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Journal Article
Stromal control of cystine metabolism promotes cancer cell survival in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
2012
Overview
Tissue stromal cells interact with leukaemia cells and profoundly affect their viability and drug sensitivity. Here we show a biochemical mechanism by which bone marrow stromal cells modulate the redox status of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells and promote cellular survival and drug resistance. Primary CLL cells from patients exhibit a limited ability to transport cystine for glutathione (GSH) synthesis owing to a low expression level of Xc-transporter. In contrast, bone marrow stromal cells effectively import cystine and convert it to cysteine, which is then released into the microenvironment for uptake by CLL cells to promote GSH synthesis. The elevated level of GSH enhances leukaemia cell survival and protects them from drug-induced cytotoxicity. Furthermore, disabling this protective mechanism significantly sensitizes CLL cells to drug treatment in the stromal environment. This stromal–leukaemia interaction is critical for CLL cell survival and represents a key biochemical pathway for effectively targeting leukaemia cells to overcome drug resistance
in vivo
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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells depend on glutathione to counteract their high reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. However, their ability to synthesize this antioxidant is compromised by inefficient cystine uptake. Huang and colleagues now show that bone marrow stromal cells promote leukaemia cell survival by metabolizing cystine to cysteine and releasing it into the microenvironment to be taken up by leukaemia cells.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ Animals
/ Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Bone Marrow Cells - cytology
/ Bone Marrow Cells - metabolism
/ Cell Survival - drug effects
/ Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
/ Culture Media, Conditioned - chemistry
/ Culture Media, Conditioned - metabolism
/ Culture Media, Conditioned - pharmacology
/ Cystine
/ Humans
/ Leukemia
/ Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell - metabolism
/ Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell - pathology
/ Organoplatinum Compounds - pharmacology
/ Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism
/ Survival
