The Effect of Telomerase Inhibition on NK Cell Activity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Dizaji Asl, Khadijeh and Rafat, Ali and Movassaghpour, Ali Akbar and Nozad Charoudeh, Hojjatollah and Tayefi Nasrabadi, Hamid (2021) The Effect of Telomerase Inhibition on NK Cell Activity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin. ISSN 2228-5881

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Abstract

Purpose: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is known to be an invasive and highly lethal hematological malignancy in adults and children. Resistance to the present treatments, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy with their side effects and telomere length shortening are the main cause of the mortality in AML patients. Telomeres sequence which are located at the end of eukaryotic chromosome play pivotal role in genomic stability. Recent studies have shown that apoptosis process is blocked in AML patient by the excessive telomerase activity in cancerous blasts. Therefore, the find of effective ways to prevent disease progression has been considered by the researchers. Natural killer (NK) cells as granular effector cells play a critical role in elimination of abnormal and tumor cells. Given that the cytotoxic function of NK cells is disrupted in the AML patients, we investigated the effect of telomerase inhibitors on NK cell differentiation.

Methods: To evaluate telomerase inhibition on NK cell differentiation, the expression of CD105, CD56, CD57, and KIRs was evaluated in CD34+derived NK cells after incubation of them with BIBR1532.

Results: The results showed that the expression of CD105, CD56, CD57, and KIRs receptors reduces after telomerase inhibition. According to these findings, BIBR1532 affected the final differentiation of NK cells.

Conclusion: The results revealed that telomerase inhibitor drugs suppress cancer cell progression in a NK cells-independent process.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: STM Digital > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2023 12:03
Last Modified: 26 Jul 2024 07:20
URI: http://research.asianarticleeprint.com/id/eprint/379

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