- Title
- The role of reactive oxygen species in acute myeloid leukaemia
- Creator
- Sillar, Jonathan R.; Germon, Zacary P.; De Iuliis, Geoffry N.; Dun, Matthew D.
- Relation
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences Vol. 20, Issue 23, no. 6003
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20236003
- Publisher
- MD PIAG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive haematological malignancy with a poor overall survival. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been shown to be elevated in a wide range of cancers including AML. Whilst previously thought to be mere by-products of cellular metabolism, it is now clear that ROS modulate the function of signalling proteins through oxidation of critical cysteine residues. In this way, ROS have been shown to regulate normal haematopoiesis as well as promote leukaemogenesis in AML. In addition, ROS promote genomic instability by damaging DNA, which promotes chemotherapy resistance. The source of ROS in AML appears to be derived from members of the "NOX family" of NADPH oxidases. Most studies link NOX-derived ROS to activating mutations in the Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) and Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate (Ras). Targeting ROS through either ROS induction or ROS inhibition provides a novel therapeutic target in AML. In this review, we summarise the role of ROS in normal haematopoiesis and in AML. We also explore the current treatments that modulate ROS levels in AML and discuss emerging drug targets based on pre-clinical work.
- Subject
- acute myeloid leukaemia; reactive oxygen species; oxidative stress; NADPH oxidases; anti-oxidants
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1428919
- Identifier
- uon:38669
- Identifier
- ISSN:1422-0067
- Rights
- © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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