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  • Title: Inhibition of small GTPase RalA regulates growth and arsenic-induced apoptosis in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells.
    Author: Zhu X, Li Y, Luo X, Fei J.
    Journal: Cell Signal; 2012 Jun; 24(6):1134-40. PubMed ID: 22330069.
    Abstract:
    Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) results from the transformation of a primitive hematopoietic cell by the bcr-abl gene. RalA, one of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases, is a downstream molecule of bcr-abl fusion protein in ras signaling pathway, but its role in CML is poorly understood. Here, we first detected RalA level in CML cells, which is highly expressed and distributed mainly in the cytoplasm and/or partially in endomembrane. Next, siRNA was used to deplete RalA expression for elucidating its function. The results showed that siRNA RalA effectively inhibited cell viability, induced apoptosis and enhanced sensitivity of arsenic trioxide (ATO), and there are some synergistic effects of anti-CML between RalA siRNA and ATO. Finally, we found that ATO also could downregulate protein level of bcr-abl in K562 and KCL-22. Our research provides evidence that RalA might also serve as linchpin modulators in leukemia, and combinatorial therapies of dual inhibition of bcr-abl and ras signaling pathways have a great potential in treatment of CML.
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