Substances from the medicinal mushroom Daedalea gibbosa inhibit kinase activity of native and T315I mutated Bcr-Abl

Int J Oncol. 2008 Jun;32(6):1197-204. doi: 10.3892/ijo_32_6_1197.

Abstract

Human chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a malignancy of pluripotent hematopoietic cells characterized by a distinctive cytogenetic abnormality resulting in the creation of a p210 Bcr-Abl fusion protein with abnormal tyrosine kinase activity. Recently, a selective Abl kinase inhibitor, Imatinib mesylate, was introduced as a first line therapy for CML. Despite the initial response, CML patients develop a resistantance to Imatinib, which is mediated mainly by point mutations within the Abl protein. Herein, we describe the identification of mycelium organic extracts of Daedalea gibbosa with selective anti-proliferating and apoptosis-inducing activities against K562 cells and other laboratory model of CML. Using activity-guided purification, we isolated an active fraction, F6, which inhibits in vitro kinase activity of recombinant Abl. The active fraction significantly inhibits the autophosphorylation of native and mutated Bcr-Abl, which are resistant to Imatinib treatment including the T315I mutation. Using a colony-forming assay, we demonstrated that the active fraction is effective in inhibiting the colony formation of the Ba/F3 cell line harboring either native Bcr-Abl or its mutations, including the T315I mutation. Our data illustrated the potential of natural products in cancer therapeutics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Benzamides
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Colony-Forming Units Assay
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fungal Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Fungal Proteins / pharmacology*
  • Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • K562 Cells / metabolism
  • K562 Cells / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Piperazines / pharmacology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl