MDMX/MDM4 is highly expressed and contributes to cell growth and survival in anaplastic large cell lymphoma
- 11 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Leukemia & Lymphoma
- Vol. 62 (7), 1563-1573
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2021.1876871
Abstract
We hypothesized that murine double minute X (MDMX), a negative p53-regulator, may be involved in dysfunctional p53-signaling in anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive and ALK-negative, characterized frequently by non-mutated TP53 (wt-p53). By western blot analysis, MDMX was highly expressed in ALK + ALCL and expressed at variable levels in ALK- ALCL cell lines. By immunohistochemistry, high MDMX levels were observed more frequently in ALK + ALCL (36/46; 78%), compared with ALK- ALCL tumors (12/29; 41%) (p < .0018, Mann–Whitney-test). FISH analysis showed MDMX-amplification in 1 of 13 (8%) ALK- ALCL tumors, and low-level MDMX copy gains in 2 of 13 (15%) ALK- ALCL and 3 of 11 (27%) ALK + ALCL tumors. MDMX-pharmacologic inhibition or siRNA-mediated MDMX-silencing were associated with activated p53 signaling, growth inhibition and apoptotic cell death in wt-p53 ALCL cells, providing evidence that targeting MDMX may provide a new therapeutic approach for ALCL patients with wt-p53.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Commission
- Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs
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