The autophagy scaffold protein ALFY is critical for the granulocytic differentiation of AML cells.

Schläfli, Anna; Isakson, Pauline; Garattini, E; Simonsen, Anne; Tschan, Mario (2017). The autophagy scaffold protein ALFY is critical for the granulocytic differentiation of AML cells. Scientific Reports, 7(1), p. 12980. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-017-12734-4

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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignancy of myeloid progenitor cells that are blocked in differentiation. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a rare form of AML, which generally presents with a t(15;17) translocation causing expression of the fusion protein PML-RARA. Pharmacological doses of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) induce granulocytic differentiation of APL cells leading to cure rates of >80% if combined with conventional chemotherapy. Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation pathway for the removal of cytoplasmic content and recycling of macromolecules. ATRA induces autophagy in ATRA-sensitive AML and APL cells and autophagy inhibition attenuates ATRA-triggered differentiation. In this study, we aimed at identifying if the autophagy-linked FYVE-domain containing protein (ALFY/WDFY3) is involved in autophagic degradation of protein aggregates contributes to ATRA therapy-induced autophagy. We found that ALFY mRNA levels increase significantly during the course of ATRA-induced differentiation of APL and AML cell lines. Importantly ALFY depletion impairs ATRA-triggered granulocytic differentiation of these cells. In agreement with its function in aggrephagy, knockdown of ALFY results in reduced ATRA-induced proteolysis. Our data further suggest that PML-RARα is an autophagy substrate degraded with the help of ALFY. In summary, we present a crucial role for ALFY in retinoid triggered maturation of AML cells.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology > Tumour Pathology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Bill, Anna Magdalena, Tschan, Mario Paul

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2045-2322

Publisher:

Nature Publishing Group

Language:

English

Submitter:

Mario Paul Tschan

Date Deposited:

16 Nov 2017 08:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:07

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41598-017-12734-4

PubMed ID:

29021535

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.106362

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/106362

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