The Notch/Hes1 pathway sustains NF-κB activation through CYLD repression in T cell leukemia

Lluis Espinosa, Severine Cathelin, Teresa D'Altri, Thomas Trimarchi, Alexander Statnikov, Jordi Guiu, Veronica Rodilla, Julia Inglés-Esteve, Josep Nomdedeu, Beatriz Bellosillo, Carles Besses, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Nicole Kucine, Shao Cong Sun, Guangchan Song, Charles C. Mullighan, Ross L. Levine, Klaus Rajewsky, Iannis Aifantis*, Anna Bigas

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

It was previously shown that the NF-κB pathway is downstream of oncogenic Notch1 in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Here, we visualize Notch-induced NF-κB activation using both human T-ALL cell lines and animal models. We demonstrate that Hes1, a canonical Notch target and transcriptional repressor, is responsible for sustaining IKK activation in T-ALL. Hes1 exerts its effects by repressing the deubiquitinase CYLD, a negative IKK complex regulator. CYLD expression was found to be significantly suppressed in primary T-ALL. Finally, we demonstrate that IKK inhibition is a promising option for the targeted therapy of T-ALL as specific suppression of IKK expression and function affected both the survival of human T-ALL cells and the maintenance of the disease in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCancer Cell
Volume18
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)268-281
Number of pages14
ISSN1535-6108
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010
Externally publishedYes

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