-selected or CD3/CD19-depleted graft, considering the applied conditioning regimen. We used joint model analysis for overall survival (OS) and analyzed the dynamics of age-adjusted leukocytes; lymphocytes; monocytes; CD3(+), CD3(+) CD4(+), and CD3(+) CD8(+) T cells; natural killer (NK) cells; and B cells over the course of time after SCT. Lymphocytes, NK cells, and B cells expanded more rapidly after SCT with CD34(+)-selected grafts (P = 0.036, P = 0.002, and P < 0.001, respectively). Contrarily, CD3(+) CD4(+) helper T cells recovered delayer in the CD34 selected group (P = 0.026). Furthermore, reduced intensity conditioning facilitated faster immune recovery of lymphocytes and T cells and their subsets (P < 0.001). However, the immune recovery for NK cells and B cells was comparable for patients who received reduced-intensity or full preparative regimens. Dynamics of all cell types had a significant influence on OS, which did not differ between patients receiving CD34(+)-selected and those receiving CD3/CD19-depleted grafts. In conclusion, cell reconstitution dynamics showed complex diversity with regard to the graft manufacturing procedure and conditioning regimen. KW - immune reconstitution KW - allogeneic stem cell transplantation KW - CD34 selection KW - CD3/19 depletion KW - children Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227302 VL - 9 ER -