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[Cancer Research 60, 3127-3131, June 15, 2000]
© 2000 American Association for Cancer Research


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The Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine Derivative PD180970 Inhibits p210Bcr-Abl Tyrosine Kinase and Induces Apoptosis of K562 Leukemic Cells1

Jay F. Dorsey, Richard Jove, Alan J. Kraker and Jie Wu2

Molecular Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute [J. F. D., R. J., J. W.] and the Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology [J. F. D., J. W.], Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [R. J., J. W.], University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33612; Department of Cancer Research, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 [A. J. K.]


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PD180970 is a novel pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine class of ATP-competitive inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinases. We found that PD180970 inhibited in vivo tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl (IC50 = 170 nM) and the p210Bcr-Abl substrates Gab2 and CrkL (IC50 = 80 nM) in human K562 chronic myelogenous leukemic cells. In vitro, PD180970 potently inhibited autophosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl (IC50 = 5 nM) and the kinase activity of purified recombinant Abl tyrosine kinase (IC50 = 2.2 nM). Incubation of K562 cells with PD180970 resulted in cell death. Results of nuclear staining, apoptotic-specific poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage, and annexin V binding assays indicated that PD180970 induced apoptosis of K562 cells. In contrast, PD180970 had no apparent effects on the growth and viability of p210Bcr-Abl-negative HL60 human leukemic cells. Thus, PD180970 is among the most potent inhibitors of the p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase, which is present in almost all cases of human chronic myelogenous leukemia. These findings indicate that PD180970 is a promising candidate as a novel therapeutic agent for Bcr-Abl-positive leukemia.


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Ph3 is present in almost all cases of human CML and in a subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (1, 2, 3) . In Ph-positive cells, the c-Abl gene on chromosome 9 is fused to the Bcr gene on chromosome 22 and produces either one of two Bcr-Abl fusion proteins, p210Bcr-Abl or p185Bcr-Abl (1 , 4) . Fusion of the Bcr sequence to c-Abl constitutively activates the Abl tyrosine kinase and may also alter the substrate specificity of the Abl tyrosine kinase (4 , 5) . p210Bcr-Abl is found in >95% of the cases of human CML (3) . It has been demonstrated that p210Bcr-Abl confers antiapoptotic activity to myeloid cells (6) and induces CML in mice (2) . These findings indicate that p210Bcr-Abl is a key protein responsible for the pathogenesis of CML. Importantly, the tyrosine kinase activity is essential for the transforming activity of p210Bcr-Abl, and inhibition of Abl tyrosine kinase activity blocks cell growth and induces apoptosis of p210Bcr-Abl-positive human leukemic cells (3 , 7) . Therefore, p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase is an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of human CML. To date, few Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been identified and characterized (3 , 7, 8, 9) .

Gab2 is a multisite docking protein recently cloned from p210Bcr-Abl-transformed hematopoietic cells (10) . Gab2 is constitutively tyrosine phosphorylated and associated with the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 in p210Bcr-Abl-transformed hematopoietic cells such as human CML K562 cells. We found that a novel pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivative (11) , PD180970 (see structure in Fig. 2ACitation ), potently inhibits Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation in K562 cells. Further studies showed that PD180970 is an inhibitor of the p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase and induces apoptosis of K562 cells, whereas it has no detectable effect on Ph-negative HL60 human leukemic cells. These findings suggest that PD180970 is a novel Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor that can selectively affect Bcr-Abl-positive leukemic cells.



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Fig. 2. Inhibition of p210Bcr-Abl autophosphorylation and the Abl tyrosine kinase activity in vitro by PD180970. A, structure of PD180970. B, concentration-dependent effect of PD180970 on p210Bcr-Abl autophosphorylation in vitro. The average tyrosine phosphorylation from three independent experiments is shown; bars, SD. Inset, representative autoradiograph. The arrowhead indicates the p210Bcr-Abl band. C, tyrosine kinase activities of recombinant v-Abl ({circ}) and c-Src ({blacktriangleup}) proteins were assayed by phosphorylation of peptide substrates in the presence of various concentrations of PD180970. The results represent the average of two experiments performed in duplicate; bars, SD. The radioactivity in the control (100%) samples was 1,231,575 ± 346,023 cpm for the v-Abl kinase assay and 322,232 ± 92,185 cpm for the c-Src kinase assay.

 

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Reagents and Cells.
PD180970 {6-(2,6-dichloro-phenyl)-2-(4-fluoro-3-methyl-phenylamino)-8-methyl-8H-pyrido [2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one} was synthesized by Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals (11) . The Src family protein tyrosine kinase selective inhibitors PP1 and PP2 (12) and the recombinant Abl tyrosine kinase were from Calbiochem. Recombinant c-Src protein and Src substrate peptide were from Upstate Biotechnology. Anti-Abl and anti-CrkL antibodies were from Santa Cruz Biotech, anti-PARP and antiphosphotyrosine (RC20H) antibodies were from PharMingen. The sources of other reagents were as given (13) or as indicated below. The K562 human CML cells (1 , 3 , 6) and the Ph-negative HL60 human promyelocytic leukemic cells (1) were maintained in RPMI 1640 containing 10% fetal bovine serum and 100 units/ml penicillin-streptomycin.

Preparation of Anti-Gab2 Antibody.
A peptide (CEWTDVRQSSEPSKGAKL) containing the COOH-terminal region of Gab2 (10) was synthesized, conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin, and used to generate antisera against Gab2 in rabbits. The antibody was affinity-purified using the antigen peptide. Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-Gab2 antibody was prepared from the affinity-purified antibody using the EZ-Link Plus Activated Peroxidase kit (Pierce).

Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblotting.
Cells (2 x 106 cells/sample) were collected by centrifugation (1000 x g for 3 min at 4°C), and lysed in buffer A [25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.2), 150 mM NaCl, 25 mM NaF, 1 mM benzamidine, 1% Triton X-100, 1 mM Na3VO4, 20 mM p-nitrophenyl phosphate, 2 µg/ml leupeptin, 2 µg/ml aprotinin, 100 µg/ml phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride]. Immunoprecipitations and the subsequent immunoblotting were performed essentially as described (13) using the antibodies indicated in the figure legends.

In Vitro Immune-Complex Kinase Assay.
p210Bcr-Abl (2 x 106 cells/sample) was immunoprecipitated from K562 cells using a monoclonal anti-Abl antibody. The immunoprecipitates were washed three times with buffer A and once with buffer B [20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.2), 20 mM NaCl]. The autophosphorylation reaction was carried out by incubating the p210Bcr-Abl immune complex in 30 µl of reaction buffer {10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.2), 2 mM p-nitrophenyl phosphate, 4 mM MgCl2, 2 mM MnCl2, 10 µM ATP containing 10 µCi of [{gamma}-32P]ATP} containing the indicated concentrations of PD180970 for 15 min at 30°C. The reaction was stopped by addition of SDS-gel loading buffer and heated at 95°C for 10 min. Proteins were resolved on 8% SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Autophosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl was analyzed with a PhosphorImager and also by autoradiography.

In Vitro Abl and Src Kinase Assays.
The activity of a purified bacterially expressed Abl protein tyrosine kinase (Calbiochem) was assayed using a synthetic peptide (EAIYAAPFAKKK) as substrate. The reaction was carried out at 30°C for 10 min in 40 µl of reaction mixture {50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 10 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 0.015% Brij 35, 0.1 mg/ml BSA, 10 µM ATP, 5 µCi of [{gamma}-32P]ATP (3000 Ci/mmol), 100 µM peptide substrate, and 2 ng of Abl kinase} containing 1–100 nM PD180970 or DMSO (vehicle). The reaction was stopped by spotting 35 µl of the reaction mixture onto p81 phosphocellulose filter (2.5 cm2 and immediately immersed in 2% phosphoric acid. The filters were washed five times with 2% phosphoric acid, and radioactivity retained on the filters was measured by liquid scintillation counting.

Src kinase activity was determined using a recombinant c-Src produced in Sf9 insect cells and a Src substrate peptide (KVEKIGEGTYGVVYK). The reaction was performed as above except that 6 units of c-Src and 150 µM Src substrate peptide were used in each reaction and the reaction was carried out at 30°C for 20 min.

Cell Viability, Nuclear Staining, PARP Cleavage, and Annexin V-PI Binding Assays.
For determination of cell growth and viability, cells (1.5 x 105) in triplicate were incubated in 2 ml of RPMI 1640–10% FCS containing tyrosine kinase inhibitors or DMSO (solvent for the inhibitors). The volume of the DMSO was kept at 0.1% of the medium volume. At the indicated times, cells were collected by centrifugation (1000 x g for 3 min). Cell viability was determined by the trypan blue exclusion assay (14) . At least 200 cells were examined in each sample.

For nuclear staining, samples (2 x 104 cells/each) were collected onto microscope glass slides by cytospin. The cells were mounted with mounting medium containing DAPI (Vector Laboratories) and examined with a fluorescence microscope.

To analyze PARP cleavage (6) , cells (1.5 x 106) were treated with PD180970 (0.5 µM) or DMSO for the indicated time. Cells were collected, washed once with cold PBS, and lysed in buffer C [50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 150 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 0.5% NP40, 0.5 mM DTT, 0.5 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride] for 30 min at 4°C. Cell lysate supernatants (40 µg protein/each) were resolved on 8% SDS-polyacrylamide gels, transferred to nitrocellulose membranes, and analyzed by immunoblotting with an anti-PARP antibody.

Evaluation of apoptosis by the annexin V-PI binding assay (7) was performed using the Annexin V-FITC Apoptosis Detection Kit (PharMingen) according to the supplier’s instructions. At least 1 x 104 cells in each sample were analyzed. Control cells stained with annexin V-FITC or PI alone were used to compensate for the flow cytometric analysis. Annexin V and PI double-negative cells are defined as live cells; annexin V-positive, PI-negative cells are defined as early apoptotic cells; and annexin V and PI double-positive cells are defined as late apoptotic and necrotic cells.


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PD180970 Inhibits Tyrosine Phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl, Gab2, and CrkL in K562 cells.
We prepared a polyclonal antibody against the newly identified multisite docking protein, Gab2, and began to investigate the signaling roles of Gab2. Gab2 is constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine residues in K562 cells (Fig. 1CCitation ) and in other p210Bcr-Abl-transformed hematopoietic cells (10) , suggesting that Gab2 is involved in p210Bcr-Abl-initiated cell signaling. Incubation of K562 cells with PD180970 inhibited Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation with an IC50 of 80 nM (Fig. 1, A and CCitation ). PD180970 treatment also resulted in dissociation of the Gab2-SHP2 complex in K562 cells (data not shown). PD180970 was originally identified as a Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor (11) . To assess the contribution of the Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor activity of PD180970 on inhibition of Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation, we tested the effects of two Src family tyrosine kinase-specific inhibitors, PP1 and PP2 (12) , on Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation in K562 cells. In contrast to PD180970, PP1 (10 µM) and PP2 (10 µM) had no apparent effects on Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation and Gab2-SHP2 association in K562 cells (not shown). These observations suggest that the inhibition of Gab2 tyrosine phosphorylation by PD180970 in K562 cells is unlikely to be due to inhibition of Src family tyrosine kinases.



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Fig. 1. Inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl, Gab2, and CrkL in K562 cells by PD180970. K562 cells were treated with DMSO (0) or the indicated concentrations of PD180970. p210Bcr-Abl, Gab2, and CrkL were immunoprecipitated. Equal portions of each immunoprecipitate (IP) were analyzed by immunoblotting (IB) with an antibody against ({alpha}) phosphotyrosine (PTyr; B–D, top panels) or with antibodies against Abl, Gab2, or CrkL (B–D, bottom panels) to confirm equal amounts of protein in each immunoprecipitate. Arrows indicate location of the indicated proteins. A, average levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of each protein from two independent experiments; bars, SD.

 
To determine whether PD180970 can inhibit p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity, K562 cells were treated with various concentrations of PD180970 for 12 h, and p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine phosphorylation was analyzed by immunoblotting with an antiphosphotyrosine antibody (RC20H) after immunoprecipitation with an anti-Abl antibody. Fig. 1, A and BCitation , shows that PD180970 inhibited tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC50 of 170 nM. The bottom panel of Fig. 1BCitation shows that equal amounts of p210Bcr-Abl protein were present in each immunoprecipitate.

CrkL is a well-characterized p210Bcr-Abl substrate (15 , 16) and is constitutively tyrosine-phosphorylated in K562 cells (Fig. 1DCitation ). To confirm the inhibitory effect of PD180970 on p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity in K562 cells, CrkL was immunoprecipitated from K562 cells that were treated for 12 h with various concentrations of PD180970 and analyzed by immunoblotting with RC20H. As shown in Fig. 1, A and DCitation , PD180970 potently inhibited CrkL tyrosine phosphorylation in K562 cells (IC50 = 80 nM). On the other hand, incubation of K562 cells with PP1 and PP2 (10 µM for 12 h) did not result in any change in CrkL tyrosine phosphorylation (data not shown). Together, these data indicate that PD180970 can inhibit p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity in K562 cells.

PD180970 Inhibits p210Bcr-Abl Autophosphorylation and Recombinant Abl Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Vitro.
To assess whether PD180970 can directly affect p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity, p210Bcr-Abl was immunoprecipitated from K562 cells, and in vitro autophosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl was performed in the presence or absence of PD180970. As shown in Fig. 2BCitation , PD180970 potently inhibited autophosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl in vitro. The IC50 obtained from three independent experiments for inhibition of p210Bcr-Abl autophosphorylation by PD180970 was 5 nM.

To further confirm that PD180970 can directly inhibit Abl tyrosine kinase activity, we determined the effect of PD180970 on the kinase activity of purified recombinant Abl tyrosine kinase (17) . This Escherichia coli-expressed recombinant protein is a truncated form of v-Abl (18) that contains an Abl tyrosine kinase domain identical to that of c-Abl. As illustrated in Fig. 2CCitation , PD180970 inhibited the tyrosine kinase activity of the recombinant Abl protein, with an IC50 of 2.2 nM. A similar IC50 value was obtained when the kinase assay was performed with a 10-fold lower concentration of Abl protein (not shown). These results demonstrate that PD180970 can directly and potently inhibit Abl tyrosine kinase activity. Fig. 2CCitation also shows that PD180970 inhibited c-Src tyrosine kinase activity with an IC50 of 0.8 nM, confirming that PD180970 is a potent inhibitor of c-Src tyrosine kinase (11) .

PD180970 Causes Apoptotic Cell Death of K562 Cells.
We next determined the effects of PD180970 on cell growth and viability of K562 cells. The Bcr-Abl-negative human HL60 leukemic cell line was used as a control. K562 cells and HL60 cells were incubated with PD180970 (0.5 µM) or DMSO (solvent) for 1–4 days, and cell numbers were counted each day after trypan blue staining. Fig. 3ACitation shows that the viable cell number of PD180970-treated K562 cells was below the initial plating cell number after day 1. Fig. 3BCitation shows that this was due to cell death. In striking contrast to the effects on K562 cells, PD180970 had no apparent effects on cell proliferation and viability of HL60 cells (Fig. 3Citation ).



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Fig. 3. Effects of PD180970, PP1, and PP2 on cell growth and viability of K562 and HL60 cells. K562 or HL60 cells (1.5 x 105/ml) in triplicate were mock-treated with DMSO (0.1%), PD180970 (0.5 µM), PP1 (10 µM), or PP2 (10 µM). Viable and total cell numbers were determined every 24 h after staining with trypan blue. A and B, effects of PD180970 on K562 and HL60 cells. C and D, effects of PP1 and PP2 on K562 and HL60 cells. DM, DMSO; PD, PD180970. The data represent the averages of two triplicate experiments; bars, SD.

 
To assess whether the K562 cell killing effect of PD180970 was attributed to inhibition of Src-like tyrosine kinases, we examined the effects of PP1 and PP2 on K562 cells. As shown in Fig. 3DCitation , PP1 and PP2 (10 µM) had moderate effects on K562 cell viability: 79–80%, 65–72%, and 38–55% of K562 cells treated with PP1 and PP2 were still viable on days 2, 3, and 4, respectively. In comparison, only 34 ± 2%, 15 ± 2%, and 6 ± 3% of cells treated with PD180970 (0.5 µM) remained viable on days 2, 3, and 4, respectively (Fig. 3BCitation ). Thus, there were considerable differences in the viability of K562 cells treated with PD180970 and with the Src kinases inhibitor PP1 or PP2.

To determine whether PD180970 causes apoptosis of K562 cells, we first examined the nuclei of K562 cells by fluorescence microscopy after DAPI staining. As illustrated in Fig. 4ACitation , many PD180970-treated K562 cells had condensed and fragmented nuclei, which is characteristic of apoptotic cells. We next analyzed the PARP protein in K562 cells. It has been demonstrated previously that the 116-kDa PARP is specifically cleaved into 85- and 25-kDa fragments by caspase-3 in cells, including K562 cells, that are undergoing apoptosis (6) . Fig. 4BCitation shows that little 85-kDa PARP was present in mock (DMSO)-treated K562 cells, whereas PD180970 treatment resulted in the apoptotic-specific cleavage of PARP.



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Fig. 4. Apoptosis of K562 cells induced by PD180970. K562 cells were treated with or without PD180970 (0.5 µM) for the indicated times. A, cytospins of K562 cells were examined by nuclear staining with DAPI. B, PARP protein cleavage was examined by immunoblotting with an anti-PARP antibody. C, cells were analyzed by the annexin V-PI binding assay. The results are representative of triplicate and duplicate experiments.

 
To further assess whether PD180970 induces apoptosis of K562 cells, we performed an annexin V-PI binding assay (7) . Redistribution of the plasma membrane annexin V-binding phosphatidylserine to the outer leaflet of plasma membrane is a hallmark of early apoptotic cells, whereas permeability to PI occurs in the later stage of apoptosis or in necrotic cells. In untreated K562 cells, 4.9 ± 0.6% of cells were annexin V-positive/PI-negative (lower right quadrant), whereas 2.6 ± 0.9% of cells were annexin V-PI double-positive (upper right quadrant). These values were essentially unchanged in mock-treated cells (Fig. 4CCitation , top panels). Incubation of K562 cells with PD180970 (0.5 µM) for 24 and 48 h increased annexin V-positive/PI-negative cells to 15.1 ± 3.1% and 34.5 ± 7.4%, respectively (Fig. 4CCitation , bottom panels). A considerable increase in annexin V-PI double-positive cells (22.5 ± 2.9%) was also detected in K562 cells treated with PD180970 for 48 h. Parallel experiments showed no change in annexin V-PI binding of HL60 cells treated with PD180970 (data not shown). These results demonstrate that PD180970 induced apoptosis of K562 cells.


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Because nearly all cases of CML are related to p210Bcr-Abl and its tyrosine kinase activity is essential for neoplastic transformation, inhibiting the p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity represents an important therapeutic approach for p210Bcr-Abl-positive CML. The key to this approach is the availability of protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors that can specifically kill p210Bcr-Abl-positive CML cells at submicromolar concentrations. Only one such compound, the 2-phenylaminopyrimidine derivative CGP57148, has been characterized thus far (3 , 7) . We demonstrate here that the novel pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivative PD180970 inhibits p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity and selectively induces apoptosis of p210Bcr-Abl-positive K562 cells at nanomolar concentrations.

PD180970 inhibits p210Bcr-Abl autophosphorylation in vitro with an IC50 of 5 nM. In cellular tyrosine phosphorylation assays, PD180970 inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl, with an IC50 of 170 nM, whereas it inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl substrates Gab2 and CrkL, with an IC50 of 80 nM. The higher concentration required for inhibition of tyrosine kinase autophosphorylation than for inhibition of phosphorylation of exogenous substrates is a general feature of competitive inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases (19) . In particular, this has been observed previously with the p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor CGP57148 (7) .

PD180970 was originally identified as a Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor (11) . Although the Src kinase inhibitory activity of PD180970 may contribute to the effects of PD180970 on K562 cells to some degree, several lines of evidence suggest that the effects of PD180970 on K562 cells is largely due to inhibition of the p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase. (a) PD180970 inhibited (IC50 = 2.2 nM) recombinant Abl tyrosine kinase purified from E. coli (Fig. 2CCitation ). This result unequivocally demonstrates that PD180970 is a potent inhibitor of the Abl tyrosine kinase. (b) The Src tyrosine kinase inhibitors PP1 and PP2 (12) had no apparent effect on tyrosine phosphorylation of Gab2 and CrkL in K562 cells. (c) The effects of PP1 and PP2 on K562 cell viability were relatively small compared with that of PD180970 (Fig. 3BCitation ). The difference between the extent of K562 cell death caused by P180970 and by PP1/PP2 is likely due to inhibition of p210Bcr-Abl by PD180970 (Fig. 3, B and DCitation ). This view is further supported by our observations in 32Dcl3 murine myeloid cells. Src tyrosine kinase is known to be involved in IL-3-stimulated 32Dcl3 proliferation (20) . We found that PD180970 (0.5 µM), PP1 (10 µM), and PP2 (10 µM) cause a similar 50% inhibition of 32Dcl3 cell proliferation, whereas all three compounds have little effect on the IL-3 dependent cell viability (data not shown). These results suggest that PD180970, PP1, and PP2 have similar effects on Src-like kinases at the concentrations used in our studies.

It has been suggested that p210Bcr-Abl renders myeloid cells resistant to apoptosis (6) . Our finding that PD180970 causes apoptosis of K562 cells is consistent with this notion. Apoptosis of K562 cells and other Bcr-Abl positive cells induced by the Abl kinase inhibitor CGP57148 has also been reported (7) . PD180970 had no apparent effect on cell proliferation and viability of Bcr-Abl-negative HL60 leukemic cells. In the normal 32Dcl3 myeloid cells, PD180970 partially inhibited IL-3-dependent cell proliferation but had little effect on cell viability (data not shown). These findings are very important in terms of the development of novel CML therapeutic agents. Studies of the Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor CGP57148 also demonstrate that inhibition of Abl tyrosine kinase activity causes cell death only in Bcr-Abl-positive leukemic cells (3 , 7) . Taken together, our results demonstrate that PD180970 is among the most potent p210Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors identified and represents another potential therapeutic agent for CML.


    Acknowledgments
 
We thank Jodi Kroeger of the Moffitt Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Core for flow cytometric analysis.


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The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

1 Supported in part by NIH Grants CA77467 (to J. W.) and CA55652 (to R. J.). Back

2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Molecular Oncology Program, MRC3-East, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612. Phone: (813) 979-6713; Fax: (813) 903-6817; E-mail: wu{at}moffitt.usf.edu Back

3 The abbreviations used are: Ph, Philadelphia chromosome; CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia; Gab2, Grb2-associated binder-2; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; PI, propidium iodide; IL, interleukin. Back

Received 2/15/00. Accepted 5/ 1/00.


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