| Grant number: | 17/23117-1 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Start date: | March 01, 2018 |
| End date: | March 31, 2022 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics |
| Principal Investigator: | Eduardo Magalhães Rego |
| Grantee: | Diego Antonio Pereira Martins |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 19/14057-0 - Evaluation of the TP53/TP73 pathway in the engraftment of primary acute promyelocytic leukemia cells using a xenotransplantation model, BE.EP.DR |
Abstract Current models of xenotransplantation engines used as in vivo study models of human leukemic processes have failed to reconstruct disease-related pathophysiological processes due to non-similarity to the human marrow niche. To describe, the evaluation of the high-renewal processes, differentiation and transformation of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and leukemia (LSCs), as well as their evaluation as to the efficacy of new treatment modalities, should be performed in species-specific. This is supported by the fact that some leukemic subtypes, such as human promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Acute leukemias, these subtypes are still subject to high mortality rates and risk of relapse. In this sense, it is believed that genetic variations that confer greater resistance to the leukemic clone can influence the capacity of grafting, and its evaluation in vivo. Previous studies in our group have shown that a higher expression ratio Np73 / TAp73 is associated with a worse prognosis in LPA (lower overall survival and disease-free survival) and resistance to cytarabine-induced apoptosis. Np73, a truncated form of the TP73 gene, acts as a potent inhibitor of the transcriptional activity of TP53 and TAp73 proteins, thus playing an important role in cell proliferation and death. Thus, an oncogenic activity of the TP73 gene is determined by the balance between it's transcriptionally active (TAp73) and inactive isoforms (Np73), and this relationship correlates with clinical prognosis and treatment failure in several human malignancies. Thus, the present work aims to determine how the TP53 / TP73 pathway is associated with a greater capacity of grafting in induced CD34 + cells and of patients with APL in humanized xenotransplantation models. Underlying, we will investigate the mechanisms by which the TP53 / TP73 pathway can confer PML-RARa + cells advantages of grafting, such as changes in proliferation, viability, cell cycle, apoptosis and clonogenic capacity. In addition, evaluations or transcriptome of patients with APL who obtained and who failed to graft in xenotransplantation models, in order to identify possible targets for TP53 / TP73 regulation. Expression of TP53 / T73 pathway targets will be investigated by real-time PCR and Western blot. | |
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