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Pharmacological and genomic profiling identifies NF-κB-targeted treatment strategies for mantle cell lymphoma

Rahal, Rami, Frick, Mareike, Romero, Rodrigo, Korn, Joshua M, Kridel, Robert, Chun Chan, Fong, Meissner, Barbara, Bhang, Hyo-eun +22 more·2014·Nature Medicine

Abstract

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive malignancy that is characterized by poor prognosis. Large-scale pharmacological profiling across more than 100 hematological cell line models identified a subset of MCL cell lines that are highly sensitive to the B cell receptor (BCR) signaling inhibitors ibrutinib and sotrastaurin. Sensitive MCL models exhibited chronic activation of the BCR-driven classical nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway, whereas insensitive cell lines displayed activation of the alternative NF-κB pathway. Transcriptome sequencing revealed genetic lesions in alternative NF-κB pathway signaling components in ibrutinib-insensitive cell lines, and sequencing of 165 samples from patients with MCL identified recurrent mutations in TRAF2 or BIRC3 in 15% of these individuals. Although they are associated with insensitivity to ibrutinib, lesions in the alternative NF-κB pathway conferred dependence on the protein kinase NIK (also called mitogen-activated protein 3 kinase 14 or MAP3K14) both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, NIK is a new therapeutic target for MCL treatment, particularly for lymphomas that are refractory to BCR pathway inhibitors. Our findings reveal a pattern of mutually exclusive activation of the BCR-NF-κB or NIK-NF-κB pathways in MCL and provide critical insights into patient stratification strategies for NF-κB pathway-targeted agents.

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  • Roughly one-third of patients with MCL fail to respond to ibrutinib (intrinsic resistance).

    “roughly one-third of patients with MCL fail to respond to ibrutinib (intrinsic resistance)”
  • Intrinsic ibrutinib resistance in MCL may be due in part to activation of nonclassical NF-kB signaling.

    “which may be due in part to activation of nonclassical NF-kB signaling.7”
  • The NF-kB pathway is critical in MCL cells.

    “As the NF-kB pathway is critical in MCL cells, 7”
  • There are multiple mechanisms through which a lymphoma cell may be resistant to BTK degraders, including reduced uptake, increased efflux, mutations of BTK that block binding, activating mutations in PLCg2 or alternative NF-kB, or alterations that affect E3 ligase/proteasome function.

    “Third, there are multiple mechanisms through which a lymphoma cell may be resistant to BTK degraders, including reduced uptake, increased efflux, mutations of BTK that block binding, activating mutations in PLCg2 or alternative NF-kB, 7 or alterations that affect E3 ligase/proteasome function.”

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Rahal, R., Frick, M., Romero, R., Korn, J. M., Kridel, R., Chun Chan, F., Meissner, B., Bhang, H.-E., Ruddy, D., Kauffmann, A., Farsidjani, A., Derti, A., Rakiec, D., Naylor, T., Pfister, E., Kovats, S., Kim, S., Dietze, K., Dörken, B., Steidl, C., Tzankov, A., Hummel, M., Monahan, J., Morrissey, M. P., Fritsch, C., Sellers, W. R., Cooke, V. G., Gascoyne, R. D., Lenz, G., & Stegmeier, F.
Affiliations
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • BC Cancer Agency (CA)
  • Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (CH)
  • University Hospital of Basel (CH)
Corresponding author
  • Lenz, Georg
  • Stegmeier, Frank
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2013-12-22
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
87-92
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W1977342543
Cited by
334
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • The Novartis Repository (Novartis) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
Keywords
mantle cell lymphoma, NF-κB signaling, alternative NF-κB pathway, ibrutinib resistance, B cell receptor signaling, sotrastaurin, drug profiling, gene expression profiling, patient stratification, targeted therapy
MeSH terms
Baculoviral IAP Repeat-Containing 3 Protein, NF-kappaB-Inducing Kinase, Adenine, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Cell Survival, Guanylate Cyclase, Humans, Luminescent Measurements, Molecular Sequence Data, Piperidines, Pyrazoles, Pyrimidines, Pyrroles, Quinazolines, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, Trypan Blue, Blotting, Western, Signal Transduction, NF-kappa B, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Sequence Analysis, RNA, DNA Primers, Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell, RNA Interference, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Microarray Analysis, TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2, TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3, Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins, CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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