Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

BRD4-mediated repression of p53 is a target for combination therapy in AML

  • Anne-Louise Latif,
  • Ashley Newcombe,
  • Sha Li,
  • Kathryn Gilroy,
  • Neil A. Robertson,
  • Xue Lei,
  • Helen J. S. Stewart,
  • John Cole,
  • Maria Terradas Terradas,
  • Loveena Rishi,
  • Lynn McGarry,
  • Claire McKeeve,
  • Claire Reid,
  • William Clark,
  • Joana Campos,
  • Kristina Kirschner,
  • Andrew Davis,
  • Jonathan Lopez,
  • Jun-ichi Sakamaki,
  • Jennifer P. Morton,
  • Kevin M. Ryan,
  • Stephen W. G. Tait,
  • Sheela A. Abraham,
  • Tessa Holyoake,
  • Brian Higgins,
  • Xu Huang,
  • Karen Blyth,
  • Mhairi Copland,
  • Timothy J. T. Chevassut,
  • Karen Keeshan,
  • Peter D. Adams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20378-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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MDM2 and BET inhibitors have shown efficacy in AML treatment. Here, the authors show that the two compounds can synergize through both p53 protein stabilization and inhibition of BRD4-mediated repression of p53 target genes.