Time-resolved single cell transcriptomics of an ibrutinib-treated mantle cell lymphoma cell line
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ABSTRACT: We performed a high-throughput droplet-based single-cell RNA sequencing experiment on a sensitive MCL cell line model (REC-1) treated with ibrutinib over time using the 10x Genomics platform. Two biological replicates were generated of an untreated control, 6 h, and 48 h ibrutinib-treated cells.
Project description:To determine the global transcriptome changes in mantle cell lymphoma cells following treatment with the BET bromodomain antagonist, JQ1 Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) cells exhibit increased B cell receptor and NFkB activities. The BET protein BRD4 is essential for the transcriptional activity of NFkB. Here, we demonstrate that treatment with the BET protein bromodomain antagonist (BA) JQ1 attenuates MYC and CDK4/6, inhibits the nuclear RelA levels and the expression of NFκB target genes including Brutonâs Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) in MCL cells. While lowering the levels of the anti-apoptotic BCL2 family proteins, BA treatment induces the pro-apoptotic protein BIM and exerts dose-dependent lethality against cultured and primary MCL cells. Co-treatment with BA and the BTK inhibitor ibrutinib synergistically induces apoptosis of MCL cells. Compared to each agent alone, co-treatment with BA and ibrutinib markedly improved the median survival of mice engrafted with the MCL cells. BA treatment also induced apoptosis of the in vitro isolated, ibrutinib-resistant MCL cells which overexpress CDK6, BCL2, Bcl-xL, XIAP and AKT, but lack ibrutinib resistance-conferring BTK mutation. Co-treatment with BA and panobinostat (pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor) or palbociclib (CDK4/6 inhibitor) or ABT-199 (BCL2 antagonist) synergistically induced apoptosis of the ibrutinib-resistant MCL cells. These findings highlight and support further in vivo evaluation of the efficacy of the BA-based combinations with these agents against MCL, including ibrutinib-resistant MCL. MO2058 cells treated with vehicle, 250 nM or 1000 nM JQ1 for 8 hours. Samples were acquired and analyzed in duplicate.
Project description:Ibrutinib, a bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was shown to have high response rates in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), an aggressive B-cell lymphoma. However, emergence of ibrutinib resistance (IR) and subsequent fatal progression is of significant clinical concern. By implementing genomics, chemical proteomics and drug screening, we report that enhancer remodeling-mediated transcriptional activation and adaptive signaling changes drive the malignant phenotype of IR. Accordingly, IR MCL cells are vulnerable to inhibition of the transcriptional machinery and especially to inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9). Thus, targeting transcriptional activation offers a novel strategy to prevent the emergence of IR and overcome IR via impeding IR-associated cellular signaling reprogramming in MCL. In addition, our ex-vivo microfluidic image-based functional drug screen can function not only as new technology platforms for predicting clinical therapeutic response but also, in conjunction with genomic profiling in primary MCL samples, identify the molecular vulnerabilities for drug resistance evolution, providing insight into the underlying IR mechanisms for MCL and other B-cell malignancies
Project description:The use of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors such as ibrutinib has achieved a remarkable clinical response in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Acquired drug resistance, however, is significant and impacts long-term survival of MCL patients. Here we demonstrate that DNMT3A is involved in ibrutinib resistance. We found that DNMT3A expression is upregulated upon ibrutinib treatment in ibrutinib-resistant MCL cells. Genetic and pharmacological analyses revealed that DNMT3A mediates ibrutinib resistance independent of its DNA-methylation function. Mechanistically, DNMT3A induces the expression of MYC target genes through interaction with the transcription factors MEF2B and MYC, thus mediating metabolic reprogramming to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Targeting DNMT3A by a low dose of decitabine inhibits the growth of ibrutinib-resistant lymphoma cells both in vitro and in a patient-derived xenograft mouse model. These findings suggest that targeting DNMT3A-medited metabolic reprogramming to OXPHOS with decitabine provides a potential therapeutic strategy to overcome ibrutinib resistance in relapsed/refractory MCL.
Project description:Ibrutinib, a bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was shown to have high response rates in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), an aggressive B-cell lymphoma. However, emergence of ibrutinib resistance (IR) and subsequent fatal progression is of significant clinical concern. By implementing genomics, chemical proteomics and drug screening, we report that enhancer remodeling-mediated transcriptional activation and adaptive signaling changes drive the malignant phenotype of IR. Accordingly, IR MCL cells are vulnerable to inhibition of the transcriptional machinery and especially to inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9). Thus, targeting transcriptional activation offers a novel strategy to prevent the emergence of IR and overcome IR via impeding IR-associated cellular signaling reprogramming in MCL. In addition, our ex-vivo microfluidic image-based functional drug screen can function not only as new technology platforms for predicting clinical therapeutic response but also, in conjunction with genomic profiling in primary MCL samples, identify the molecular vulnerabilities for drug resistance evolution, providing insight into the underlying IR mechanisms for MCL and other B-cell malignancies
Project description:Ibrutinib, a bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was shown to have high response rates in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), an aggressive B-cell lymphoma. However, emergence of ibrutinib resistance (IR) and subsequent fatal progression is of significant clinical concern. By implementing genomics, chemical proteomics and drug screening, we report that enhancer remodeling-mediated transcriptional activation and adaptive signaling changes drive the malignant phenotype of IR. Accordingly, IR MCL cells are vulnerable to inhibition of the transcriptional machinery and especially to inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9). Thus, targeting transcriptional activation offers a novel strategy to prevent the emergence of IR and overcome IR via impeding IR-associated cellular signaling reprogramming in MCL. In addition, our ex-vivo microfluidic image-based functional drug screen can function not only as new technology platforms for predicting clinical therapeutic response but also, in conjunction with genomic profiling in primary MCL samples, identify the molecular vulnerabilities for drug resistance evolution, providing insight into the underlying IR mechanisms for MCL and other B-cell malignancies
Project description:To determine the global transcriptome changes in mantle cell lymphoma cells following treatment with the BET bromodomain antagonist, JQ1 Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) cells exhibit increased B cell receptor and NFkB activities. The BET protein BRD4 is essential for the transcriptional activity of NFkB. Here, we demonstrate that treatment with the BET protein bromodomain antagonist (BA) JQ1 attenuates MYC and CDK4/6, inhibits the nuclear RelA levels and the expression of NFκB target genes including Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) in MCL cells. While lowering the levels of the anti-apoptotic BCL2 family proteins, BA treatment induces the pro-apoptotic protein BIM and exerts dose-dependent lethality against cultured and primary MCL cells. Co-treatment with BA and the BTK inhibitor ibrutinib synergistically induces apoptosis of MCL cells. Compared to each agent alone, co-treatment with BA and ibrutinib markedly improved the median survival of mice engrafted with the MCL cells. BA treatment also induced apoptosis of the in vitro isolated, ibrutinib-resistant MCL cells which overexpress CDK6, BCL2, Bcl-xL, XIAP and AKT, but lack ibrutinib resistance-conferring BTK mutation. Co-treatment with BA and panobinostat (pan-histone deacetylase inhibitor) or palbociclib (CDK4/6 inhibitor) or ABT-199 (BCL2 antagonist) synergistically induced apoptosis of the ibrutinib-resistant MCL cells. These findings highlight and support further in vivo evaluation of the efficacy of the BA-based combinations with these agents against MCL, including ibrutinib-resistant MCL.
Project description:Ibrutinib,a novel Bruton'styrosine kinase inhibitor, demonstrated high response rates in B-cell lymphomas but a growing number of ibrutinib treated patients relapse with resistance, fulminant progression and accelerated mortality. Using chemical proteomics and a high-throughput ex vivo assay in a reconstructed tumor microenvironment (TME), we determined the molecular basis for ibrutinib activity and mechanism of acquired ibrutinib resistance. Reciprocal activation of PI3K-AKT-mTOR and integrin β1 signaling were identified as a signaling hub of kinome for ibrutinib resistance, resulting in enforced TME-lymphoma interactions, promoting mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) growth and drug resistance. Combinatorial disruption of BCR signaling and ibrutinib resistance associated pathways led to release of MCL cells from TME, reversal of drugresistance and enhanced anti-MCL activity in murine and patient-derived xenograft models. This study integrated TME-mediated de-novo and acquired drug resistance mechanisms and provides the rationale for novel combination therapeutic strategy against MCL and other B cell malignancies.
Project description:We identified recurrent NOTCH1 mutations in 12% of MCLs. 2 out of 10 tested MCL cell lines (Rec-1 and SP-49) were sensitive to inhibition of the NOTCH pathway by gamma-secretase inhibition. The aim of this study was to identify transcriptional targets of NOTCH signaling in MCL. 3 MCL cell lines (Mino, Rec-1, SP-49 treated with Mock or 1 micromolar compound E for 24 hours, in duplicate.
Project description:MCL cell lines were treated with DMSO or 5uM AFN700 for 20hrs This experiment is designed to see if NFKB-target genes are downregulated by inhibition of IKKB in MCL cell lines that are insensitive to ibrutinib (BTK inhibitor) or sotrastaurin (PKC inhibitor) MCL cells were seeded in 6well dishes and treated for 20hrs with DMSO or 5uM AFN700
Project description:Mantle Cell lymphoma (MCL) remains an aggressive and incurable cancer with existing therapies, presenting a significant unmet clinical need. We evaluated the therapeutic interest of targeting iron homeostasis with Ironomycin alone and combined with ibrutinib, a BTK inhibitor accepted for the treatment of MCL patients. Patients commonly develop resistance to ibrutinib treatment. We found that ironomycin synergizes with ibrutinib to kill MCL cells even in ibrutinib-resistant cell lines.