Inhibition of NAMPT sensitizes MOLT4 leukemia cells for etoposide treatment through the SIRT2-p53 pathway

Theresa Grohmann, Melanie Penke, Stefanie Petzold-Quinque, Susanne Schuster, Sandy Richter, Wieland Kiess, Antje Garten

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Abstract

NAMPT (Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase) catalyses the rate-limiting step in the NAD biosynthesis from nicotinamide and thereby regulates the activity of NAD-dependent enzymes. Cancer cells are highly dependent on NAD for energy and DNA repair processes and are assumed to be more susceptible to an inhibition of NAD synthesis than non-transformed cells. We aimed to investigate whether or not inhibition of NAMPT with its specific inhibitor FK866 can sensitize leukemia cells for chemotherapeutic agents.

NAMPT protein abundance, enzymatic activity and NAD concentrations were significantly higher in Jurkat and Molt-4 leukemia cell lines compared to normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Combination of etoposide and FK866 caused increased cell death in leukemia cell lines compared to etoposide alone. Etoposide decreased protein abundance of NAD-dependent deacetylases SIRTUIN1. After combining etoposide and FK866 treatment SIRTUIN2 was further decreased and accumulation and acetylation of the downstream target p53 was further enhanced in MOLT4 cells. Concomitantly, protein abundance of p21 and cleaved BAX was increased.

Targeting NAMPT could be a novel therapeutic strategy to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents such as etoposide against leukemia.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-46
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume69
Early online date5 Apr 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • NAMPT inhibition
  • NAD salvage
  • FK866
  • APO866
  • SIRT1
  • p53
  • p21
  • BAX
  • caspase
  • NMN
  • chemotherapy
  • apoptosis

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