2015
Targeting of Quiescent and Proliferating CML Stem Cells By DNA Repair Inhibitors
Sullivan K, Bolton-Gillespie E, Nieborowska-Skorska M, Cerny-Reiterer S, Valent P, Muschen M, Pomerantz R, Mazin A, Skorski T. Targeting of Quiescent and Proliferating CML Stem Cells By DNA Repair Inhibitors. Blood 2015, 126: 50. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v126.23.50.50.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuiescent leukemia stem cellsLeukemia stem cellsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsChronic myeloid leukemiaCML cellsBCR-ABL1Myeloid leukemiaAnti-leukemia effectSimultaneous targetingCML leukemia stem cellsNew treatment modalitiesPARP1 inhibitorsCML stem cellsNormal counterpartsDouble knockout miceAdditional chromosomal aberrationsTKI-resistant BCRStem cellsBristol-Myers SquibbTKI therapyDisease relapseChronic phaseGood respondersCML patientsTreatment modalities
2014
Gene Expression and Mutation Analysis (GEMA) –Guided Precision Medicine Targeting PARP1 to Induce Synthetic Lethality in DNA-PK –Deficient Quiescent and BRCA-Deficient Proliferating Leukemia Stem and Progenitor Cells
Nieborowska-Skorska M, Sullivan K, Podszywalow-Bartnicka P, Hoser G, Bolton-Gillespie E, Cramer-Morales K, Slupianek A, Zhou C, Cerny-Reiterer S, Stoklosa T, Sykes S, Valent P, Civin C, Muschen M, Minden M, Eppert K, Skorski T. Gene Expression and Mutation Analysis (GEMA) –Guided Precision Medicine Targeting PARP1 to Induce Synthetic Lethality in DNA-PK –Deficient Quiescent and BRCA-Deficient Proliferating Leukemia Stem and Progenitor Cells. Blood 2014, 124: 480. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v124.21.480.480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuiescent leukemia stem cellsLeukemia progenitor cellsLeukemia stem cellsIndividual patientsPARP1 inhibitorsBCR-ABL1MLL-AF9Progenitor cellsHomologous recombination repairSurvival of miceAML1-ETOAnti-tumor treatmentBone marrow cellsQuiescent cellsMutation analysisCML-CPDisease burdenImmunodeficient miceTumor initiatingLeukemia xenograftsReduced colony formationPatientsPharmacological inhibitionDNA double-strand breaksRepair mechanisms
2013
Oncogene-Induced DNA Repair Defects Promote PARP1-Mediated “Dual Synthetic Lethality” To Eradicate Quiescent and Proliferating Leukemia Stem and Progenitor Cells
Nieborowska-Skorska M, Slupianek A, Hoser G, Bolton-Gillespie E, Tulin A, Cerny-Reiterer S, Valent P, Muschen M, Sykes S, Skorski T. Oncogene-Induced DNA Repair Defects Promote PARP1-Mediated “Dual Synthetic Lethality” To Eradicate Quiescent and Proliferating Leukemia Stem and Progenitor Cells. Blood 2013, 122: 810. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v122.21.810.810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuiescent leukemia stem cellsLeukemia progenitor cellsLeukemia stem cellsImatinib-naïveLeukemia cellsAML1-ETOBCR-ABL1PARP1 inhibitorsProgenitor cellsNormal cellsAnti-leukemia effectPositive AML cellsBCR-ABL1 T315I mutationInhibited colony formationAnti-proliferative effectsPARP inhibitor olaparibStem cellsModest inhibitory effectInhibition of PARPPeripheral bloodDisease burdenBone marrow nicheClinical trialsAML cellsT315I mutation