Inhibition of pyrimidine biosynthesis targets protein translation in AML.
Kats, L. M.; So, J.; Lewis, A. C.; Smith, L. K.; Stanley, K.; Pijpers, L.; Dominguez, P.; Hogg, S. J.; Vervoort, S.; Johnstone, R. W.; McDonald, G.; Ulanet, D. B.; Murtie, J.; Gruber, E.
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The mitochondrial enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) catalyzes one of the rate-limiting steps in de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis, a pathway that provides essential metabolic precursors for nucleic acids, glycoproteins and phospholipids. DHODH inhibitors (DHODHi) are clinically used for autoimmune diseases and are emerging as a novel class of anti-cancer agents, especially in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) where pyrimidine starvation was recently shown to reverse the characteristic differentiation block in AML cells. Herein we show that DHODH blockade rapidly shuts down protein translation in leukemic stem cells (LSCs) by down-regulation of the multi-functional transcription factor YY1, has potent activity against AML in vivo and is well tolerated with minimal impact on normal blood development. Moreover, we find that ablation of CDK5, a gene that is recurrently deleted in AML and related disorders, increases the sensitivity of AML cells to DHODHi. Our studies provide important molecular insights and identify a potential biomarker for an emerging strategy to target AML.
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