Targeting RIOK2 ATPase activity leads to decreased protein synthesis and cell death in acute myeloid leukemia
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Standard
Targeting RIOK2 ATPase activity leads to decreased protein synthesis and cell death in acute myeloid leukemia. / Messling, Jan-Erik; Agger, Karl; Andersen, Kasper L; Kromer, Kristina; Kuepper, Hanna Maria; Lund, Anders H; Helin, Kristian.
I: Blood, Bind 139, Nr. 2, 2022, s. 245-255.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Targeting RIOK2 ATPase activity leads to decreased protein synthesis and cell death in acute myeloid leukemia
AU - Messling, Jan-Erik
AU - Agger, Karl
AU - Andersen, Kasper L
AU - Kromer, Kristina
AU - Kuepper, Hanna Maria
AU - Lund, Anders H
AU - Helin, Kristian
N1 - Copyright © 2021 American Society of Hematology.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Novel therapies for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are urgently needed as current treatments do not cure the majority of AML patients. Here, we report on a domain-focused, kinome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen to identify protein kinase targets for the treatment of AML, which led to the identification of Rio-kinase 2 (RIOK2) as a potential novel target. We show that loss of RIOK2 leads to a decrease in protein synthesis and to ribosomal instability followed by apoptosis in leukemic cells, but not in fibroblasts. Moreover, we demonstrate that the ATPase function of RIOK2 is required for cell survival. By using a small molecule inhibitor, we show that pharmacological inhibition of RIOK2 similarly leads to loss of protein synthesis and apoptosis and affects leukemic cell growth in vivo. Our results provide proof-of-concept for targeting RIOK2 as a potential treatment for AML patients.
AB - Novel therapies for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are urgently needed as current treatments do not cure the majority of AML patients. Here, we report on a domain-focused, kinome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen to identify protein kinase targets for the treatment of AML, which led to the identification of Rio-kinase 2 (RIOK2) as a potential novel target. We show that loss of RIOK2 leads to a decrease in protein synthesis and to ribosomal instability followed by apoptosis in leukemic cells, but not in fibroblasts. Moreover, we demonstrate that the ATPase function of RIOK2 is required for cell survival. By using a small molecule inhibitor, we show that pharmacological inhibition of RIOK2 similarly leads to loss of protein synthesis and apoptosis and affects leukemic cell growth in vivo. Our results provide proof-of-concept for targeting RIOK2 as a potential treatment for AML patients.
U2 - 10.1182/blood.2021012629
DO - 10.1182/blood.2021012629
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34359076
VL - 139
SP - 245
EP - 255
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
SN - 0006-4971
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 275607578