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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR
Divisions of Hematology-Oncology (S.L., R.B.K., T.V., P.P., L.H., J.P., W.B., G.M.), Human Cancer Genetics (J.Y., P.N., D.P., G.M.), College of Pharmacy (Z.L., K.K.C.), and Comprehensive Cancer Center (D.P., G.M.), The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Received December 21, 2006; accepted March 22, 2007.
| Abstract |
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Emerging data support the notion that aberrant recruitment of HDAC activity contributes to disruption of gene transcription and promotes leukemogenesis in distinct cytogenetic and molecular subgroups of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (Erickson et al., 1992
). In t(8;21)(q22;q22) AML, the AML1 gene at chromosome band 21q22 fuses to the ETO gene at chromosome band 8q22 (Erickson et al., 1992
; Miyoshi et al., 1993
). The resulting AML1/ETO fusion gene encodes the chimeric protein AML1/ETO that silences AML1-target hematopoietic genes through directly recruiting HDAC complex to their promoters (Wang et al., 1998
). Similar mechanisms of transcriptional disruption via histone deacetylation have been described in t(15;17)-positive acute promyelocytic leukemia, where the PML/RAR,
oncogene recruits an HDAC repressor complex to the promoter of the retinoic acid-target genes (Grignani et al., 1998
).
Unlike structural abnormalities (i.e., chromosome deletions or gene mutations) causing irreversible loss of gene function, genomic silencing induced by histone deacetylation can be pharmacologically reversed by HDAC inhibitors. These compounds constitute a promising class of agents that activate differentiation programs, inhibit cell cycle, and induce apoptosis in a wide range of malignant cell lines and animal models via suppression of HDAC enzymatic activity and promotion of histone hyperacetylation (Boulaire et al., 2000
; Munster et al., 2001
). The latter causes chromatin relaxation and uncoiling that subsequently leads to expression of genes important for normal cell growth and differentiation (Lozzio et al., 1979
; Bernhard et al., 1999
.
Among the different HDAC inhibitors currently undergoing clinical testing for myeloid malignancies (Byrd et al., 2005
), valproic acid (VPA), an eight-carbon branched chain fatty acid with antiepileptic and mood-stabilizing activities, has been shown to inhibit growth and induce differentiation of neuroblastoma (Cinatl et al., 1996
, 1997
) and murine B- and human T-lymphoblastic cells (Tittle et al., 1992
) via inhibition of class I HDACs (Gottlicher et al., 2001
; Phiel et al., 2001
). VPA seems to exert its anticancer activity by inducing proteosomal degradation of HDAC2 but not other class I HDACs (i.e., HDAC1 and HDAC3) (Kramer et al., 2003
).
Göttlicher et al. (2001
) recently showed that VPA has activity in AML1/ETO-positive cells, where the fusion protein associates not only with HDAC2 but also with HDAC1 to repress gene transcription (Gottlicher et al., 2001
). Therefore, we hypothesized that, in addition to HDAC2 degradation, VPA must have significant pharmacological activity on HDAC1. Moreover, we show that although VPA does not directly lower HDAC1 protein expression, it disrupts the assembly of the AML1/ETO-HDAC1 repressor complex on AML1 target gene promoters, inducing histone hyperacetylation and re-expression of AML1/ETO-silenced genes. This ultimately translates into a significant antileukemic activity.
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4 x 105 cells/ml density for overnight and treated with 0, 0.3, 1, or 3 mM VPA (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO). HDAC Activity Assay. Nuclear extracts were prepared using Nuclear Extract kit (Active Motif Inc., Carlsbad, CA) according to manufacturer's instruction. The HDAC activity was assessed using HDAC Assay kit (Upstate Biotechnology, Lake Placid, NY) according to manufacturer's protocol.
Immunocytochemistry. Cells (4 x 104) were fixed in 3.7% paraformaldehyde (Sigma-Aldrich) for 20 min at room temperature, rinsed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) (Invitrogen), and cytospun (Shandon Cytospin 4; ThermoElectron, Waltham, MA) at 450 rpm for 5 min onto glass slides. The slides were blocked with 10% normal goat serum (Sigma-Aldrich) in PBS for 3 h at room temperature, and then they were incubated with primary antibodies overnight at 4°C. Anti-ETO or anti-AML1 rabbit polyclonal antibodies (Calbiochem, San Diego, CA) were diluted 1:200 in 2% normal goat serum and 0.5% Triton X-100 in PBS, whereas the anti-HDAC1 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Upstate Biotechnology) was diluted 1:400. After washing in PBS, the slides were stained for 1 h with goat anti-rabbit Cy2-conjugated secondary antibody (Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories Inc., West Grove, PA) diluted in PBS at 1:200. After PBS washing, nuclei were stained with 1 µg/ml 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (Sigma-Aldrich) for 10 min. Slides were mounted with Crystal/Mount (Biomeda, Foster City, CA), and fluorescence was detected by LSM 510 confocal/multiphoton microscope (Carl Zeiss Inc., Thornwood, NY). Slides stained with secondary antibody only served as negative control.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation. ChIP was performed using the commercially available Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay kit (Upstate Biotechnology) according to the manufacturer's protocol. In brief, Kasumi-1 cells, untreated or treated with VPA for 6 h, were cross-linked for 20 min at room temperature by adding 270 µl of formaldehyde directly to 10 ml of culture medium. Formaldehyde was then quenched with glycine at 0.125 M final concentration. Cells were washed twice with ice-cold PBS containing protease inhibitors (Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set III; Calbiochem), and then they were harvested in SDS lysis buffer with protease inhibitors and left on ice for 15 min. Chromatin was then fragmented to an average size of 0.2 to 1 kilobases by sonication. After centrifugation, the supernatant was equally divided and 10-fold diluted in ChIP dilution buffer. Approximately 5 to 10% of the solution was then saved for control (input DNA). After preclearing with 80 µl of salmon sperm DNA/protein A/agrose-50% slurry (Upstate Biotechnology) for 30 min at 4°C, antibodies (see below) were added and incubated overnight with gentle rotation at 4°C. Another 80-µl aliquot of salmon sperm DNA/protein A/agrose-50% slurry was then added to the solution, which was incubated for an additional 4 h at 4°C with agitation. The beads were then washed one time with low salt immune complex buffer, high salt immune complex buffer, LiCI immune complex buffer and two times with Tris-EDTA buffer (Upstate Biotechnology). The immunoprecipitated protein-DNA complex was eluted with elution buffer (1% SDS and 0.1 M NaHCO3). The input and immunoprecipitated chromatin were then incubated at 65°C for 6 h to reverse the formaldehyde cross-links and digested with proteinase K (RNA grade, 20 µg/ml; Invitrogen) for 4 h at 50°C to remove proteins. The DNA was extracted with pheno-chloroform, precipitated with ethanol, and dissolved in water. The antibodies used for immunoprecipitation were anti-acetyl-histone H4, anti-acetyl-histone H3, anti-HDAC1 (Upstate Biotechnology); anti-ETO (Calbiochem); and anti-RNA pol II (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA). Immunoprecipitated chromatin was analyzed by PCR with primers specific for the IL-3 gene promoter: forward, 5'-CCAGGGTAGTCCAGGTGATG-3' and reverse, 5'-GGGGCAGGCGTCGGAAGGAT-3'. The cycle number and the amount of template were optimized to ensure that results were within the linear range of PCR amplification.
Immunoprecipitation and Western Blot. Whole cellular lysates were prepared in 1x cell lysis buffer [20 mM Tris-HCl (Fisher Scientific, Fairlawn, NJ), pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl (Fisher Scientific), 1 mM Na2EDTA (Invitrogen), 0.2% Nonidet P-40 (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN), 1 mM
-glycerophosphate (Sigma-Aldrich), and 1 mM Na3VO4 (Sigma-Aldrich)] supplemented with protease inhibitors (Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set III) and 2 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (Sigma-Aldrich). Anti-
-actin, anti-Ku70, procaspase 3, pro-caspase 9, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase antibodies were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.; anti-ETO and anti-AML1 were purchased from Calbiochem; and anti-acetyl-histone H4, anti-acetyl-histone H3, anti-HDAC1, anti-HDAC2, and anti-methylated histone were purchased from Upstate Biotechnology. Equivalent gel loading was confirmed by probing with antibodies against
-actin for whole cell lysates or Ku70 for nuclear extract. For immunoprecipitations, the cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with the primary antibodies overnight at 4°C, and the immunocomplexes were collected by washing four times with lysis buffer and boiling in 1x Laemmli buffer for 10 min. After being separated by SDS polyacrylamide gel (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) electrophoresis, the proteins were transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ), and the blots were incubated with indicated antibodies in Tris-buffered saline/Tween 20 buffer [10 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCI, and 0.1% Tween 20 (GE Healthcare)] containing 5% nonfat dried milk powder. Proteins recognized by the antibodies were detected using the Chemiluminescent Detection kit (Pierce Chemical, Rockford, IL, and GE Healthcare).
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Band Depletion Assay for Transcriptional Complexes. Kasumi-1 cells treated with VPA for 6 and 12 h were cross-linked with 1% formaldehyde (Fisher Scientific) at room temperature for 20 min, pelleted, and washed in ice-cold PBS supplemented with protease inhibitors (Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set III). Cells were subjected to sonication (output 10 W; 5 times/10 s each) and centrifuged at 16,000g for 5 min at 4°C. Lysates were denatured at 100°C for 5 min in 1x Laemmli buffer, and Western blot was performed as described under Immunoprecipitation and Western Blot.
Apoptosis Analysis. Apoptosis was evaluated by propidium iodide (PI) (KPL, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD) staining. Kasumi-1, NB-4, THP-1, and ML-1 cells were treated with 0, 1, and 3 mM VPA for 24 or 48 h. Approximately 106 cells were harvested and fixed in ice-cold 70% ethanol for 15 min, pelleted by centrifugation, and stained at room temperature with PI staining solution [40 µg/ml PI and 100 µg/ml RNase A (Invitrogen) in PBS] for 30 min at room temperature. DNA content was then analyzed using a FACSCalibur (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA).
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VPA Decreased AML1/ETO, HDAC1, and HDAC2 Protein Levels in Nucleus. Because HDAC1 has been shown to be a crucial component in the control of acetylation and it is recruited by AML1/ETO onto the promoter of AML1 target genes, we postulated that to induce a significant antileukemic effects in t(8;21) AML, VPA needs to exert its pharmacological activity on HDAC1 in addition to the reported ability to modulate negatively HDAC2 protein expression (Kramer et al., 2003
). To prove our hypothesis, we treated Kasumi-1 cells with 1 mM VPA for 24 h, and we subjected nuclear extracts to immunoblotting. We observed a marked decline of both HDAC1 and HDAC2 protein levels (Fig. 2A). The levels of these proteins in the whole cell lysate, however, remained unchanged (Fig. 2B), supporting the possibility of relocation of these proteins from the nucleus to other cellular compartments (i.e., cytoplasm). At 48 h, consistent with previously reported results (Kramer et al., 2003
), HDAC2 but not HDAC1 levels decreased in the whole-cell lysate (data not shown). Interestingly, AML1/ETO protein in nucleus was also diminished by exposure to 1 mM VPA (Fig. 2A), whereas no obvious change was observed in total cell lysates (Fig. 2B).
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VPA Restored the Transcription of AML1/ETO-HDAC1-Repressed Genes through Local Chromatin Remodeling. To assess whether the observed global changes of AML1/ETO-HDAC1 following VPA treatment reflected those occurring at promoter of AML1/ETO-target genes, we used ChIP assays. In Kasumi-1 cells, IL-3 is silenced (Fig. 6A, bottom) via AML1/ETO that is enriched on the IL-3 promoter (Fig. 6A, top). In contrast, in NB-4 cells that do not harbor AML1/ETO, IL-3 is expressed (Fig. 6A, bottom) via AML1 wild type (Fig. 6A, top).
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To investigate the dynamics of transcriptional repression on the gene promoter mediated by VPA, Kasumi-1 cells were treated with 1 mM VPA for 6 h, and then they were subjected to the ChIP assay. We found that AML1/ETO and HDAC1 were released from the IL-3 gene promoter with concurrent recruitment of RNA pol II after 6 h of exposure to VPA (Fig. 6B, top). Furthermore, we observed that VPA treatment induced the accumulation of hyperacetylated histones H3 and H4 on the IL-3 gene promoter (Fig. 6B, top) and restoration of IL-3 gene transcription (Fig. 6B, bottom).
VPA Had a Pronounced Effect on HDAC-Associated Cell Lines. Because we showed that VPA treatment resulted in the dysfunction of AML1/ETO-HDAC complex and restored the transcription of AML1/ETO silenced gene, we next analyzed whether these events would also bring significant antileukemia effects. In addition to AML1/ETO-positive Kasumi-1 cells, we analyzed NB-4 cells that harbor PML/RAR
reported to physically interact with HDACs (Grignani et al., 1998
; Wang et al., 1998
) as well as THP-1 and ML-1 that lack the aberrant recruitment of HDACs. After 48-h treatment with 1 and 3 mM VPA, we showed a dose-dependent increase in the apoptosis rate (i.e., percentage of sub-G1) only in HDAC-associated cell lines (i.e., Kasumi-1 and NB-4), whereas MLL-associated cell lines (THP-1 and ML-1) cells seemed to be resistant (Fig. 7). Apoptosis in Kasumi-1 (and NB-4; data not shown) cells was caspase-mediated as demonstrated by dose-dependent cleavage of PARP, caspase 3, and caspase 9 following exposure to VPA (Fig. 8A) as well as 2-fold decrease in the apoptosis rate following treatment with the pan-caspase inhibitor zVAD-FMK (Fig. 8B). Notably, VPA-treated Kasumi-1 cells were induced to partial differentiation as shown by increased expression of CD11b (Fig. 8C).
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Consistent with this hypothesis, the current study revealed that VPA induced a functional disruption of the AML1/ETO-HDAC1 complex, in turn leading to caspase-dependent apoptosis. We showed that 1) VPA caused HDAC inhibition and global core histone H3/H4 post-translational modifications; 2) VPA decreased AML1/ETO, HDAC1, and HDAC2 protein levels in the nucleus; 3) VPA directly targeted the AML1/ETO-HDAC1 protein complex by disrupting its physical interaction and breaking its DNA/chromatin binding capability; and 4) VPA restored IL-3 gene transcription by inducing dynamic changes of transcriptional factors on the IL-3 gene promoter, including the accumulation of hyperacetylated histone H3 and H4, the dissociation of general transcriptional repressors (i.e., AML1/ETO and HDAC1), and the recruitment of general transcriptional activators (i.e., RNA pol II). Finally, the functional and antileukemic relevance of these pharmacological effects was demonstrated by the fact that VPA stimulated partial cell differentiation and caspase-mediated apoptosis. These data elucidate the molecular mechanism of gene regulation and cell apoptosis induced by VPA.
Histone deacetylase is a common molecular target for differentiation treatment of AML (Minucci et al., 2001
). Remodeling of the chromatin template by inhibition of HDAC activities also represents a major goal for transcriptional therapy in other neoplastic diseases (Wu et al., 2001
). In general, histone acetylation mediates gene activation, whereas deacetylation favors repression (Kornberg and Lorch, 1999
). We used Kasumi-1 cells as a relevant model given that the encoded AML1/ETO chimeric protein seems to contribute to leukemogenesis by aberrantly recruiting HDAC activity and silencing AML1-target genes important for hematopoiesis. Our study showed that AML1/ETO-HDAC1 was bound to AML1 target gene (IL-3) promoter in Kasumi-1 cells, in which IL-3 gene is silenced, whereas only AML1 was accumulated on the IL-3 gene promoter in NB-4 cells, in which the IL-3 gene is active. VPA treatment disrupted AML1/ETO-HDAC1 physical interaction and released it from the IL-3 gene promoter, eventually leading to the accumulation of hyperacetylated histones and the recruitment of RNA pol II. Importantly, band depletion assays for transcriptional factors showed that the dissociation of transcriptional repressors AML1/ETO-HDAC1 was a global event, highlighting AML1/ETO-HDAC1 as a promising VPA target in AML. This was further supported by the observation that VPA had a significant cytotoxic effect on HDAC-associated cell lines (Kasumi-1 and NB-4), compared with MLL-associated cell lines (THP-1 and ML-1), suggesting that VPA played a critical role in cell differentiation and apoptosis by targeting HDAC-repressor complexes.
To detect dynamic changes induced by VPA on AML1/ETO and HDAC1 DNA binding, we adapted a band depletion assay used previously to detect covalent protein-DNA complexes (i.e., topoisomerase-DNA) induced by camptothecin (Desai et al., 2001
; Li et al., 2003
). After camptothecin exposure, topoisomerase I is trapped on DNA covalently. This high-molecular-weight complex cannot be resolved on the SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gel. Disappearance of the corresponding band indicates a decrease in topoisomerase I levels in the DNA-free protein pool. We speculated that the same assay could be used to assess pharmacologically induced dynamic changes in the trans-interaction of transcriptional factors with gene promoters, using formaldehyde for DNA-protein cross-linking. We showed that, following VPA treatment, HDAC1 and AML1/ETO gel bands increased in intensity, suggesting increased levels in the DNA-free protein pool. This was further confirmed via ChIP assay by showing that HDAC1 and AML1/ETO were released from the IL-3 gene promoter. Similar results were observed in Kasumi-1 cells treated with the HDAC inhibitor depsipeptide (G. Marcucci, unpublished data). Consistent with these results, Western blot for nonformaldehyde-treated samples did not show changes in AML1/ETO and HDAC1 protein levels, suggesting that AML1/ETO and HDAC1 increase in the free protein pool results from the dissociation of these two repressors from AML1 target gene promoters, rather than from changes in their gene expression levels.
Notably, despite being considered a "favorable" prognostic group, only approximately 50% of AML patients with t(8;21) achieve long-term remission (Marcucci et al., 2005
) We have recently reported that mutations of the KIT gene encoding a 145-kDa transmembrane glycoprotein, a member of the type III receptor tyrosine kinase family, are detectable in t(8;21) AML and confer a higher relapse risk (Paschka et al., 2006
). Furthermore, we reported that AML1/ETO recruits DNMT1 (Liu et al., 2005
), thereby suggesting that DNA methylation mediated by the fusion protein may contribute to target gene silencing, and, in turn, leukemogenesis. These studies have uncovered a variety of therapeutic targets in t(8;21) AML, and they suggested novel treatment strategies to improve the currently disappointing clinical results. These strategies should integrate tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting KIT mutations, hypomethylating agents targeting aberrant DNMT activity (AML1/ETO-DNMT1), and VPA and/or other inhibitors targeting the HDAC1-AML1/ETO complex.
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Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://jpet.aspetjournals.org.
ABBREVIATIONS: HDAC, histone deacetylase; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; VPA, valproic acid; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; pol II, polymerase II; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RT, reverse transcription; PI, propidium iodide; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; DNMT, DNA methyltransferase; MS-275, N-(2-aminophenyl)-4-[N-(pyridin-3-yl-methoxycarbonyl)aminomethyl]-benzamide; PML/RAR
, promyelocytic leukemia/retinoic acid receptor
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Address correspondence to: Dr. Guido, Marcucci, 458A Starling-Loving Hall, The Ohio State University, 320 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. E mail: guido.marcucci{at}osumc.edu
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