Chen, Shu-Huey and Hsieh, Yao-Yu and Tzeng, Huey-En and Lin, Chun-Yu and Hsu, Kai-Wen and Chiang, Yun-Shan and Lin, Su-Mei and Su, Ming-Jang and Hsieh, Wen-Shyang and Lee, Chia-Hwa
(2020)
ABL Genomic Editing Sufficiently Abolishes Oncogenesis of Human Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells In Vitro and In Vivo.
Cancers, 12 (6).
p. 1399.
ISSN 2072-6694
Abstract
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is the most common type of leukemia in adults, and more than 90% of CML patients harbor the abnormal Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) that encodes the BCR-ABL oncoprotein. Although the ABL kinase inhibitor (imatinib) has proven to be very effective in achieving high remission rates and improving prognosis, up to 33% of CML patients still cannot achieve an optimal response. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to specifically target the BCR-ABL junction region in K562 cells, resulting in the inhibition of cancer cell growth and oncogenesis. Due to the variety of BCR-ABL junctions in CML patients, we utilized gene editing of the human ABL gene for clinical applications. Using the ABL gene-edited virus in K562 cells, we detected 41.2% indels in ABL sgRNA_2-infected cells. The ABL-edited cells reveled significant suppression of BCR-ABL protein expression and downstream signals, inhibiting cell growth and increasing cell apoptosis. Next, we introduced the ABL gene-edited virus into a systemic K562 leukemia xenograft mouse model, and bioluminescence imaging of the mice showed a significant reduction in the leukemia cell population in ABL-targeted mice, compared to the scramble sgRNA virus-injected mice. In CML cells from clinical samples, infection with the ABL gene-edited virus resulted in more than 30.9% indels and significant cancer cell death. Notably, no off-target effects or bone marrow cell suppression was found using the ABL gene-edited virus, ensuring both user safety and treatment efficacy. This study demonstrated the critical role of the ABL gene in maintaining CML cell survival and tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. ABL gene editing-based therapy might provide a potential strategy for imatinib-insensitive or resistant CML patients
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| Chen, Shu-Huey | | | | | Hsieh, Yao-Yu | | | | | Tzeng, Huey-En | | | | | Lin, Chun-Yu | | | | | Hsu, Kai-Wen | | | | | Chiang, Yun-Shan | yuc114@pitt.edu | yuc114 | | | Lin, Su-Mei | | | | | Su, Ming-Jang | | | | | Hsieh, Wen-Shyang | | | | | Lee, Chia-Hwa | | | |
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| Date: |
26 May 2020 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Cancers |
| Volume: |
12 |
| Number: |
6 |
| Publisher: |
MDPI AG |
| Page Range: |
p. 1399 |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.3390/cancers12061399 |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
CRISPR/Cas9, gene edit, Philadelphia chromosome, BCR-ABL, CML |
| ISSN: |
2072-6694 |
| Official URL: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12061399 |
| Funders: |
Ministry of Science and Technology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Drug Development Center, China Medical University” from The Featured Areas Research Center Program with in the frame work of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan |
| Article Type: |
Research Article |
| Date Deposited: |
11 Jun 2021 19:14 |
| Last Modified: |
11 Jun 2021 19:16 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/41283 |
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