D20 expression, rituximab improved outcomes compared with the historical experience using hyper CVAD alone, with 3 year CR duration rates of 68% versus 28% in the historical cohort . In mature B ALL, survival rates increased 80% with the combination of short intensive chemotherapy and rituximab. Rituximab can also be used BTZ043 inhibitor for intrathecal therapy for CD20 positive ALL patients with CNS disease failing to respond to intrathecal chemotherapy. In the allogeneic transplant setting, Kebriaei et al. incorporated rituximab in the conditioning 4 Advances in Hematology regimens for adolescents and adults with CD20 positive ALL. 3.3. Monoclonal Antibodies with Anti CD19 Activity. Topp et al. just recently reported a phase II study in which the efficacy of the bispecific single chain anti CD19 antibody blinatumomab was studied.
The drug was administered to 21 B lineage ALL patients withMRDpersistence or relapse after chemotherapy. Sixteen patients AT9283 JAK inhibitor responded and became MRD negative. Estimated relapse free survival at a median follow up of 405 days was 78%, and the most frequent severe adverse effect was a reversible lymphocytopenia. The authors concluded that blinatumomab is efficacious and well tolerated in this subgroup of patients, after intensive chemotherapy. It was noted that T cells engaged by blinatumomab seemed capable of eradicating chemotherapy resistant tumor cells. 3.4. Indication for Allogeneic HSCT in B Lineage ALL. Conventional practice dictates that ALL patients in 2nd complete remission or beyond invariably require allogeneic HSCT.
Likewise, patients with high risk disease are recommended for HSCT inCR1. However, on account of the good results recently reported for Ph positive ALL with the tyrosine kinase inhibitors, there may be a need to reevaluate the risk status of the Philadelphia chromosome in ALL. The GRAAPH study group had examined imatinib intensified chemotherapy and HSCT in 45 adult Ph positive ALL patients and reported an overall CR rate of 96%. Among the 22 patients who had donors and received allogeneic HSCT in CR1, the estimated cumulative incidences of relapse, disease free survival, and overall survival were 30%, 51%, and 65%, respectively. These end points compared very favorably with results obtained in the preimatinib era. The JALSG prospectively treated 80 adult Ph positive ALL patients with imatinib fortified chemotherapy and reported a CR rate of 96%.
Allogeneic HSCT was performed for 49 patients. Among the current trial patients, the probability for OS at 1 year was 73.3% for the recipients of allogeneic HSCT, and 84.8% for patients without HSCT. Schultz et al. evaluated whether imatinib with an intensive chemotherapy regimen improved outcome in 92 children and adolescents with Ph positive ALL and compared toxicities to 65 Ph negative ALL patients given the same chemotherapy without imatinib. Three year EFS was similar for patients in the cohort treated with chemotherapy plus imatinib or sibling donor BMT. There were no significant toxicities associated with adding imatinib to intensive chemotherapy. Thus the outcomes for patients with Ph positive ALL treated with imatinib containing chemotherapy were becoming more like those for patients with standard risk ALL. For patients with critical ALL subtypes, it remains to be seen whether future MRD strategies might focus on subclone analysis and on tracking all mino

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The compounds are con Us that structurally Are similar to existing funds are based on a thorough fully understand the previous work in this area, and they are tested in various bioassays. As indicated in this paper is a betr Chtliche amount of data on the structure of the activity of t from the relationship of many years of working with this class of compounds that the planning of the new compounds tr Gt available. Although this criticism has focused on the successes, there are many other examples of anti-metabolites, which have been con We synthesized and that have not been successful, and a thorough fully understand the both the successes and embodiment is Ll essential for the rational development of new drugs in this class. Analysis of existing FDA-approved anti-cancer nucleoside shows a clear and simple guidelines that should be considered in the design of new drugs in this class. The new compounds are structural changes Changes that are as small as Resembled

Rotation policy. The immediate preparation of the sources hydanto IMDb PF-04217903 c-Met inhibitor chlorenium chiral base can facilitate discovery of new asymmetric halogenation reactions. Such studies are underway in our laboratory. The finding that an equivalent mole Equivalent CAGR chlorenium three ports, the net three times more from the source chlorenium hydanto No parent, when 2 mol Equivalent of TCCA was used seemed pointless. Therefore, the fate of the reaction, if CAGR is used much less evaluated. As shown in Figure 1, the amount of CAGR can be as low as 0.7 mol Reduced equivalent without appreciable loss of performance. Given these results, k Can we recommend the use of less than 1 mole Equivalent CAGR over the hydanto No parent. Moreover, k These reactions can in big s Ma Be rod-performed, as shown in Figure 2.
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Particular attention will be the use of asymmetric transformations hydanto given Ties chiral N chlorinated. See erg Complementary materials to the Web version on PubMed Central erg Complementary materials. Acknowledgments We thank the NIH and the ACS PRF for supporting this research. D.C.W. Mr. R. Adam Mosey for helpful suggestions thank GE. overexpression of Bcl XL, an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member occurs in a Gro part of the head and carcinoma Epidemo By and correlated with resistance to chemotherapy in this disease. overexpression of Bcl-2 is also observed in HNSCC, albeit less hours frequently. We have previously shown that peptides from BH3-Dom NEN used derived from proapoptotic proteins to Bcl XL and Bcl-2 in HNSCC cells to target the F Promotion of apoptosis. In this report, we investigated the effect of ABT 737, a potent inhibitor of Bcl XL and Bcl-2, on HNSCC cells.
As a single agent, ABT 737 was largely ineffective on the F Promotion of HNSCC cell death. In contrast, ABT 737 rdern survive highly synergistic with chemotherapeutic agents cisplatin and etoposide in cell death and loss of clonogenic HNSCC to f. The synergy between ABT 737 and chemotherapy was associated with a synergistic activation of caspase 3 and cleavage of poly-polymerase. Has completed the treatment with ABT 737 in combination with chemotherapy Born in the regulation of the proapoptotic protein Noxa to dramatic and siRNA inhibition of cell death by Noxa regulation partially attenuated Weakened by the synergistic combination. Treatment with cisplatin and etoposide, alone or in combination with ABT 737, substantially down-regulation of Mcl 1L, a known inhibitor of ABT 737 shares out. Further down regulation of Mcl 1L with siRNA is not addictive Of cisplatin / ABT 737 synergistic combination will get tet, Indicating that the chemotherapy treatment of HNSCC cells

Known, model in vitro in human and rat serum. These researchers found bound ABT 492-77 and 89% protein in human serum and rat, respectively. This protein was binding Similar to that of trovafloxacin and significant h Ago than that of ciprofloxacin. Been reduced in vitro activity Th of two ABT 492 and trovafloxacin, when tested GSK1904529A both in heat-inactivated human serum and rat serum, although to a lesser Ausma with human serum. At the time kill kinetic studies showed ABT 492 and levofloxacin Similar pharmacodynamics. Both compounds produced concentration t Tet the m Dependent mighty Ngig by a period of 24 hours. at h higher concentrations of antibiotics, two antibiotics Haupts chlich bactericidal. An average concentration was the activity T bacteriostatic from bactericidal.
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Generating model, k can We calculate parameters such as Emax, EC50, EC90 and. Erm with a view of the relationship between these parameters It glicht us to seek the effect of the concentration over time to assess how the concentration-response curve or slope Ver Changes. The slope of the curve becomes steeper over time, as may occur at lower concentrations, the bacteria grow on, w While the number of colonies cuts in hours Higher concentrations, as seen in the figure. Second The gr Is significant differences between the upper and lower concentrations of antibiotics in time produced by the increase in Emax reflected by the antibiotic. 12 and 24 h, h Here concentrations of antibiotics prevented not only an increase of 3 log10 growth at lower concentrations of antibiotics to see, but also a bactericidal effect produced with a 3 log10 reduction in the number of colonies. We k Can also see that the slope of the curve is a times the MIC, since at this concentration, Table 2 Composites Emax model parameter types and EC90 EC50 EC90 ABT times EC50 492 S. pneumoniae levofloxacin emax emax 2 1.377 1.314 4.255 2.061 1.374 6.383 4 3

Develop complete remission t, at the date of first documented relapse or progression. The same methodology and analysis techniques were used to identify each and reported L Sion at the beginning and subsequently The evaluations characterized. Pharmacokinetic analysis of whole CCT239065 DNA/RNA Synthesis Inhibitors blood samples at 0, 0.5 were taken 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 32 and 48 hours for the evaluation of single dose and 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 hours on day 1, 6, 28 and 56 for the evaluation of several doses. After the last dose on day 56 two additionally USEFUL samples at 32 and 48 hours to evaluate multiple doses were collected. Plasma was collected after centrifugation of blood samples and to analyze at 80.
Apatinib concentrations in plasma were completely using YOUR BIDDING validated specific liquid chromatograph / tandem mass TH-302 918633-87-1 spectrometry methods, contr with a lower detection limit of 1.6 ng / ml based on samples from The quality of t, which were tested in parallel with the samples, the intraday and interday were Pr Precision for analytes apatinib from 4.6% to 9.0%, and accuracy ranges from 85, 6% to 110% . The pharmacokinetic parameters including normal Fl Surface under the plasma concentration-time curve, maximum plasma concentration, time to maximum concentration and half-time, non-compartmental analysis using Kinetica 2000 determines InnaPhase � The log-linear trapezoidal method Dale was used to calculate the AUC and t1 / 2 was calculated logarithmically lz by linear regression slope of the terminal plasma concentration-time profile.
Results Patient characteristics Ao t 2007-46 M March 2009, the patient was treated in this study, conducted at Fudan University, Shanghai Cancer Center. 19 patients were included in the study of dose escalation. 27 patients were enrolled in this study PK. The patient demographic and clinical characteristics of the base are shown in Table 1. The h Ufigsten tumor sites were gastrointestinal tract. All patients had back At least one U VORG Independent ineffective chemotherapy, 84.7% before surgery and 27% of the radiation front. 45 had measurable L Initially emissions Highest. The patients were again U total of 133 treatment cycles. Dose escalation stages five doses were tested: 250 mg, 500 mg, 750 mg, 850 mg and 1000 mg once a day. Another patient was included in the 250 mg cohort by withdrawal of consent.
Two DLT at a dose of 1000 mg / day have been documented. One patient had grade 3 hypertension and grade 3 hand-foot syndrome. Three additional patients were enrolled at 850 mg cohorts. None of the six patients experienced a total of 850 mg of DLT in the cohort. Therefore, the maximum tolerated dose was determined for this regimen to 850 mg per day. Pharmacokinetic analyzes of plasma samples were collected dose cohort. Eleven patients in the cohort, 750 mg single-dose in the 750 mg dose cohort multiple faded after a period of 7 days, w While withdrawing a consent to be enrolled. Such was the Bev Lkerung PK analysis for single dosage No. 8 to 500 mg cohort, n 12 for Li et al. BMC Cancer 2010, 10:529 2407/10/529 Page 3 of 8 750 mg cohort, No 8 to 850 mg cohort, and for multiple doses for No. 11 56 days. Twenty-eight patients were evaluable for PK analysis. Overall, the mean pharmacokinetic parameters of apatinib off after an oral dose and multiple administrations

Ches. Proteome Ans Tze remain relatively unused in bone metastases, with only a few reported studies in prostate cancer and multiple myeloma. With BX-912 the serum of patients with advanced prostate cancer, the clinical utility of surface-enhanced laser desorption / ionization time of flight mass spectrometry to pattern was associated with progression of prostate cancer serumbiomarker identified examined. A profile of a specific biomarker of SELDI TOF-MS was associated with biochemical relapse and caught the forecast long-term survival was independent Ngig of PSA clinical state. In Similar way identified SELDI TOF-MS profiling a group of serum proteins amylo A dominated in the spectra obtained from patients with prostate cancer and bone metastases.
These provide a proof of principle that proteomics profiling is associated with the potential for the discovery of new biomarkers with metastatic prostate cancer AG-490 bone. Bone markers in 692 prostate cancer and neoplasia Brown Sim flight. 12, No. 9, 2010 provide circulating tumor cells circulating tumor cells, a fluid-based biomarkers is examined as a potential prognostic marker for metastatic CRPC. CTC was the primary Rtumor or metastases and circulate in the peripheral blood. Patients with bone metastases have a gr Ere number of CTCs that patients with soft tissue metastases. In a study of 120 patients with progressive CRPC, h Here basic numbers of CTC were strongly associated with reduced survival time. Post-treatment CTC numbers also predict survive.
In a prospective study of 231 patients with metastatic CRPC, the number of CTCs at different time points up to 20 weeks after treatment, a strong independent Ngiger Pr Predictor for overall survival was reduction in PSA. Even in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy for CRPC front, even if a big e number of CTC and PSA before treatment were both with increased Hten risk of death increased Ht the number of CTCs was associated after treatment at st Strongest with a mortality tsrisiko, the associated increased in PPE ht. Accordingly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the evaluation of CTCs with the CellSearch test for clinical use in monitoring response to treatment and has survived for predicting prostate, breast and colon cancer. Measurements of molecular markers in CTCsmay expressed as pr Diktiv for a response.
A study quantifying PSA and human kallikrein 2 mRNA, to determine the level of CTC in 76 patients with CRPC yielded results comparable with the CellSearch assay. However, a Descr LIMITATION using the Z Hlens of CTC as a biomarker and a data source for correlative studies in CRPC cells demonstrated that the level of the poor in prechemotherapy. Forward-looking Ma for the number of CTC in randomized phase 3 trials warranted to assess how changes in the number of CTC-treatment used is to perform the selection. Conclusions In patients with CRPC, causing bone metastases SRE, the significant morbidity for t, and to assess bone health is an important aspect of clinical supervision. PSA is the most widely used biomarker and also characterized in CRPC, but it does not provide precise information about the Ausma of bone metastases. Studies of patients with bone metastases showed an association between the degree of bone biomarkers, both anf Accessible and w Survive during the treatment, and long-term results such as this and the SRE.

Nce or amplitude of the oscillations in cdc2, cdc25, and MAPK activity Th, or with APC / C activity t toward cyclin Flt cancer B. II in the presence of ZM, chromosome condensation began on schedule. However Ver fail Changes in the architecture of chromosomes rdern f, And instead, the chromosomes decondensed prematurely. Unlike somatic cells iii tissue culture, where the mitotic spindle in the presence of ZM but disorganized spindle formation in egg extracts is almost completely formed Blocked completely by ZM. This difference probably reflects the fact that, in somatic cells, the majority of spindle formation is entered Born to centrosomes by p The time w During spindle formation in eggs ridiculed Sst more on the nucleation and stabilization of microtubules at the chromosomes.
iv In extracts of the eggs under the control points to be prepared sensitive conditions, inhibits formation GDC-0980 1032754-93-0 of the position of the ZM contr Integrity T of the spindle, but not maintenance of the controlled station on. ZM specificity T In the first report of ZM, specificity, t and s effects on cells, Ditchfield et al. found that ZM inhibits the kinase activity of t in vitro from purified human Aurora A and Aurora-B protein, and with IC50 values in the range of 100 nM. The amounts of ZM is required to inhibit other kinases, a group of 10 to 100 times h Ago cleaned. In vivo means ZM treatment of somatic cells cultured human tissue rather than its F Ability to undergo cell division, the mitotic spindle forms, degrade cyclin B, or exit from mitosis to give st Ren.
ZM treatment, however, reduce the phosphorylation of histone H3, a physiologically relevant target of Aurora B and exemplary ll By the alignment of chromosomes, chromosome segregation, and cytokinesis, probably interfering with the control number the integrity of t of the spindle. Our work extends these findings significantly. In extracts of eggs of Xenopus cycling, concentrations of ZM that completely Requests reference requests getting inhibition of phosphorylation of endogenous histone H3 no detectable effect pointed to the frequency or the amplitude of oscillations in cdc2, cdc25 or activity Th MAPK or cyclin B destruction Tion periodic mediated by the APC / C ubiquitin ligase. The activation and inactivation of each of these gestures require Regulierungsbeh That the activity Behavior of other kinases.
For instance, requires cdc2 activity t Thr161 phosphorylation of T-loop residue by CAK and is inhibited by phosphorylation may need during the interphase Tyr15 by wee1 kinase. Complete Requests reference requests getting activation of Cdc25, the phosphatase dephosphorylates and activates the cdc2 dependent Independent Phosphorylation of PLK and Cdc2 itself. MAPK requires the activation of a MAP kinase kinase, which in turn h Depends on the activation by a MAP kinase kinase. The activation of the APC / C activity t requires cyclin B/Cdc2 and other kinases. Sun bears witness to the fact that ZM CKE complete flowering at least one event Aurora kinase-dependent Independent Phosphorylation of histone H3 without known with the oscillations in the core of many regulators of the cell cycle, the high selectivity of t, the ZM in the context of whole cells. ZM specificity t: Aurora A, Aurora B, or both As mentioned in the introduction Above, an education of monopolar spindles, is almost universally cited as diagnostic for a selective effect on Aurora A, is now known to be a reliably Ssiges criterion. Sun earlier observations that treatment with ZM or other inhibitors results

Cidolite calretinin negative regulation by either antisense oligonucleotides or siRNA CR CR. The effect of recovery was in a Hnlichen size Enordnung as Alvocidib Flavopiridol the original protection in line with an r The direct calretinin calretinin in this process. The fact that the inversion can not be completed probably due to regulatory maximum downward m Possible is that rarely more than 80 to 90% with antisense methods. However, the net difference between the clones and the clones is contr CR either a CR ASO or siRNA were subjected to substantially the same, in the size Enordnung of 20%. The exact mechanism of how calretinin k nnte Contribute to tumorigenesis of mesothelioma is unknown. In colon cancer cells, calretinin leads adjustment to a blockage of the cell cycle, ultimately to an increase Increase leads apoptosis.
34 In addition, butyrate, an inducer of differentiation in colonocytes, which also blocks the cell cycle Cediranib to regulate the expression of calretinin in cancer cells, c . lon 57 Although Haupt Chlich is distributed in the cytosol, calretinin can also connect to the cytoskeleton and in particulate fractions of brain homogenates structures33. 58 A. Development Regulated Anh ufung of calretinin in the plasma membrane in neurons59 and nuclear localization in tumor cells, an indication of specific conditions57 r The additionally USEFUL buffer plus Ca2 Little is known about gene regulation CALB2 is: an AP2 sequence was reported as that neuro-specific calretinin expression60 by binding to an as yet unidentified nuclear protein which can lead to increased Hten activity t of the gene promoter CALB2.
In contrast, AP2, is used as the sequence does not appear to be involved in the regulation of gene transcription in CALB2 adenocarcinoma and mesothelioma cells, indicating that CALB2 happen gene regulation in neurons and cancer cells by different mechanisms. 61 expression in tumor cells correlates with calretinin their proliferative state and potentially increased Ht their resistance against Pro differentiation or apoptosis signals. This k Nnte m Be legally possible clinical use, in the case of mesothelioma. Mesothelioma cells with a plasmid containing the promoter CALB2 part by the gene for thymidine kinase transfected followed 100 times more sensitive to the drug ganciclovir in vitro and non-transfected cells, 62 and the authors suggested that the sponsor k Nnte CALB2 be a promising candidate as a promoter specific and effective in malignant mesothelioma.
As discussed above, the protective effect of calretinin by the Akt signaling pathway was mediated, as BI CKE Which abolished by PI3K inhibitors calretinin the protective effect. In addition, tumor necrosis factor protects mesothelial cells from the cytotoxicity t of asbestos over a path through nuclear factor B and provides suggested to play an r In the mechanism mesotheliomagenesis.63 Thus the observed cytoprotective effect induced tumor necrosis factor, or are the key points to calretinin asbestos carcinogenesis is probably the mechanisms of resistance to the cytotoxic effects of asbestos and m, Possibly, other materials such as carbon nanofibers. 64 It remains to be seen whether the tumor necrosis factor affects the expression and Akt signaling, if it can calretinin and nuclear factor B signaling act synergistically to

. CB2 agonists lack centrally mediated side effects, suggesting that they represent a promising therapeutic target for producing antinociception in the absence BMS-540215 FGFR inhibitor of unwanted side effects such as psychoactivity or addiction. Thus, the CB2 receptor offers the potential to separate analgesic properties of cannabinoids and drug BMS-540215 FGFR inhibitor abuse liability. A key pharmaco logical tool for studying the functional roles of the CB2 receptor has been the aminoalkylindole AM1241. Because this compound has been widely used as a research tool, it is important to fully characterize the pharmacological properties of AM1241 and its two enantiomers AM1241 and AM1241.
AM1241, the CB2 agonist that has most penetrated the literature, has proven an important research tool for investigating CB2 mediated antinociception.
AM1241 produces antinociception following local and systemic administration in naive rats. Behavioral, neurochemical, and electrophysiological BMS-540215 649735-46-6 BMS-540215 649735-46-6 studies suggest that AM1241 suppresses persistent pain through a CB2 specific mechanism. AM1241 behaves as a CB2 agonist in vivo and a protean agonist in vitro. In cAMP inhibition assays, and AM1241 are inverse agonists, whereas AM1241 is an agonist. Antinociception produced by AM1241 has been attributed to an indirect modulation of the endogenous opioid system, in naive rats, AM1241 induced antinociception is blocked by local injection of naloxone in the paw.
The report on AM1241,s purported mechanism of action has motivated testing of novel CB2 agonists for modulation of the endogenous opioid system.
Several compounds have recently been described which differ from AM1241 on this basis. AM1241, which exhibits lower affinity for CB2 than AM1241, shows greater efficacy than AM1241 in suppressing visceral and inflammatory pain. It remains unknown whether preferential efficacy of AM1241 is observed in naive rats or is attributable to altered CB2 receptor levels in persistent pain states. Moreover, it remains unclear whether naloxone sensitivity is a feature of racemic AM1241 or could be restricted to either of its enantiomers.
We evaluated antinociceptive properties of AM1241 and its enantiomers AM1241 and AM1241 in tests of thermal and mechanical sensitivity in naive rats. Pharmacological specificity was evaluated using selective antagonists for CB1, CB2, and opioid receptors.
AM1241, AM1241, and AM1241 were evaluated for naloxone sensitivity and compared with morphine. Three hundred and sixty adult male Sprague Dawley rats were used in these experiments. All animals were maintained on a 12 h light/12 h dark cycle in a temperature controlled facility. Animals were single housed and had access to food and water ad libitum. All procedures were approved by the University of Georgia Animal Care and Use Committee and followed the guidelines for the treatment of animals of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Animal experiments were conducted in full compliance with local, national, ethical, and regulatory principles and local licensing regulations of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International,s expectations for animal care and use/ethics committees. AM1241, methanone, AM1241, and AM1241 were synthesized st

the stably infected LCL line. LCLs expressing the mutant EBNA1 were much more resistant than vector control LCLs to the toxic effect of very low dose 17 DMAG.Ahigherdose of 17 DMAG prevented cellular replication BMS-806 gp120/CD4 inhibitor in cells BMS-806 gp120/CD4 inhibitor infected with theEBNA1mutant retrovirus but did not induce cell killing, whereas the vector control cells were killed by d 5. In contrast, the EBNA1 mutant did not protect LCLs from the toxic effect of methotrexate. In addition, LCLs expressing the mutant EBNA1 were more resistant than vector control LCLs to G1 arrest and apoptotic events induced by low dose 17 DMAG. These results indicate that decreased EBNA1 expression substantially contributes to the unusual susceptibility of LCLs to Hsp90 inhibitors.

Discussion The essential roles of EBNA1 in EBV genome maintenance, as well as its consistent expression in all proliferating Chrysin EBV positive cells, provide Chrysin an attractive target for developing antiviral and antitumor strategies. Hsp90 inhibitors have recently been shown to inhibit the expression of some cellular, oncogenic Hsp90 clients at doses safe for humans. Here we show that Hsp90 inhibitors also effectively decrease expression EBNA1, and that this effect requires the EBNA1 Gly Ala repeat domain. Furthermore, we show that Hsp90 inhibitors kill EBV transformed B cells at nontoxic doses, and that this effect is at least partially caused by the loss of EBNA1 expression.
Thus, Hsp90 inhibitors have been shown to inhibit EBNA1.
Although the exact mechanism for the Hsp90 inhibitor effect on EBNA1 remains unclear, the finding that Hsp90 inhibitors decrease translation of EBNA1 in vitro while not decreasing EBNA1 stability or half life strongly suggests that their primary effect is to attenuate EBNA1 translation. Decreased translation of EBNA1 then leads to decreased transcription of EBNA1 in cells with type III latency, in which EBNA1 activates its own transcription. As EBNA1 and Hsp90 were not found to directly interact, we speculate that a cellular protein required to translate EBNA1 efficiently is an Hsp90 client protein. At least two ribosomal proteins, S3 and S6, are known to be Hsp90 client proteins.
Our results suggest that the effect of Hsp90 inhibitors on translation is protein specific. Interestingly, inhibition of EBNA1 translation by the Gly Ala repeats is mediated at the nucleotide rather than protein sequence level.
Consistent with the ability of Hsp90 inhibitors to decrease EBNA1 expression, we found that these drugs prevent EBV transformation of primary B cells at nontoxic doses, and are highly toxic to established EBV transformed LCLs. Our finding that Hsp90 inhibitors do not affectEBNA1 stability once the protein has been successfully translated, along with the very long half life of EBNA1 in B cells, helps to explain why killing of LCLs by Hsp90 inhibitors requires a number of days. Thus, a previous study suggesting thatHsp90 inhibitors are not particularly toxic to LCLs likely underestimated the toxicity of these drugs because cells were treated for only 1 d. As the toxicity of low dose Hsp90 inhibitors in LCLs is substantially reversed by expression of an EBNA1 mutant resistant to the Hsp90 inhibitor effect, the toxicity of these drugs in LCLs is at least partially mediated through loss of EBNA1 expression.