Auto-Commentary on: “Targeting mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation eradicates therapy-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells”

Lucie de Beauchamp, Pablo Baquero, Elodie M. Kuntz, Eyal Gottlieb, G. Vignir Helgason

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Abstract

We have recently uncovered an abnormal increase in mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in therapy-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia stem cells (LSCs). By simultaneously disrupting mitochondrial respiration and inhibiting BCR-ABL kinase activity using the antibiotic tigecycline and imatinib respectively, we effectively eradicated LSCs and prevented disease relapse in pre-clinical animal models.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere1403532
JournalMolecular and Cellular Oncology
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CML
  • Cancer stem cells
  • Cancer stem cells
  • Imatinib
  • Leukaemia
  • Metabolism
  • OXPHOS
  • TCA cycle
  • Tigecycline
  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Cancer Research

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