Abstract
Central nervous system (CNS) relapse is a common cause of treatment failure in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) despite current CNS-directed therapies that are also associated with significant short- and long-term toxicities. Herein, we showed that leukaemia cells exhibit decreased proliferation, elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased cell death in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) both in vitro and in vivo. However, interactions between leukaemia and meningeal cells mitigated these adverse effects. This work expands our understanding of the pathophysiology of CNS leukaemia and suggests novel therapeutic approaches for more effectively targeting leukaemia cells in the CNS.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 513-517 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | British journal of haematology |
Volume | 189 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Patrick Basile Leslie M. Jonart Maryam Ebadi Kimberly Johnson Morgan Kerfeld Peter M. Gordon [email protected] Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department of Pediatrics University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA Masonic Cancer Center University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA acute lymphpoblastic leukaemia central nervous system cerebral spinal fluid cell death cell adhesion Childrenɹs Cancer Research Fund Timothy O'Connell Foundation American Cancer Society Institutional Research NIH T32 CA099936 Figure S1. Direct leukaemia–meningeal contact is required to enhance leukaemia cell survival in CSF. Figure S2. Disrupting leukaemia–meningeal adhesion in CSF increases leukaemia cell death.
Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Children's Cancer Research Fund (PMG), the Timothy O'Connell Foundation (PMG) and an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (PMG). PB was partially supported by NIH Training Grant T32 CA099936.
Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Children's Cancer Research Fund (PMG), the Timothy O'Connell Foundation (PMG) and an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (PMG). PB was partially supported by NIH Training Grant T32 CA099936.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keywords
- acute lymphpoblastic leukaemia
- cell adhesion
- cell death
- central nervous system
- cerebral spinal fluid