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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México
Print version ISSN 1665-1146
Abstract
MARTINEZ-TORRES, Estefany; LOPEZ-PEREZ, Tania V.; MORALES-MARTINEZ, Mario and HUERTA-YEPEZ, Sara. Yin-Yang-1 decreases Fas-induced apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia under hypoxic conditions: its implications in immune evasion. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2020, vol.77, n.4, pp.186-194. Epub Sep 29, 2020. ISSN 1665-1146. https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.19000187.
Background:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is an aggressive malignant disease with high prevalence in pediatric patients. It has been shown that the downregulation of Fas expression is correlated with an inadequate response in ALL, although these mechanisms are still not well understood. Several reports demonstrated that hypoxia is involved in dysfunctional apoptosis. Yin-Yang-1 (YY1) transcription factor is involved in resistance to apoptosis, tumor progression, and it is increased in different types of cancer, including leukemia. The regulatory mechanism underlying YY1 expression in leukemia is still not understood, but it is known that YY1 negatively regulates Fas expression. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of YY1 on Fas expression under hypoxic conditions in ALL.
Methods:
Leukemia cell line RS4; 11 was cultured under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. YY1, Fas receptor, and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1α) expression were analyzed. After treatment with a Fas agonist (DX2), apoptosis was analyzed through the detection of active caspase 3. Data were analyzed using Pearsons correlation.
Results:
Leukemia cells co-expressed both HIF-1α and YY1 under hypoxia, which correlated with a downregulation of Fas expression. During hypoxia, the levels of apoptosis diminished after DX2 treatment. The analysis revealed that patients with high levels of HIF-1α also express high levels of YY1 and low levels of Fas.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that YY1 negatively regulates the expression of the Fas receptor, which could be involved in the escape of leukemic cells from the immune response contributing to the ALL pathogenesis.
Keywords : Yin-Yang-1; Fas; Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α; Hypoxia; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.