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In vitro Activity of Bcr-Abl Inhibitors AMN107 and BMS-354825 against Clinically Relevant Imatinib-Resistant Abl Kinase Domain Mutants

Thomas O'Hare1, Denise K. Walters1, Eric P. Stoffregen2, Taiping Jia2, Paul W. Manley4, Jürgen Mestan4, Sandra W. Cowan-Jacob4, Francis Y. Lee5, Michael C. Heinrich3, Michael W.N. Deininger2 and Brian J. Druker1,2

1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute and 2 Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute; 3 Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon; 4 Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland; and 5 Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology, Princeton, New Jersey

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Imatinib, a Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is a highly effective therapy for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Despite durable responses in most chronic phase patients, relapses have been observed and are much more prevalent in patients with advanced disease. The most common mechanism of acquired imatinib resistance has been traced to Bcr-Abl kinase domain mutations with decreased imatinib sensitivity. Thus, alternate Bcr-Abl kinase inhibitors that have activity against imatinib-resistant mutants would be useful for patients who relapse on imatinib therapy. Two such Bcr-Abl inhibitors are currently being evaluated in clinical trials: the improved potency, selective Abl inhibitor AMN107 and the highly potent dual Src/Abl inhibitor BMS-354825. In the current article, we compared imatinib, AMN107, and BMS-354825 in cellular and biochemical assays against a panel of 16 kinase domain mutants representing >90% of clinical isolates. We report that AMN107 and BMS-354825 are 20-fold and 325-fold more potent than imatinib against cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl and that similar improvements are maintained for all imatinib-resistant mutants tested, with the exception of T315I. Thus, both inhibitors hold promise for treating imatinib-refractory CML.


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Imatinib (STI571, Gleevec), an Abl kinase inhibitor, is now the first-line treatment for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML; ref. 1). Its success is predicated on the efficient inhibition of the deregulated, oncogenic tyrosine kinase Bcr-Abl, which plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of CML (2, 3). Most newly diagnosed CML patients with chronic phase disease treated with imatinib achieve durable responses (4); however, a small percentage of these patients and most advanced-phase patients relapse on imatinib therapy (46).

In patients who relapse on imatinib therapy, the Bcr-Abl kinase is reactivated, emphasizing the importance of the kinase activity of this protein to disease pathogenesis. The most common mechanism of resistance, occurring in 60% to 90% of patients who acquire imatinib resistance, involves specific mutations in the kinase domain of Bcr-Abl that interfere with imatinib binding without eliminating ATP binding or kinase activity (reviewed in refs. 7, 8). Clinically observed mutations identified within the Bcr-Abl kinase domain span a range of residual imatinib sensitivities (IC50: 900-4,400 nmol/L) and encompass several functionally distinct kinase domain regions, including the nucleotide binding P-loop, imatinib contact residues, and the activation loop (7, 9, 10).

An understanding of the mechanism of imatinib resistance has prompted the search for alternate Bcr-Abl inhibitors that are effective against clinically observed Bcr-Abl mutants. Two promising new Bcr-Abl inhibitors for treating imatinib-resistant CML are currently being evaluated in clinical trials: the selective Abl inhibitor AMN107 and the dual Src/Abl inhibitor BMS-354825 (Fig. 1A, top). AMN107 was developed by rational drug design based on the crystal structure of an Abl-imatinib complex, whereas BMS-354825 is a Src inhibitor that was found to exhibit Abl inhibitory properties.



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Figure 1. AMN107 and BMS-354825 are more effective than imatinib in inhibiting proliferation of Ba/F3 cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl or all Bcr-Abl mutants except T315I. A, structures of AMN107, imatinib, and BMS-354825. B, Ba/F3 cells supplemented with IL-3 or Ba/F3 cells expressing wild-type or mutant Bcr-Abl protein were plated in quadruplicate at 5 x 103 cells/well in 96-well plates with escalating concentrations of imatinib (0-2,000 nmol/L), AMN107 (0-2,000 nmol/L), or BMS-354825 (0-32 nmol/L) included in the media. Results from day 3 methanethiosulfonate assays were used to construct best-fit curves and calculate the cellular IC50 and IC90 values. For imatinib, only the IC50 value is reported. The mean based on four replicates was calculated in the absence of inhibitor and for each concentration of inhibitor. Means ± SE were generated from three independent experiments and reported as the percentage inhibition of cellular proliferation relative to control. Error bars are omitted for clarity. Note that the scale of the abscissa for the BMS-354825 cellular proliferation graph differs from that of imatinib and AMN107.

 
The crystal structure of the Abl kinase domain in complex with imatinib indicates that few changes to the imatinib scaffold are likely to be tolerated (7, 11). Imatinib binds to the canonical ATP site lining the groove between the N and C lobes of the protein. The drug penetrates into the central cleft of the kinase and the high topological congruency between the aniline-pyrimidine substructure and the surface of the distorted ATP-binding pocket suggest that making changes within this region of imatinib might not be very productive. However, the methylpiperazinyl group of imatinib (Fig. 1A, top) lies along a surface-exposed pocket of the Abl kinase and is potentially more amenable to modification. Replacement of this heterocycle and further rational design to optimize drug-like properties led to the discovery of AMN107 (Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Basel, Switzerland; Fig. 1A), which, as predicted, possesses substantially increased binding affinity and selectivity for the Abl kinase compared with imatinib (12).

Another approach to counteract imatinib resistance is to use inhibitors that bind Bcr-Abl with less stringent conformational requirements than imatinib. Imatinib selectively targets an inactive conformation of the Abl kinase domain in which the activation loop is in a nonphosphorylated, closed position that is incompatible with substrate binding (13). Specific differences between the inactive conformations of Abl and Src provide a structural basis for the initially surprising finding that Src family kinases are not imatinib targets, despite a high degree of sequence homology (11). The Abl and Src active conformations are more similar and many inhibitors that bind to the active conformation of Src are also capable of inhibiting Abl (11). BMS-354825 is a dual Src-Abl kinase inhibitor that inhibits all tested Bcr-Abl kinase domain mutants observed in relapsed patients with the exception of T315I. The drug was also highly effective in a mouse model of imatinib-resistant, Bcr-Abl–dependent disease (14).

Although some data regarding the ability of AMN107 to inhibit various imatinib-resistant mutants is available, a number of the common mutants have not been included in the published data. Further, given differences in cell lines used, variations in levels of Bcr-Abl expression, and differing assay conditions, a direct comparison of AMN107 and BMS-354825 based on published results is not possible. Given that both of these drugs are in clinical trials, knowledge of the relative sensitivity of a particular mutant could assist in determining which drug would be more appropriate for a particular patient. Therefore, in this report, we present a complete profile of AMN107 against imatinib-resistant mutants and a direct cellular and biochemical comparison between imatinib, AMN107, and BMS-354825


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Reagents. BMS-354825 (N-(2-chloro-6-methylphenyl)-2-[[6-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl]-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl]amino]-5-thiazolecarboxamide) was synthesized by Bristol-Myers Squibb (New York, NY; ref. 14). AMN107 (NVP-AMN107-AA; 4-methyl-N-[3-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-(3-pyridinyl)-2pyridinyl]amino] benzamide, hydrochloride) was synthesized by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (12). Imatinib was purchased from the Oregon Health and Science University pharmacy. Each compound was prepared as a 10 mmol/L stock in DMSO and experiments were done with dilutions of the stock solutions.

Cell lines. Ba/F3 transfectants (expressing full-length wild-type Bcr-Abl or Bcr-Abl with kinase domain point mutations) were generated, selected, and maintained as previously described (10). Parental Ba/F3 cells were supplemented with interleukin-3 (IL-3).

Kinase autophosphorylation assays with glutathione S-transferase–Abl kinase domains. Kinase assays using wild-type and mutant glutathione S-transferase (GST)–Abl fusion proteins (c-Abl amino acids 220-498) were done as described, with minor alterations (15). GST-Abl fusion proteins were released from glutathione-Sepharose beads before use; the concentration of ATP was 5 µmol/L. Immediately before use in kinase autophosphorylation and in vitro peptide substrate phosphorylation assays, GST-Abl kinase domain fusion proteins were treated with LAR tyrosine phosphatase according to the manufacturer's instructions (New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA). After 1-hour incubation at 30°C, LAR phosphatase was inactivated by addition of sodium vanadate (1 mmol/L). Immunoblot analysis comparing untreated GST-Abl kinase to dephosphorylated GST-Abl kinase was routinely done using phosphotyrosine-specific antibody 4G10 to confirm complete (>95%) dephosphorylation of tyrosine residues and c-Abl antibody CST 2862 to confirm equal loading of GST-Abl kinase. The inhibitor concentration ranges for IC50 determinations were 0 to 5,000 nmol/L (imatinib and AMN107) or 0 to 32 nmol/L (BMS-354825). The BMS-354825 concentration range was extended to 1,000 nmol/L for mutant T315I. These same inhibitor concentrations were used for the in vitro peptide substrate phosphorylation assays. The three inhibitors were tested over these same concentration ranges against GST-Src kinase (Cell Signaling Technology, Boulder, CO) and GST-Lyn kinase (Stressgen, Victoria, BC, Canada).

In vitro peptide substrate phosphorylation assays with glutathione S-transferase–Abl kinase domains. The effects of imatinib (0-5,000 nmol/L), AMN107 (0-5,000 nmol/L), and BMS-354825 (0-32 nmol/L) on the catalytic activity of unphosphorylated GST-Abl kinase were assessed using a synthetic, NH2-terminal biotin-linked peptide substrate (biotin-EAIYAAPFAKKK-amide; ref. 16). Assays were carried out at 30°C for 5 minutes in 25 µL of reaction mixture consisting of kinase buffer [25 mmol/L Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mmol/L ß-glycerophosphate, 2 mmol/L DTT, 0.1 mmol/L Na3VO4, 10 mmol/L MgCl2; Cell Signaling Technology], 50 µmol/L peptide substrate, 10 nmol/L wild-type or mutant GST-Abl kinase, and 50 µmol/L ATP/[{gamma}-32P]ATP (5,000 cpm/pmol). Reactions were terminated by addition of guanidine hydrochloride to a final concentration of 2.5 mol/L. A portion of each terminated reaction mixture was transferred to a streptavidin-coated membrane (SAM2 biotin capture membrane; Promega, Madison, WI), washed, and dried according to the manufacturer's instructions; phosphate incorporation was determined by scintillation counting. Results were corrected for background binding to the membranes as determined by omitting peptide substrate from the kinase reaction. Time course experiments to establish the linear range of enzymatic activity preceded kinase assays. Similar in vitro peptide substrate phosphorylation assays were conducted with two Src family kinases: GST-Src kinase (Cell Signaling Technology) and GST-Lyn kinase (Stressgen). For Src family kinases, SignaTECT PTK biotinylated peptide substrate 2 (Promega) was the peptide substrate; all other conditions were as described for the GST-Abl kinase assays.

Cellular proliferation assays. Ba/F3 cell lines were plated in triplicate and incubated with escalating concentrations of imatinib, AMN107, or BMS-354825 for 72 hours. Proliferation was measured using a methanethiosulfonate-based viability assay (CellTiter96 Aqueous One Solution Reagent; Promega). IC50 and IC90 values are reported as the mean of three independent experiments done in quadruplicate. The inhibitor concentration ranges for IC50 and IC90 determinations were 0 to 2,000 nmol/L (imatinib and AMN107) or 0 to 32 nmol/L (BMS-354825). The imatinib concentration range was extended to 6,400 nmol/L for mutants with IC50 >2,000 nmol/L. The BMS-354825 concentration range was extended to 200 nmol/L for mutant T315I.

Immunoblotting. Ba/F3 cell lines (1 x 106 cells) were incubated for 3 hours in media containing escalating doses of either imatinib or AMN107. Cells were collected by centrifugation and lysed in SDS sample buffer. Following SDS-PAGE, proteins were transferred to Immobilon-P membranes (Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA) for immunoblotting. Tyrosine-phosphorylated Bcr-Abl was detected with mouse monoclonal phosphotyrosine antibody 4G10 (Supplementary Fig. S1). Bcr-Abl expression was detected using rabbit c-Abl antibody CST 2862 (Cell Signaling Technology).

Apoptosis assays. Ba/F3 cell lines (6 x 104 cells/well) were incubated in 1 mL media containing vehicle, imatinib (300 nmol/L, 1,500 nmol/L), or AMN107 (30, 300, and 1,500 nmol/L) for 72 hours. Detection of apoptosis was done using a Guava Nexin apoptosis kit (Annexin V-phycoerythrin and 7-amino-actinomycin D; Guava Technologies, Hayward, CA) and a Guava Technologies PCA instrument. Results based on three independent experiments are reported as the mean ± SE (Supplementary Fig. S2).


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In this study, we compared the activity of imatinib and two promising Bcr-Abl inhibitors, AMN107 and BMS-354825, against wild-type Bcr-Abl and imatinib-resistant Bcr-Abl mutants. Biochemical assays with purified, dephosphorylated wild-type GST-Abl kinase showed that AMN107 inhibited Abl-catalyzed peptide substrate phosphorylation with ~20-fold higher potency than imatinib (IC50: 15 versus 280 nmol/L), whereas BMS-354825 had a two-log (~325-fold) increased potency relative to imatinib (IC50: 0.6 versus 280 nmol/L). Corresponding experiments with mutant Abl kinase domains revealed that the ~20-fold improved potency of AMN107 compared with imatinib is also seen with the imatinib-resistant mutants (Table 1). The one exception was the Abl mutant T315I, which was completely insensitive to AMN107 (highest concentration tested: 5,000 nmol/L). To facilitate comparisons within Table 1, the IC50 data are also expressed as fold change relative to a baseline of one for wild-type Abl kinase. By viewing the data in this way, it is apparent that the overall pattern of mutant sensitivity to AMN107 closely parallels that of imatinib. Because imatinib and AMN107 are predicted to share an absolute requirement for a specific inactive Bcr-Abl conformation and to bind in very similar ways, it is logical to expect largely the same pattern of effectiveness for AMN107 as for imatinib, but with the range of effectiveness shifted to a value more than an order of magnitude lower than that of imatinib. In contrast, BMS-354825 potently inhibited wild-type Abl kinase and all mutants except T315I over a narrow range (IC50 ≤ 1.7 nmol/L). We also did a complete set of Abl kinase autophosphorylation assays with each of the inhibitors and obtained similar results to those from peptide substrate assays (Table 1). Thus, biochemical assays establish that AMN107 and BMS-354825 directly target wild-type and mutant Abl kinase domains and inhibit autophosphorylation and substrate phosphorylation in a concentration-dependent manner. Similar assays with the Src family kinases Src and Lyn (17, 18), which is expressed at high levels in primary CML blast crisis cells, showed that BMS-354825 is a potent inhibitor of these Src family kinases, whereas imatinib and AMN107 are inactive against these kinases (Table 1).


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Table 1. Imatinib, AMN107, and BMS-354825 IC50 values (nmol/L) for purified GST-Abl kinase and purified GST-Src kinase autophosphorylation and peptide substrate phosphorylation assays

 
To extend the results with isolated kinase domains into a cellular context, we carried out cellular proliferation assays using Ba/F3 cells expressing wild-type or kinase domain mutants of Bcr-Abl. Similar to the data using isolated kinase domains, AMN107 inhibited the growth of cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl with 20-fold higher potency than imatinib (IC50: 13 versus 260 nmol/L); BMS-354825 (IC50: 0.8 nmol/L) displayed 325-fold greater potency compared with imatinib against cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl (Fig. 1; Table 2). For both inhibitors, similar improvements were maintained for all imatinib-resistant mutants tested, with the notable exception of T315I. We have previously reported that inhibition of Bcr-Abl by imatinib or the Src/Abl inhibitor AP23464 results in the accumulation of cells expressing WT Bcr-Abl in the G0-G1 cell cycle phase (19). We confirmed that this is also the case for AMN107 in the current study (data not shown).


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Table 2. Imatinib, AMN107, and BMS-354825 IC50 values (nmol/L) for cellular proliferation and cellular Bcr-Abl tyrosine phosphorylation assays

 
The data for AMN107 is summarized in Fig. 2, which shows a model of AMN107 in complex with Abl kinase mutant M351T, and shows that the sensitivity of Bcr-Abl mutants to AMN107 segregates into four categories: high (IC50 ≤ 70 nmol/L: M244V, G250E, Q252H, F3llL, F317L, M351T, V379I, L387M, H396P, H396R), medium (IC50 ≤ 200 nmol/L: Y253F, E255K, F359V), low (IC50 ≤ 450 nmol/L: Y253H, E255V), and insensitive (IC50 > 2 µmol/L: T315I). This pattern is highly reminiscent of the corresponding ranking of imatinib sensitivities (Table 2) and expected given the highly related structures of these two compounds and the binding constraints they share. However, there are a few differences in the fold differences in sensitivities of the mutants to imatinib and AMN107. This is particularly noteworthy for M351T. Due to the structural differences between AMN107 and imatinib, this residue comes in close proximity to imatinib, but is less critical for coordinating binding of AMN107. BMS-354825, on the other hand, was found to be an extremely potent inhibitor of proliferation in cells expressing all mutants except T315I. As in the biochemical assays, the range of IC50 values for cells treated with BMS-354825 was narrow (0.8-11 nmol/L), in line with the proposal that the Bcr-Abl structural requirements for binding BMS-354825 are much less stringent than for imatinib family members.



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Figure 2. AMN107 in complex with kinase domain of Abl mutant M351T. Schematic diagram showing the locations of residues on Abl kinase corresponding to imatinib-resistant mutant forms of Bcr-Abl detected in patients. The residues are color coded according to their sensitivity to inhibition by AMN107, which is shown as a tube representation with a transparent yellow surface, as bound in a crystal structure of M351T Abl kinase (light blue). Mutations of residues shaded in red are highly sensitive to AMN107 (IC50 ≤ 70 nmol/L: M244V, G250E, Q252H, F3llL, F317L, M351T, V379I, L387M, H396P, H396R), residues in orange show medium sensitivity (IC50 ≤ 200 nmol/L: Y253F, E255K, F359V), residues in green show low sensitivity (IC50 ≤ 450 nmol/L: Y253H, E255V), and the blue residue (T315I) is insensitive to AMN107 (IC50 > 2 µmol/L). Note that the level of AMN107 sensitivity at positions 253 and 255 (green) is dependent on the specific amino acid substitution. Thus, mutants Y253F and E255K fall in the medium (orange) classification, whereas Y253H and E255V comprise the low (green) category.

 
Cellular Bcr-Abl tyrosine phosphorylation immunoblot analysis confirmed that AMN107 is much more potent than imatinib in reducing Bcr-Abl tyrosine phosphorylation levels in cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl and all imatinib-resistant mutants except T315I (Table 2; Supplementary Fig. S1). As a basis of comparison, published values for BMS-354825 are included in Table 2 (14). With respect to AMN107, the highly imatinib-resistant mutants Y253H (AMN107 IC50: 155 nmol/L) and E255V (AMN107 IC50: 250 nmol/L) were the least sensitive mutants. For all other mutants, treatment with 250 nmol/L AMN107 resulted in complete (>95%) inhibition of the phosphorylated Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase signal (Supplementary Fig. S1). As expected, T315I was completely insensitive to AMN107 treatment (IC50 > 5,000 nmol/L) and no Bcr-Abl signal was detected in lysates from untransfected, parental Ba/F3 cells (data not shown).

In agreement with cellular proliferation and tyrosine phosphorylation assay results, AMN107 induced apoptosis at significantly lower concentrations than imatinib in cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl or any of the kinase domain mutants except T315I (Supplementary Fig. S2). At the highest AMN107 concentration tested (1.5 µmol/L), >90% of the cells were Annexin positive except in the cases of Y253H (65%), E255V (65%), and T315I (3%). Parental Ba/F3 cells and Ba/F3 cells expressing Bcr-Abl mutant T315I did not undergo apoptosis above vehicle-treated control levels in response to either inhibitor.

A conservative estimate for imatinib steady-state trough levels in patients treated with 400 mg imatinib per day is 1.5 µmol/L (2, 20). The pharmacokinetic profile and maximum tolerated dose for AMN107 have not been reported, and its effectiveness as a therapy for imatinib-resistant CML will depend on the concentration that can be reached in humans. Preliminary findings from the phase I/II study indicate that orally administered AMN107 at 200 mg per day is well tolerated with biological and marrow effects in some patients (21). Taking inhibition at or above the IC90 value (Table 2) as a benchmark for clinical benefit, AMN107 at a trough level of 1.5 µmol/L would be predicted to be an effective single agent therapeutic for cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl and all mutants tested except T315I. If a trough level of only 500 nmol/L is achievable, three mutants (Y253H, E255V, and T315I) are predicted to be substantially resistant.

BMS-354825 is ~325-fold more potent than imatinib and 16-fold more potent than AMN107 against wild-type Bcr-Abl. Again, invoking inhibition at or above the IC90 value (Table 2) as an indicator of clinical benefit, BMS-354825 would be predicted to be an effective single agent therapeutic for cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl and all mutants tested except T315I at a trough level of 50 nmol/L. Establishing and utilizing the minimum effective concentration may be especially important in the case of dual Src/Abl inhibitors, such as BMS-354825 due to concerns pertaining to off-target effects.

In summary, the cellular and biochemical experiments directly comparing AMN107 and BMS-354825 to imatinib show that both inhibitors are more potent than imatinib against all cell lines and purified Abl kinase domains tested except T315I. The mutants, other than T315I, that were least responsive to AMN107 in all three cellular assays were Y253H and E255V (Fig. 2). Analogous to imatinib, the extent of sensitivity to AMN107 depended on the specific substitution at a given position (e.g., E255V less sensitive than E255K to AMN107).

Both AMN107 and BMS-354825 hold promise for treating patients with imatinib-resistant CML except when the disease is driven by Bcr-Abl mutant T315I. Although both inhibitors efficiently block Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase catalytic activity, they do so by binding to distinct, partially overlapping sites in the kinase domain and by placing different conformational requirements on the Abl kinase domain. If results of clinical trials and pharmacokinetic studies indicate that AMN107 and BMS-354825 are safe and effective, the feasibility of using these drugs in combination should be evaluated. In support of this approach, we recently investigated the use of imatinib in combination with BMS-354825 as a strategy for confronting drug resistance in CML.6 Specifically, treating Ba/F3 cells expressing wild-type or imatinib-resistant Bcr-Abl kinase domain mutants with various combinations of imatinib and BMS-354825 produced additive inhibitory effects. Even at imatinib concentrations above clinically achievable levels, no antagonism of the Src/Abl inhibitor was observed. A particularly appealing therapeutic option is to use a Bcr-Abl inhibitor cocktail containing these inhibitors as well as an as yet undiscovered T315I inhibitor. Advantages of combinatorial therapy are that clones resistant to one of the Bcr-Abl inhibitors may be vulnerable to another component of the cocktail (22), the potential to eliminate a wider spectrum of mutants, including those that predate therapeutic intervention (23), and eradication of a higher proportion of residual leukemic cells (8). Therefore, using Bcr-Abl inhibitor combinations to treat newly diagnosed, chronic-phase CML patients may represent the best strategy to prevent or significantly delay the onset of acquired drug resistance. In addition, these Bcr-Abl kinase inhibitors could also increase response rates and duration of response due to their increased potency.


    Acknowledgments
 
Grant support: National Cancer Institute, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (B.J. Druker).

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.

We thank Amie Corbin for providing the GST-Abl kinase domain constructs used for enzymatic assays.


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Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Research Online (http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/).

T. O'Hare and D.K. Walters contributed equally to this work.

6 T. O'Hare, et al. Combined Abl inhibitor therapy for minimizing drug resistance in CML: Src/Abl inhibitors are compatible with imatinib, submitted for publication. Back

Received 1/25/05. Revised 3/28/05. Accepted 4/ 7/05.


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Clin. Cancer Res., February 15, 2007; 13(4): 1089 - 1097.
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A. Quintas-Cardama, H. Kantarjian, D. Jones, C. Nicaise, S. O'Brien, F. Giles, M. Talpaz, and J. Cortes
Dasatinib (BMS-354825) is active in Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia after imatinib and nilotinib (AMN107) therapy failure
Blood, January 15, 2007; 109(2): 497 - 499.
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N. P. Shah
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Hematology, January 1, 2007; 2007(1): 371 - 375.
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Molecular Monitoring in Clinical Practice
Hematology, January 1, 2007; 2007(1): 376 - 383.
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D. A. Thomas
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Hematology, January 1, 2007; 2007(1): 435 - 443.
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H. M. Kantarjian, M. Talpaz, F. Giles, S. O'Brien, and J. Cortes
New Insights into the Pathophysiology of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Imatinib Resistance
Ann Intern Med, December 19, 2006; 145(12): 913 - 923.
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Dasatinib (BMS-354825) Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers in Animal Models Predict Optimal Clinical Exposure
Clin. Cancer Res., December 1, 2006; 12(23): 7180 - 7186.
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S. Soverini, G. Martinelli, S. Colarossi, A. Gnani, F. Castagnetti, G. Rosti, C. Bosi, S. Paolini, M. Rondoni, P. P. Piccaluga, et al.
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Cotreatment with Vorinostat (Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid) Enhances Activity of Dasatinib (BMS-354825) against Imatinib Mesylate-Sensitive or Imatinib Mesylate-Resistant Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Cells.
Clin. Cancer Res., October 1, 2006; 12(19): 5869 - 5878.
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H. A. Bradeen, C. A. Eide, T. O'Hare, K. J. Johnson, S. G. Willis, F. Y. Lee, B. J. Druker, and M. W. Deininger
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M. Baccarani, G. Saglio, J. Goldman, A. Hochhaus, B. Simonsson, F. Appelbaum, J. Apperley, F. Cervantes, J. Cortes, M. Deininger, et al.
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E. Jabbour, J. Cortes, H. M. Kantarjian, S. Giralt, D. Jones, R. Jones, F. Giles, B. S. Andersson, R. Champlin, and M. de Lima
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D. L. White, V. A. Saunders, P. Dang, J. Engler, A. C. W. Zannettino, A. C. Cambareri, S. R. Quinn, P. W. Manley, and T. P. Hughes
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Mayo Clin. Proc., July 1, 2006; 81(7): 973 - 988.
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M. Talpaz, N. P. Shah, H. Kantarjian, N. Donato, J. Nicoll, R. Paquette, J. Cortes, S. O'Brien, C. Nicaise, E. Bleickardt, et al.
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H. Kantarjian, F. Giles, L. Wunderle, K. Bhalla, S. O'Brien, B. Wassmann, C. Tanaka, P. Manley, P. Rae, W. Mietlowski, et al.
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Z. Chen, F. Y. Lee, K. N. Bhalla, and J. Wu
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Z. Zhang and K. E. Meier
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Hematology, January 1, 2006; 2006(1): 219 - 225.
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Dasatinib (BMS-354825) Has Increased Activity Against Bcr-Abl Compared to Imatinib in Primary CML Cells In Vitro, but Does Not Eradicate Quiescent CML Stem Cells.
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Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts), November 16, 2005; 106(11): 1994 - 1994.
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C. Peng, Y. Hu, F. Y. Lee, and S. Li
Targeting Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Stem Cells by BMS-214662 in Mice.
Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts), November 16, 2005; 106(11): 2861 - 2861.
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N. P. Shah
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Hematology, January 1, 2005; 2005(1): 183 - 187.
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R. L. Ilaria Jr.
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Hematology, January 1, 2005; 2005(1): 188 - 194.
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