TY - JOUR
T1 - Overexpression of PDK2 and PDK3 reflects poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia
AU - Cui, Longzhen
AU - Cheng, Zhiheng
AU - Liu, Yan
AU - Dai, Yifeng
AU - Pang, Yifan
AU - Jiao, Yang
AU - Ke, Xiaoyan
AU - Cui, Wei
AU - Zhang, Qingyi
AU - Shi, Jinlong
AU - Fu, Lin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy characterized by the proliferation of immature myeloid cells, with impaired differentiation and maturation. Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) is a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) phosphatase inhibitor that enhances cell glycolysis and facilitates tumor cell proliferation. Inhibition of its activity can induce apoptosis of tumor cells. Currently, little is known about the role of PDKs in AML. Therefore, we screened The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database for de novo AML patients with complete clinical information and PDK family expression data, and 84 patients were included for the study. These patients did not undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Univariate analysis showed that high expression of PDK2 was associated with shorter EFS (P = 0.047), and high expression of PDK3 was associated with shorter OS (P = 0.026). In multivariate analysis, high expression of PDK3 was an independent risk factor for EFS and OS (P < 0.05). In another TCGA cohort of AML patients who underwent allo-HSCT (n = 71), PDK expression was not associated with OS (all P > 0.05). Our results indicated that high expressions of PDK2 and PDK3, especially the latter, were poor prognostic factors of AML, and the effect could be overcome by allo-HSCT.
AB - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy characterized by the proliferation of immature myeloid cells, with impaired differentiation and maturation. Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) is a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) phosphatase inhibitor that enhances cell glycolysis and facilitates tumor cell proliferation. Inhibition of its activity can induce apoptosis of tumor cells. Currently, little is known about the role of PDKs in AML. Therefore, we screened The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database for de novo AML patients with complete clinical information and PDK family expression data, and 84 patients were included for the study. These patients did not undergo allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Univariate analysis showed that high expression of PDK2 was associated with shorter EFS (P = 0.047), and high expression of PDK3 was associated with shorter OS (P = 0.026). In multivariate analysis, high expression of PDK3 was an independent risk factor for EFS and OS (P < 0.05). In another TCGA cohort of AML patients who underwent allo-HSCT (n = 71), PDK expression was not associated with OS (all P > 0.05). Our results indicated that high expressions of PDK2 and PDK3, especially the latter, were poor prognostic factors of AML, and the effect could be overcome by allo-HSCT.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41417-018-0071-9
DO - 10.1038/s41417-018-0071-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 30578412
AN - SCOPUS:85058940126
SN - 0929-1903
VL - 27
SP - 15
EP - 21
JO - Cancer Gene Therapy
JF - Cancer Gene Therapy
IS - 1-2
ER -