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      Retinoic acid-induced CD38 antigen promotes leukemia cells attachment and interferon-gamma/interleukin-1beta-dependent apoptosis of endothelial cells: implications in the etiology of retinoic acid syndrome.

      Leukemia Research
      Antigens, CD38, metabolism, Antineoplastic Agents, adverse effects, pharmacology, Apoptosis, drug effects, Blast Crisis, Blotting, Western, Cell Adhesion, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Endothelium, Vascular, pathology, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Interleukin-1beta, Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, Lung, blood supply, Nitric Oxide, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Respiration Disorders, etiology, Syndrome, Tretinoin, Umbilical Veins, cytology

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          All-trans retinoic acid (RA) treatment of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) induces complete remission in more than 90% of the cases. Although RA therapy is well tolerated, about 25% of APL patients develop a potentially fatal condition called retinoic acid syndrome (RAS). Molecular mechanisms underlying the development of RAS pathogenesis, especially those that result in the damage of endothelial cells remain elusive. In the present study, we found that RA treatment induces the expression of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in peripheral blast cells from APL patients. IFN-gamma and IL-1beta also exerted synergistic effect in driving human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs) and human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HLMVECs) into apoptosis. RA also upregulated the expression of CD38, an ectoenzyme responsible for the generation of the calcium messenger cyclic ADP-ribose. Importantly, RA-induced CD38 expression promoted strong attachment of leukemia cells to endothelial cells, and incubation of endothelial cells with either high concentration (100 ng/ml) of IFN-gamma alone or low concentration of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma (10 ng/ml, each) induced strong apoptotic responses as revealed by caspase-8 activation and DNA fragmentation. Our results suggest that these RA-induced events could contribute to the development of RAS pathogenesis in patients with APL.

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