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Flümann R, Hansen J, Meinel J, Pfeiffer P, Goldfarb Wittkopf H, Lütz A, Wirtz J, Möllmann M, Zhou T, Tabatabai A, Lohmann T, Jauch M, Beleggia F, Pelzer B, Ullrich F, Höfmann S, Arora A, Persigehl T, Büttner R, von Tresckow B, Klein S, Jachimowicz RD, Reinhardt HC, Knittel G. An inducible Cd79b mutation confers ibrutinib sensitivity in mouse models of Myd88-driven diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 2024; 8:1063-1074. [PMID: 38060829 PMCID: PMC10907402 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive lymphoma and constitutes a highly heterogenous disease. Recent comprehensive genomic profiling revealed the identity of numerous molecularly defined DLBCL subtypes, including a cluster which is characterized by recurrent aberrations in MYD88, CD79B, and BCL2, as well as various lesions promoting a block in plasma cell differentiation, including PRDM1, TBL1XR1, and SPIB. Here, we generated a series of autochthonous mouse models to mimic this DLBCL cluster and specifically focused on the impact of Cd79b mutations in this setting. We show that canonical Cd79b immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) mutations do not accelerate Myd88- and BCL2-driven lymphomagenesis. Cd79b-mutant murine DLBCL were enriched for IgM surface expression, reminiscent of their human counterparts. Moreover, Cd79b-mutant lymphomas displayed a robust formation of cytoplasmic signaling complexes involving MYD88, CD79B, MALT1, and BTK. These complexes were disrupted upon pharmacological BTK inhibition. The BTK inhibitor-mediated disruption of these signaling complexes translated into a selective ibrutinib sensitivity of lymphomas harboring combined Cd79b and Myd88 mutations. Altogether, this in-depth cross-species comparison provides a framework for the development of molecularly targeted therapeutic intervention strategies in DLBCL.
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- Ruth Flümann
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Response in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Mildred Scheel School of Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Mildred Scheel School of Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Response in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Mildred Scheel School of Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Consortium Partner Site Essen, Center for Molecular Biotechnology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Arribas AJ, Napoli S, Cascione L, Barnabei L, Sartori G, Cannas E, Gaudio E, Tarantelli C, Mensah AA, Spriano F, Zucchetto A, Rossi FM, Rinaldi A, Castro de Moura M, Jovic S, Bordone Pittau R, Stathis A, Stussi G, Gattei V, Brown JR, Esteller M, Zucca E, Rossi D, Bertoni F. ERBB4-Mediated Signaling Is a Mediator of Resistance to PI3K and BTK Inhibitors in B-cell Lymphoid Neoplasms. Mol Cancer Ther 2024; 23:368-380. [PMID: 38052765 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-23-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
Abstract
BTK and PI3K inhibitors are among the drugs approved for the treatment of patients with lymphoid neoplasms. Although active, their ability to lead to long-lasting complete remission is rather limited, especially in the lymphoma setting. This indicates that tumor cells often develop resistance to the drugs. We started from a marginal zone lymphoma cell line, Karpas-1718, kept under prolonged exposure to the PI3Kδ inhibitor idelalisib until acquisition of resistance, or with no drug. Cells underwent transcriptome, miRNA and methylation profiling, whole-exome sequencing, and pharmacologic screening, which led to the identification of the overexpression of ERBB4 and its ligands HBEGF and NRG2 in the resistant cells. Cellular and genetic experiments demonstrated the involvement of this axis in blocking the antitumor activity of various BTK/PI3K inhibitors, currently used in the clinical setting. Addition of recombinant HBEGF induced resistance to BTK/PI3K inhibitors in parental cells and in additional lymphoma models. Combination with the ERBB inhibitor lapatinib was beneficial in resistant cells and in other lymphoma models already expressing the identified resistance factors. An epigenetic reprogramming sustained the expression of the resistance-related factors, and pretreatment with demethylating agents or EZH2 inhibitors overcame the resistance. Resistance factors were also shown to be expressed in clinical specimens. In conclusion, we showed that the overexpression of ERBB4 and its ligands represents a novel mechanism of resistance for lymphoma cells to bypass the antitumor activity of BTK and PI3K inhibitors and that targeted pharmacologic interventions can restore sensitivity to the small molecules.
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- Alberto J Arribas
- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano - CRO, Aviano, Italy
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- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Cancer (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
- Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Physiological Sciences Department, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, Bellinzona, Switzerland
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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Phelan JD, Scheich S, Choi J, Wright GW, Häupl B, Young RM, Rieke SA, Pape M, Ji Y, Urlaub H, Bolomsky A, Doebele C, Zindel A, Wotapek T, Kasbekar M, Collinge B, Huang DW, Coulibaly ZA, Morris VM, Zhuang X, Enssle JC, Yu X, Xu W, Yang Y, Zhao H, Wang Z, Tran AD, Shoemaker CJ, Shevchenko G, Hodson DJ, Shaffer AL, Staudt LM, Oellerich T. Response to Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors in aggressive lymphomas linked to chronic selective autophagy. Cancer Cell 2024; 42:238-252.e9. [PMID: 38215749 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
Abstract
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive, profoundly heterogeneous cancer, presenting a challenge for precision medicine. Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors block B cell receptor (BCR) signaling and are particularly effective in certain molecular subtypes of DLBCL that rely on chronic active BCR signaling to promote oncogenic NF-κB. The MCD genetic subtype, which often acquires mutations in the BCR subunit, CD79B, and in the innate immune adapter, MYD88L265P, typically resists chemotherapy but responds exceptionally to BTK inhibitors. However, the underlying mechanisms of response to BTK inhibitors are poorly understood. Herein, we find a non-canonical form of chronic selective autophagy in MCD DLBCL that targets ubiquitinated MYD88L265P for degradation in a TBK1-dependent manner. MCD tumors acquire genetic and epigenetic alterations that attenuate this autophagic tumor suppressive pathway. In contrast, BTK inhibitors promote autophagic degradation of MYD88L265P, thus explaining their exceptional clinical benefit in MCD DLBCL.
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- James D Phelan
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Biometric Research Branch, Division of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20850, USA
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Bioanalytics, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Bioanalytics, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, Canada
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Johns Hopkins University Department of Biology, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- CCR Microscopy Core, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt, University Hospital, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Montoya S, Bourcier J, Noviski M, Lu H, Thompson MC, Chirino A, Jahn J, Sondhi AK, Gajewski S, Tan YSM, Yung S, Urban A, Wang E, Han C, Mi X, Kim WJ, Sievers Q, Auger P, Bousquet H, Brathaban N, Bravo B, Gessner M, Guiducci C, Iuliano JN, Kane T, Mukerji R, Reddy PJ, Powers J, Sanchez Garcia de Los Rios M, Ye J, Barrientos Risso C, Tsai D, Pardo G, Notti RQ, Pardo A, Affer M, Nawaratne V, Totiger TM, Pena-Velasquez C, Rhodes JM, Zelenetz AD, Alencar A, Roeker LE, Mehta S, Garippa R, Linley A, Soni RK, Skånland SS, Brown RJ, Mato AR, Hansen GM, Abdel-Wahab O, Taylor J. Kinase-impaired BTK mutations are susceptible to clinical-stage BTK and IKZF1/3 degrader NX-2127. Science 2024; 383:eadi5798. [PMID: 38301010 DOI: 10.1126/science.adi5798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
Increasing use of covalent and noncovalent inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) has elucidated a series of acquired drug-resistant BTK mutations in patients with B cell malignancies. Here we identify inhibitor resistance mutations in BTK with distinct enzymatic activities, including some that impair BTK enzymatic activity while imparting novel protein-protein interactions that sustain B cell receptor (BCR) signaling. Furthermore, we describe a clinical-stage BTK and IKZF1/3 degrader, NX-2127, that can bind and proteasomally degrade each mutant BTK proteoform, resulting in potent blockade of BCR signaling. Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with NX-2127 achieves >80% degradation of BTK in patients and demonstrates proof-of-concept therapeutic benefit. These data reveal an oncogenic scaffold function of mutant BTK that confers resistance across clinically approved BTK inhibitors but is overcome by BTK degradation in patients.
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- Skye Montoya
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Centre for B Cell Malignancies, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, CLL Research and Treatment Center, Lake Success, NY, USA
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- Lymphoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gene Editing and Screening Core Facility, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Gene Editing and Screening Core Facility, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute and Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Proteomics and Macromolecular Crystallography Shared Resource, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Centre for B Cell Malignancies, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Davis RE, Westin JR. Degradation trumps mutations in cancer. Science 2024; 383:480-481. [PMID: 38301021 DOI: 10.1126/science.adn4945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Redirecting targeted proteins for degradation can overcome acquired drug resistance.
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- R Eric Davis
- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Roschewski M, Hodson DJ. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma involving the central nervous system: biologic rationale for targeted therapy. Haematologica 2024; 109:388-400. [PMID: 37706315 PMCID: PMC10828633 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.278613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive B-cell lymphoma curable even in advanced stages. DLBCL involving the central nervous system (CNS) is more difficult to cure and fewer treatment options exist. Primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) refers to aggressive lymphomas confined to the CNS, and are almost always DLBCL. Standard approaches for PCNSL use high-dose methotrexate-based combinations as induction therapy and younger patients often receive dose-intensive consolidation. However, dose-intensive therapies are not suitable for all patients, and older patients have fewer effective treatment options. Patients with relapsed or chemotherapy-refractory disease have a very poor prognosis. Secondary CNS lymphoma (SCNSL) describes aggressive lymphomas involving the CNS at initial presentation or relapses within the CNS after treatment for systemic DLBCL. Isolated CNS relapse is often managed as PCNSL, but patients with synchronous involvement of DLBCL in both the periphery and the CNS pose a unique clinical challenge. Insights into the molecular circuitry of DLBCL have identified distinct genetic subtypes including cases with a predilection for CNS invasion. PCNSL and subsets of SCNSL are characterized by chronically activated B-cell receptor and NFκB signaling along with genetic evidence of immune evasion which may be exploited therapeutically. Improved mechanistic understanding of targetable pathways underpinning CNS lymphomas has led to numerous clinical trials testing targeted agent combinations and immunotherapy approaches with promising early results. Biologically rational strategies may further improve the cure rate of CNS lymphomas, either by overcoming intrinsic or acquired treatment resistance and/or by being broadly applicable to patients of all ages.
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- Mark Roschewski
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer nstitute, Bethesda, MD, 20892.
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- Wellcome MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge.
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Li W, Sano R, Apatira M, DeAnda F, Gururaja T, Yang M, Lundgaard G, Pan C, Liu J, Zhai Y, Yoon WH, Wang L, Tse C, Souers AJ, Lee CH. Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors with Distinct Binding Modes Reveal Differential Functional Impact on B-Cell Receptor Signaling. Mol Cancer Ther 2024; 23:35-46. [PMID: 37735104 PMCID: PMC10762339 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-22-0642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Small molecule inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) have been approved for the treatment of multiple B-cell malignancies and are being evaluated for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Various BTK inhibitors (BTKi) have distinct potencies, selectivity profiles, and binding modes within the ATP-binding site. On the basis of the latter feature, BTKis can be classified into those that occupy the back-pocket, H3 pocket, and the hinge region only. Hypothesizing that differing binding modes may have differential impact on the B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling pathway, we evaluated the activities of multiple BTKis in B-cell lymphoma models in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrated that, although all three types of BTKis potently inhibited BTK-Y223 autophosphorylation and phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLCγ2)-Y1217 transphosphorylation, hinge-only binders were defective in inhibiting BTK-mediated calcium mobilization upon BCR activation. In addition, PLCγ2 activation was effectively blocked by back-pocket and H3 pocket binders but not by hinge-only binders. Further investigation using TMD8 cells deficient in Rac family small GTPase 2 (RAC2) revealed that RAC2 functioned as a bypass mechanism, allowing for residual BCR signaling and PLCγ2 activation when BTK kinase activity was fully inhibited by the hinge-only binders. These data reveal a kinase activity-independent function of BTK, involving RAC2 in transducing BCR signaling events, and provide mechanistic rationale for the selection of clinical candidates for B-cell lymphoma indications.
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- Wei Li
- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Drug Discovery Science and Technology, AbbVie Inc., Lake County, Illinois
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., Lake County, Illinois
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- Oncology Discovery, AbbVie Inc., South San Francisco, California
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Chirino A, Montoya S, Safronenka A, Taylor J. Resisting the Resistance: Navigating BTK Mutations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:2182. [PMID: 38137005 PMCID: PMC10742473 DOI: 10.3390/genes14122182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) plays a key role in the B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling pathway and confers anti-apoptotic and proliferative properties to malignant B-cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Small molecule BTK inhibitors were designed to bind BTK's active site and block downstream signaling. These drugs have now been used in the treatment of thousands of patients with CLL, the most common form of leukemia in the western hemisphere. However, adverse effects of early generations of BTK inhibitors and resistance to treatment have led to the development of newer, more selective and non-covalent BTK inhibitors. As the use of these newer generation BTK inhibitors has increased, novel BTK resistance mutations have come to light. This review aims to discuss previously known and novel BTK mutations, their mechanisms of resistance, and their relationship with patient treatment. Also discussed here are future studies that are needed to investigate the underlying cause allowing these mutations to occur and how they incite resistance. New treatments on the horizon that attempt to maneuver around these resistance mutations can be met with new resistance mutations, creating an unmet need for patients with CLL. Novel therapies and combinations that address all forms of resistance are discussed.
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Kim PM, Nejati R, Lu P, Thakkar D, Mackrides N, Dupoux V, Nakhoda S, Baldwin DA, Pei J, Dave SS, Wang YL, Wasik MA. Leukemic presentation and progressive genomic alterations of MCD/C5 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2023; 9:a006283. [PMID: 37730436 PMCID: PMC10815299 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a006283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogenous group of lymphoid malignancies. Based on gene expression profiling, it has been subdivided into germinal center (GC)-derived and activated B-cell (ABC) types. Advances in molecular methodologies have further refined the subclassification of DLBCL, based on recurrent genetic abnormalities. Here, we describe a distinct case of DLBCL that presented in leukemic form. DNA sequencing targeting 275 genes revealed pathogenically relevant mutations of CD79B, MyD88, TP53, TBL1XR1, and PIM1 genes, indicating that this lymphoma would be best classified as MCD/C5 DLBCL, an ABC subtype. Despite an initial good clinical response to BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, anti-CD20 antibody rituxan, alkylating agent bendamustine, and hematopoietic stem-cell transplant, the lymphoma relapsed, accompanied by morphologic and molecular evidence of disease progression. Specifically, the recurrent tumor developed loss of TP53 heterozygosity (LOH) and additional chromosomal changes central to ABC DLBCL pathogenesis, such as PRDM1 loss. Acquired resistance to ibrutinib and rituxan was indicated by the emergence of BTK and FOXO1 mutations, respectively, as well as apparent activation of alternative cell-activation pathways, through copy-number alterations (CNAs), detected by high-resolution chromosomal microarrays. In vitro, studies of relapsed lymphoma cells confirmed resistance to standard BTK inhibitors but sensitivity to vecabrutinib, a noncovalent inhibitor active against both wild-type as well as mutated BTK. In summary, we provide in-depth molecular characterization of a de novo leukemic DLBCL and discuss mechanisms that may have contributed to the lymphoma establishment, progression, and development of drug resistance.
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- Patricia M Kim
- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
- Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Data Driven Bioscience, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA;
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Liu Y, Kimpara S, Hoang NM, Daenthanasanmak A, Li Y, Lu L, Ngo VN, Bates PD, Song L, Gao X, Bebel S, Chen M, Chen R, Zhang X, Selberg PE, Kenkre VP, Waldmann TA, Capitini CM, Rui L. EGR1-mediated metabolic reprogramming to oxidative phosphorylation contributes to ibrutinib resistance in B-cell lymphoma. Blood 2023; 142:1879-1894. [PMID: 37738652 PMCID: PMC10731920 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023020142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The use of Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as ibrutinib, to block B-cell receptor signaling has achieved a remarkable clinical response in several B-cell malignancies, including mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Acquired drug resistance, however, is significant and affects the long-term survival of these patients. Here, we demonstrate that the transcription factor early growth response gene 1 (EGR1) is involved in ibrutinib resistance. We found that EGR1 expression is elevated in ibrutinib-resistant activated B-cell-like subtype DLBCL and MCL cells and can be further upregulated upon ibrutinib treatment. Genetic and pharmacological analyses revealed that overexpressed EGR1 mediates ibrutinib resistance. Mechanistically, TCF4 and EGR1 self-regulation induce EGR1 overexpression that mediates metabolic reprogramming to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) through the transcriptional activation of PDP1, a phosphatase that dephosphorylates and activates the E1 component of the large pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Therefore, EGR1-mediated PDP1 activation increases intracellular adenosine triphosphate production, leading to sufficient energy to enhance the proliferation and survival of ibrutinib-resistant lymphoma cells. Finally, we demonstrate that targeting OXPHOS with metformin or IM156, a newly developed OXPHOS inhibitor, inhibits the growth of ibrutinib-resistant lymphoma cells both in vitro and in a patient-derived xenograft mouse model. These findings suggest that targeting EGR1-mediated metabolic reprogramming to OXPHOS with metformin or IM156 provides a potential therapeutic strategy to overcome ibrutinib resistance in relapsed/refractory DLBCL or MCL.
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- Yunxia Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Systems Biology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
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- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
- Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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Decombis S, Bellanger C, Le Bris Y, Madiot C, Jardine J, Santos JC, Boulet D, Dousset C, Menard A, Kervoelen C, Douillard E, Moreau P, Minvielle S, Moreau-Aubry A, Tessoulin B, Roue G, Bidère N, Le Gouill S, Pellat-Deceunynck C, Chiron D. CARD11 gain of function upregulates BCL2A1 expression and promotes resistance to targeted therapies combination in B-cell lymphoma. Blood 2023; 142:1543-1555. [PMID: 37562004 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023020211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
A strategy combining targeted therapies is effective in B-cell lymphomas (BCL), such as mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), but acquired resistances remain a recurrent issue. In this study, we performed integrative longitudinal genomic and single-cell RNA-sequencing analyses of patients with MCL who were treated with targeted therapies against CD20, BCL2, and Bruton tyrosine kinase (OAsIs trial). We revealed the emergence of subclones with a selective advantage against OAsIs combination in vivo and showed that resistant cells were characterized by B-cell receptor (BCR)-independent overexpression of NF-κB1 target genes, especially owing to CARD11 mutations. Functional studies demonstrated that CARD11 gain of function not only resulted in BCR independence but also directly increased the transcription of the antiapoptotic BCL2A1, leading to resistance against venetoclax and OAsIs combination. Based on the transcriptional profile of OAsIs-resistant subclones, we designed a 16-gene resistance signature that was also predictive for patients with MCL who were treated with conventional chemotherapy, underlying a common escape mechanism. Among druggable strategies to inhibit CARD11-dependent NF-κB1 transduction, we evaluated the selective inhibition of its essential partner MALT1. We demonstrated that MALT1 protease inhibition led to a reduction in the expression of genes involved in OAsIs resistance, including BCL2A1. Consequently, MALT1 inhibition induced synergistic cell death in combination with BCL2 inhibition, irrespective of CARD11 mutational status, both in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our study identified mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies and provided a novel strategy to overcome resistance in aggressive BCL. The OAsIs trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov #NCT02558816.
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- Salomé Decombis
- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Therassay (Onco-Hemato) Core Facility, Nantes Université, Capacités, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Lymphoma Translational Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Badalona, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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- Hematology Department, Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, Université d'Angers, CRCI2NA, Nantes, France
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Fuertes T, Álvarez-Corrales E, Gómez-Escolar C, Ubieto-Capella P, Serrano-Navarro Á, de Molina A, Méndez J, Ramiro AR, de Yébenes VG. miR-28-based combination therapy impairs aggressive B cell lymphoma growth by rewiring DNA replication. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:687. [PMID: 37852959 PMCID: PMC10585006 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-06178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common aggressive B cell lymphoma and accounts for nearly 40% of cases of B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. DLBCL is generally treated with R-CHOP chemotherapy, but many patients do not respond or relapse after treatment. Here, we analyzed the therapeutic potential of the tumor suppressor microRNA-28 (miR-28) for DLBCL, alone and in combination with the Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib. Combination therapy with miR-28 plus ibrutinib potentiated the anti-tumor effects of monotherapy with either agent by inducing a specific transcriptional cell-cycle arrest program that impairs DNA replication. The molecular actions of miR-28 and ibrutinib synergistically impair DNA replication by simultaneous inhibition of origin activation and fork progression. Moreover, we found that downregulation of the miR-28-plus-ibrutinib gene signature correlates with better survival of ABC-DLBCL patients. These results provide evidence for the effectiveness of a new miRNA-based ibrutinib combination therapy for DLBCL and unveil the miR-28-plus-ibrutinib gene signature as a new predictor of outcome in ABC-DLBCL patients.
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- Teresa Fuertes
- B Cell Biology Laboratory Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Ophthalmology and ENT, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain
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- B Cell Biology Laboratory Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- B Cell Biology Laboratory Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Comparative Medicine Unit. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- DNA replication Group. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- B Cell Biology Laboratory Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Immunology, Ophthalmology and ENT, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain.
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Roschewski M, Patel MR, Reagan PM, Saba NS, Collins GP, Arkenau HT, de Vos S, Nuttall B, Acar M, Burke K, White RD, Udriste M, Sharma S, Dougherty B, Stetson D, Jenkins D, Mortlock A, Forcina A, Munugalavadla V, Flinn I. Phase I Study of Acalabrutinib Plus Danvatirsen (AZD9150) in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Including Circulating Tumor DNA Biomarker Assessment. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:3301-3312. [PMID: 37364001 PMCID: PMC10472096 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Novel targeted and immunotherapies have improved outcomes in relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), but toxicities limit widespread use. The selective Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor acalabrutinib has activity in patients with R/R DLBCL but durable responses are uncommon. STAT3 inhibition has demonstrated clinical activity in DLBCL. PATIENTS AND METHODS Final results of the phase I study of acalabrutinib plus STAT3 inhibitor (danvatirsen; AZD9150) in patients with R/R DLBCL are reported. Danvatirsen 200 mg intravenous infusion [Days 1, 3, 5 (Cycle 1); weekly infusions starting Day 8, Cycle 1] was administered in combination with oral acalabrutinib 100 mg twice daily until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity. Primary endpoints were safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints included efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity. RESULTS Seventeen patients received combination treatment. One dose-limiting toxicity (Grade 3 liver transaminase) occurred in 1 patient. The most common reason for treatment discontinuation was PD (65%). In evaluable patients (n = 17), objective response rate was 24%; median duration of response was 1.9 months. All responders with available DLBCL cell-of-origin data were either activated B-cell or nongerminal center B-cell like subtype. Genetic subtype did not correlate with response. Baseline and longitudinal plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) concentrations were mostly higher in nonresponding patients. cfDNA changes were generally concordant with imaging. Pretreatment circulating B-cell levels were higher in responders versus nonresponders. CONCLUSIONS Targeting both STAT3 and BTK in combination is safe and tolerable but efficacy is limited in R/R DLBCL. Results support evaluation of circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for clinical response.
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- Mark Roschewski
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Florida Cancer Specialists/Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Sarasota, Florida
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- AstraZeneca, South San Francisco, California
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
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Wang ML, Jurczak W, Zinzani PL, Eyre TA, Cheah CY, Ujjani CS, Koh Y, Izutsu K, Gerson JN, Flinn I, Tessoulin B, Alencar AJ, Ma S, Lewis D, Lech-Maranda E, Rhodes J, Patel K, Maddocks K, Lamanna N, Wang Y, Tam CS, Munir T, Nagai H, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Kumar A, Fenske TS, Seymour JF, Zelenetz AD, Nair B, Tsai DE, Balbas M, Walgren RA, Abada P, Wang C, Zhao J, Mato AR, Shah NN. Pirtobrutinib in Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Pretreated Mantle-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:3988-3997. [PMID: 37192437 PMCID: PMC10461952 DOI: 10.1200/jco.23.00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Pirtobrutinib is a highly selective, noncovalent (reversible) Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi). We report the safety and efficacy of pirtobrutinib in patients with covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (cBTKi) pretreated mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL), a population with poor prognosis. METHODS Patients with cBTKi pretreated relapsed/refractory (R/R) MCL received pirtobrutinib monotherapy in a multicenter phase I/II trial (BRUIN; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03740529). Efficacy was assessed in the first 90 consecutively enrolled patients who met criteria for inclusion in the primary efficacy cohort. The primary end point was overall response rate (ORR). Secondary end points included duration of response (DOR) and safety. RESULTS The median patient age was 70 years (range, 46-87), the median prior lines of therapy was 3 (range, 1-8), 82.2% had discontinued a prior cBTKi because of disease progression, and 77.8% had intermediate- or high-risk simplified MCL International Prognostic Index score. The ORR was 57.8% (95% CI, 46.9 to 68.1), including 20.0% complete responses (n = 18). At a median follow-up of 12 months, the median DOR was 21.6 months (95% CI, 7.5 to not reached). The 6- and 12-month estimated DOR rates were 73.6% and 57.1%, respectively. In the MCL safety cohort (n = 164), the most common treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were fatigue (29.9%), diarrhea (21.3%), and dyspnea (16.5%). Grade ≥3 TEAEs of hemorrhage (3.7%) and atrial fibrillation/flutter (1.2%) were less common. Only 3% of patients discontinued pirtobrutinib because of a treatment-related adverse event. CONCLUSION Pirtobrutinib is a first-in-class novel noncovalent (reversible) BTKi and the first BTKi of any kind to demonstrate durable efficacy after prior cBTKi therapy in heavily pretreated R/R MCL. Pirtobrutinib was well tolerated with low rates of treatment discontinuation because of toxicity.
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- Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Krakow, Poland
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- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli,” Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Cancer Center, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Linear Clinical Research and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
- Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute and Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust—Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Northwell/Hofstra, Uniondale, NY
- Northwell Health Cancer Institute Lake Success, New Hyde Park, NY
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- Center for Blood Disorders and Cellular Therapy, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
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- Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Haematology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Scheich S, Chen J, Liu J, Schnütgen F, Enssle JC, Ceribelli M, Thomas CJ, Choi J, Morris V, Hsiao T, Nguyen H, Wang B, Bolomsky A, Phelan JD, Corcoran S, Urlaub H, Young RM, Häupl B, Wright GW, Huang DW, Ji Y, Yu X, Xu W, Yang Y, Zhao H, Muppidi J, Pan KT, Oellerich T, Staudt LM. Targeting N-linked Glycosylation for the Therapy of Aggressive Lymphomas. Cancer Discov 2023; 13:1862-1883. [PMID: 37141112 PMCID: PMC10524254 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-22-1401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be subdivided into the activated B-cell (ABC) and germinal center B cell-like (GCB) subtypes. Self-antigen engagement of B-cell receptors (BCR) in ABC tumors induces their clustering, thereby initiating chronic active signaling and activation of NF-κB and PI3 kinase. Constitutive BCR signaling is essential in some GCB tumors but primarily activates PI3 kinase. We devised genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens to identify regulators of IRF4, a direct transcriptional target of NF-κB and an indicator of proximal BCR signaling in ABC DLBCL. Unexpectedly, inactivation of N-linked protein glycosylation by the oligosaccharyltransferase-B (OST-B) complex reduced IRF4 expression. OST-B inhibition of BCR glycosylation reduced BCR clustering and internalization while promoting its association with CD22, which attenuated PI3 kinase and NF-κB activation. By directly interfering with proximal BCR signaling, OST-B inactivation killed models of ABC and GCB DLBCL, supporting the development of selective OST-B inhibitors for the treatment of these aggressive cancers. SIGNIFICANCE DLBCL depends on constitutive BCR activation and signaling. There are currently no therapeutics that target the BCR directly and attenuate its pathologic signaling. Here, we unraveled a therapeutically exploitable, OST-B-dependent glycosylation pathway that drives BCR organization and proximal BCR signaling. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1749.
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- Sebastian Scheich
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Advanced Imaging and Microscopy Resource, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Advanced Imaging and Microscopy Resource, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Bioanalytics, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Biometric Research Branch, Division of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Frankfurt/Mainz, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Robak P, Witkowska M, Wolska-Washer A, Robak T. The preclinical discovery and development of orelabrutinib as a novel treatment option for B-cell lymphoid malignancies. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2023; 18:1065-1076. [PMID: 37438969 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2023.2236547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors have recently been approved for clinical use against several B-cell indolent lymphoid malignancies, both as single agents or in combination. One second-generation BTK inhibitor that is being developed for the treatment of B-cell hematological malignancies, as well as for autoimmune disorders, is orelabrutinib. AREAS COVERED This paper reviews recent developments in the use of orelabrutinib against B-cell indolent lymphoid malignancies such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia and central nervous system lymphoma. Google Scholar and PubMed were initially searched for articles, and the corpus of articles was broadened by reviewing the references of the identified papers. All were in English. The corpus comprised papers from 2016 to April 2023. In addition, a manual search was performed of conference proceedings from the last five years of The American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the European Hematology Association. EXPERT OPINION Orelabrutinib is an active drug in indolent and aggressive B-cell lymphoid malignancies. It demonstrates high selectivity, good efficacy and an excellent safety profile. Nevertheless, further clinical trials are required to optimize its use. In addition, several other highly selective BTK inhibitors are being examined in early-phase studies.
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- Paweł Robak
- Department of Experimental Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Department of Hematooncology, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Department of Hematooncology, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Department of Hematooncology, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
- Department of General Hematology, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland
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Setiawan SA, Liu WZ, Weng PW, Lee CH, Yadav VK, Hardianti MS, Yeh CT, Chao TY. Synergistic disruption of BTK and BCL-2 causes apoptosis while inducing ferroptosis in double-hit lymphoma. Eur J Pharmacol 2023; 943:175526. [PMID: 36693553 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Double-hit lymphoma (DHL) is an aggressive subset of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) with poor outcomes and without satisfying treatment options. BTK inhibitor monotherapy is ineffective to suppress aggressive lymphoma. Hence, combination with other potential agents is warranted. Here, we demonstrated the second generation of BTK inhibitor, zanubrutinib, and a BCL-2 inhibitor, navitoclax, worked in synergistic manner to suppress DHL. Comprehensive in silico approach by interrogating single-cell to bulk-level profiling was employed along with in vitro and in vivo validation in DHL cell lines. Ablation of BTK enhanced sensitivity to navitoclax and suppressed proliferation of DHL cells. Combination of second generation of BTK inhibitor with navitoclax synergistically suppressed DLBCL cells with higher synergy score in DHL subset. The drug combination triggered apoptosis and ferroptosis, with the latter being characterized by reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, extensive lipid peroxidation, and depletion of reduced glutathione. Moreover, ablation of BTK sensitized DHL cells to ferroptosis. Mechanistically, disruption of BTK and BCL-2 triggered ferroptosis by downregulating NRF2 and HMOX1, while deactivating GPX4. Combination of zanubrutinib and navitoclax effectively suppressed tumor growth in vivo. Our data suggest that zanubrutinib and navitoclax synergistically suppressed DHL by inducing apoptosis and ferroptosis.
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- Syahru Agung Setiawan
- International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan; Department of Orthopaedics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, 23561, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan
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- School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research & Education, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, 23561, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
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- International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research & Education, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, 23561, Taiwan; Continuing Education Program of Food Biotechnology Applications, College of Science and Engineering, National Taitung University, Taitung, 95092, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
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- International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan; Department of Hematology & Oncology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, 23561, Taiwan; Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Centre, Taipei, 11409, Taiwan.
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Arribas AJ, Napoli S, Cascione L, Barnabei L, Sartori G, Cannas E, Gaudio E, Tarantelli C, Mensah AA, Spriano F, Zucchetto A, Rossi FM, Rinaldi A, de Moura MC, Jovic S, Pittau RB, Stathis A, Stussi G, Gattei V, Brown JR, Esteller M, Zucca E, Rossi D, Bertoni F. ERBB4-mediated signaling is a mediator of resistance to BTK and PI3K inhibitors in B cell lymphoid neoplasms. bioRxiv 2023:2023.01.01.522017. [PMID: 36711490 PMCID: PMC9881865 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.01.522017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BTK and PI3K inhibitors are among the drugs approved for the treatment of patients with lymphoid neoplasms. Although active, their ability to lead as single agents to long-lasting complete remission is rather limited especially in the lymphoma setting. This indicates that tumor cells often develop resistance to the drugs. Here, we show that the overexpression of ERBB4 and its ligands represents a modality for B cell neoplastic cells to bypass the anti-tumor activity of BTK and PI3K inhibitors and that targeted pharmacological interventions can restore sensitivity to the small molecules. We started from a marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) cell line, Karpas-1718, kept under prolonged exposure to the PI3Kδ inhibitor idelalisib until acquisition of resistance, or with no drug. Cells underwent transcriptome, miRNA and methylation profiling, whole exome sequencing, and pharmacological screening which led to the identification of the overexpression of ERBB4 and its ligands HBEGF and NRG2 in the resistant cells. Cellular and genetic experiments demonstrated the involvement of this axis in blocking the anti-tumor activity of various BTK and PI3K inhibitors, currently used in the clinical setting. Addition of recombinant HBEGF induced resistance to BTK and PI3K inhibitors in parental cells but also in additional lymphoma models. Combination with the ERBB inhibitor lapatinib was beneficial in resistant cells and in other lymphoma models already expressing the identified resistance factors. Multi-omics analysis underlined that an epigenetic reprogramming affected the expression of the resistance-related factors, and pretreatment with demethylating agents or EZH2 inhibitors overcame the resistance. Resistance factors were shown to be expressed in clinical samples, further extending the findings of the study. In conclusions, we identified a novel ERBB4-driven mechanism of resistance to BTK and PI3K inhibitors and treatments that appear to overcome it. Key points A mechanism of secondary resistance to the PI3Kδ and BTK inhibitors in B cell neoplasms driven by secreted factors.Resistance can be reverted by targeting ERBB signaling.
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Nakhoda S, Vistarop A, Wang YL. Resistance to Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibition in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2023; 200:137-149. [PMID: 36029036 PMCID: PMC9839590 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKi) have transformed the therapeutic landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, primary and acquired resistance to BTKi can be seen due to a variety of mechanisms including tumour intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms such as gene mutations, activation of bypass signalling pathways and tumour microenvironment. Herein, we provide an updated review of the key clinical data of BTKi treatment in CLL, mantle cell lymphoma, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We incorporate the most recent findings regarding mechanisms of resistance to covalent and non-covalent inhibitors, including ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib and pirtobrutinib. We also cover the clinical sensitivity of certain molecular subtypes of DLBCL to an ibrutinib-containing regimen. Lastly, we summarise ongoing clinical investigations aimed at overcoming resistance via use of BTKi-containing combined therapies or the novel non-covalent BTKi. The review article targets an audience of clinical practitioners, clinical investigators and translational researchers.
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- Shazia Nakhoda
- Department of Hematology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA,Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA,Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
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Shen J, Liu J. Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma: A mini-review. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1034668. [PMID: 36465385 PMCID: PMC9713408 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1034668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with poor prognosis if no treatment. The activation of the NF-κB (nuclear factor kappa-B) is the oncogenic hallmark of PCNSL, and it was driven by B cell receptor (BCR) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathways. The emergence of Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis) has brought the dawn of life to patients with PCNSL. This review summarizes the management of PCNSL with BTKis and potential molecular mechanisms of BTKi in the treatment of PCNSL. And the review will focus on the clinical applications of BTKi in the treatment of PCNSL including the efficacy and adverse events, the clinical trials currently being carried out, the underlying mechanisms of resistance to BTKi and possible solutions to drug resistance.
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- Jing Shen
- Department of Hematology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hematology, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
- Department of Hematology, Northern Theater General Hospital, Shenyang, China
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Wang SC, Yan XY, Yang C, Naranmandura H. The Landscape of Nucleic-Acid-Based Aptamers for Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies: Challenges and Future Directions. Bioengineering (Basel) 2022; 9:635. [PMID: 36354547 PMCID: PMC9687288 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering9110635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative disorder and plasma cell neoplasia, are genetically heterogeneous and characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of their corresponding cell lineages in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, tissues or plasma. Although there are many types of therapeutic drugs (e.g., TKIs, chemotherapy drugs) available for treatment of different malignancies, the relapse, drug resistance and severe side effects due to the lack of selectivity seriously limit their clinical application. Currently, although antibody–drug conjugates have been well established as able to target and deliver highly potent chemotherapy agents into cancer cells for the reduction of damage to healthy cells and have achieved success in leukemia treatment, they still also have shortcomings such as high cost, high immunogenicity and low stability. Aptamers are ssDNA or RNA oligonucleotides that can also precisely deliver therapeutic agents into cancer cells through specifically recognizing the membrane protein on cancer cells, which is similar to the capabilities of monoclonal antibodies. Aptamers exhibit higher binding affinity, lower immunogenicity and higher thermal stability than antibodies. Therefore, in this review we comprehensively describe recent advances in the development of aptamer–drug conjugates (ApDCs) with cytotoxic payload through chemical linkers or direct incorporation, as well as further introduce the latest promising aptamers-based therapeutic strategies such as aptamer–T cell therapy and aptamer–PROTAC, clarifying their bright application, development direction and challenges in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
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Xiao F, Rui K, Shi X, Wu H, Cai X, Lui KO, Lu Q, Ballestar E, Tian J, Zou H, Lu L. Epigenetic regulation of B cells and its role in autoimmune pathogenesis. Cell Mol Immunol 2022; 19:1215-34. [PMID: 36220996 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-022-00933-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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B cells play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Although previous studies have shown many genetic polymorphisms associated with B-cell activation in patients with various autoimmune disorders, progress in epigenetic research has revealed new mechanisms leading to B-cell hyperactivation. Epigenetic mechanisms, including those involving histone modifications, DNA methylation, and noncoding RNAs, regulate B-cell responses, and their dysregulation can contribute to the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Patients with autoimmune diseases show epigenetic alterations that lead to the initiation and perpetuation of autoimmune inflammation. Moreover, many clinical and animal model studies have shown the promising potential of epigenetic therapies for patients. In this review, we present an up-to-date overview of epigenetic mechanisms with a focus on their roles in regulating functional B-cell subsets. Furthermore, we discuss epigenetic dysregulation in B cells and highlight its contribution to the development of autoimmune diseases. Based on clinical and preclinical evidence, we discuss novel epigenetic biomarkers and therapies for patients with autoimmune disorders.
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Pasqualucci L, Klein U. NF-κB Mutations in Germinal Center B-Cell Lymphomas: Relation to NF-κB Function in Normal B Cells. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10102450. [PMID: 36289712 PMCID: PMC9599362 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10102450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Most B cell lymphomas arise from the oncogenic transformation of B cells that have undergone the germinal center (GC) reaction of the T cell-dependent immune response, where high-affinity memory B cells and plasma cells are generated. The high proliferation of GC B cells coupled with occasional errors in the DNA-modifying processes of somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination put the cell at a risk to obtain transforming genetic aberrations, which may activate proto-oncogenes or inactivate tumour suppressor genes. Several subtypes of GC lymphomas harbor genetic mutations leading to constitutive, aberrant activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. In normal B cells, NF-κB has crucial biological roles in development and physiology. GC lymphomas highjack these activities to promote tumour-cell growth and survival. It has become increasingly clear that the separate canonical and non-canonical routes of the NF-κB pathway and the five downstream NF-κB transcription factors have distinct functions in the successive stages of GC B-cell development. These findings may have direct implications for understanding how aberrant NF-κB activation promotes the genesis of various GC lymphomas corresponding to the developmentally distinct GC B-cell subsets. The knowledge arising from these studies may be explored for the development of precision medicine approaches aimed at more effective treatments of the corresponding tumours with specific NF-κB inhibitors, thus reducing systemic toxicity. We here provide an overview on the patterns of genetic NF-κB mutations encountered in the various GC lymphomas and discuss the consequences of aberrant NF-κB activation in those malignancies as related to the biology of NF-κB in their putative normal cellular counterparts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Pasqualucci
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (U.K.)
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
- Correspondence: (L.P.); (U.K.)
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Arthur R, Wathen A, Lemm EA, Stevenson FK, Forconi F, Linley AJ, Steele AJ, Packham G, Valle-Argos B. BTK-independent regulation of calcium signalling downstream of the B-cell receptor in malignant B-cells. Cell Signal 2022; 96:110358. [PMID: 35597428 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2022.110358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BTK inhibitors (BTKi) have dramatically improved outcomes for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and some forms of B-cell lymphoma. However, new strategies are needed to enhance responses. Here we have performed a detailed analysis of the effects of BTKi on B-cell receptor (BCR)-induced signalling using primary malignant cells from CLL patients and B-lymphoma cell lines. Although BTK is considered as a key activator of PLCγ2, BTKi (ibrutinib and acalabrutinib) failed to fully inhibit calcium responses in CLL samples with strong BCR signalling capacity. This BTKi-resistant calcium signalling was sufficient to engage downstream calcium-dependent transcription and suppress CLL cell apoptosis and was entirely independent of BTK and not just its kinase activity as similar results were obtained using a BTK-degrading PROTAC. BTK-independent calcium signalling was also observed in two B-lymphoma cell lines where BTKi had little effect on the initial phase of the calcium response but did accelerate the subsequent decline in intracellular calcium. In contrast to BTKi, calcium responses were completely blocked by inhibition of SYK in CLL and lymphoma cells. Engagement of BTK-independent calcium responses was associated with BTK-independent phosphorylation of PLCγ2 on Y753 and Y759 in both CLL and lymphoma cells. Moreover, in CLL samples, inhibition of RAC, which can mediate BTK-independent activation of PLCγ2, cooperated with ibrutinib to suppress calcium responses. BTK-independent calcium signalling may limit the effectiveness of BTKi to suppress BCR signalling responses and our results suggest inhibition of SYK or dual inhibition of BTK and RAC as alternative strategies to strengthen pathway blockade.
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- Rachael Arthur
- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Cell Signalling, University of Liverpool, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, 5(th) Floor Nuffield Building, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom.
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- Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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Liu J, Wu Y, Zhang Z, Li P. Tanshinone IIA improves sepsis-induced acute lung injury through the ROCK2/NF-κB axis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2022.116021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pasqualucci L. Epigenetic Rewiring of BCR Signaling as a Novel Mechanism of Ibrutinib Resistance in ABC-DLBCL. Blood Cancer Discov 2021; 2:555-558. [PMID: 35015676 PMCID: PMC9894578 DOI: 10.1158/2643-3230.bcd-21-0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this issue of Blood Cancer Discovery, Schaffer and colleagues uncover a novel epigenetic mechanism of resistance to the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib in activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL), whereby tumor cells rewire the B-cell receptor (BCR)-driven NF-κB signaling cascade through the small GTPase RAC2. This circuit can be efficiently targeted by RAC1/2 small-molecule inhibitors, suggesting a promising new therapeutic approach to overcome acquired ibrutinib resistance in ABC-DLBCL and possibly other B-cell malignancies relying on active BCR signaling.See related article by Shaffer et al., p. 630.
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- Laura Pasqualucci
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, New York. .,Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York.,Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
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