Project description:The aims of this study were to assess the feasibility of prospective pharmacogenomics research in multicenter international clinical trials of bortezomib in multiple myeloma and to develop predictive classifiers of response and survival with bortezomib. Patients with relapsed myeloma enrolled in phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials of bortezomib and consented to genomic analyses of pretreatment tumor samples. Bone marrow aspirates were subject to a negative-selection procedure to enrich for tumor cells, and these samples were used for gene expression profiling using DNA microarrays. Data quality and correlations with trial outcomes were assessed by multiple groups. Gene expression in this dataset was consistent with data published from a single-center study of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Response and survival classifiers were developed and shown to be significantly associated with outcome via testing on independent data. The survival classifier improved on the risk stratification provided by the International Staging System. Predictive models and biologic correlates of response show some specificity for bortezomib rather than dexamethasone. Informative gene expression data and genomic classifiers that predict clinical outcome can be derived from prospective clinical trials of new anticancer agents. Keywords: Gene expression profiling; correlation with outcome in clinical trials of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib
Project description:The aims of this study were to assess the feasibility of prospective pharmacogenomics research in multicenter international clinical trials of bortezomib in multiple myeloma and to develop predictive classifiers of response and survival with bortezomib. Patients with relapsed myeloma enrolled in phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials of bortezomib and consented to genomic analyses of pretreatment tumor samples. Bone marrow aspirates were subject to a negative-selection procedure to enrich for tumor cells, and these samples were used for gene expression profiling using DNA microarrays. Data quality and correlations with trial outcomes were assessed by multiple groups. Gene expression in this dataset was consistent with data published from a single-center study of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Response and survival classifiers were developed and shown to be significantly associated with outcome via testing on independent data. The survival classifier improved on the risk stratification provided by the International Staging System. Predictive models and biologic correlates of response show some specificity for bortezomib rather than dexamethasone. Informative gene expression data and genomic classifiers that predict clinical outcome can be derived from prospective clinical trials of new anticancer agents. Experiment Overall Design: Purified myeloma samples were collected prior to enrolment in clinical trials of bortezomib (PS-341). Samples were subject to replicate gene expression profiling using the Affymetrix 133A/B microarray. Data was normalized in MAS5.0 and the median of replicates is reported. Data was normalized to a Ttimmed mean of 15o and is NOT log transformed. Various patient parameters are reported as well as response, TTP and survival upon treatment with bortezomib or dexamethasone.
Project description:Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (BTZ) induces apoptosis in myeloma (MM) cells, and has transformed patient outcome. Using in vitro as well as in vivo immunodeficient and immunocompetent murine MM models, we here show that BTZ also triggers immunogenic cell death (ICD) characterized by exposure of calreticulin (CALR) on dying MM cells, phagocytosis of tumor cells by dendritic cells, and induction of MM specific immunity. We identify a BTZ-triggered specific ICD-gene signature which confers improved outcome in two independent MM patient cohorts. Importantly, BTZ stimulates MM cells immunogenicity via activation of cGAS/STING pathway and production of type-I interferons; and STING agonists significantly potentiate BTZ-induced ICD. Our studies therefore delineate mechanisms whereby BTZ exerts immunotherapeutic activity, and provide the framework for clinical trials of STING agonists with BTZ to induce potent tumor-specific immunity and improve patient outcome in MM.
Project description:Purpose: We report the NGS-derived transcriptome profiling (paired-end RNA-seq) following proteasome inhibition in the multiple myeloma cell line MM.1S. Methods: MM.1S cells were treated for six hours with the synthetic proteasome inhibitor lactacystin or clinically-approved proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and RNA expression changes were quantified and compared to DMSO control-treated cells by RNA-sequencing.
Project description:This study is designed for exploring miRNAs affected by proteasome inhibitor treatment. LNCaP cells were treated with 100nM bortezomib or 2.5 uM celastrol for 12 hrs, and was subjected to miRNA profiling assay.
Project description:Ribosome profiling is a widespread tool for studying translational dynamics in human cells. Its central assumption is that ribosome footprint density on a transcript quantitatively reflects protein synthesis. Here, we test this assumption using pulsed-SILAC (pSILAC) high-accuracy targeted proteomics. We focus on multiple myeloma cells exposed to bortezomib, a first-line chemotherapy and proteasome inhibitor. In the absence of drug effects, we found that direct measurement of protein synthesis by pSILAC correlated well with indirect measurement of synthesis from ribosome footprint density. This correlation, however, broke down under bortezomib-induced stress. By developing a statistical model integrating longitudinal proteomic and mRNA-seq measurements, we found that proteomics could directly detect global alterations in translational rate caused by bortezomib; these changes are not detectable by ribosomal profiling alone. Further, by incorporating pSILAC data into a gene expression model, we predict cell-stress specific proteome remodeling events. These results demonstrate that pSILAC provides an important complement to ribosome profiling in measuring proteome dynamics. Timecourse experiment with six points over 48hr after bortezomib exposure in MM.1S myeloma cells. mRNA-seq and ribosome profiling data at each time point.
Project description:The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has recently emerged as a major target for drug development in cancer therapy. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib has clinical activity in multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. Here we report that Eeyarestatin I (EerI), a chemical inhibitor that blocks ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD), has anti-tumor and biologic activities similar to bortezomib, and can synergize with bortezomib. Like bortezomib, EerI-induced cytotoxicity requires the upregulation of the BH3 only pro-apoptotic protein NOXA. We further demonstrate that both EerI and bortezomib activate NOXA via an unanticipated mechanism that requires cooperation between two processes: First, these agents elicit an integrated stress response program at the ER to activate the CREB/ATF transcription factors ATF3 and ATF4. We show that ATF3 and ATF4 form a complex capable of binding to the NOXA promoter, which is required for NOXA activation. Second, EerI and bortezomib also block ubiquitination of histone H2A to relieve its inhibition on NOXA transcription. Our results identify a class of anti-cancer agents that integrate ER stress response with an epigenetic mechanism to induce cell death. Experiment Overall Design: 1. EerI 10 vs 0 Experiment Overall Design: 2. EerI 10 vs 0 Experiment Overall Design: 3. Bzm 10 vs 0 Experiment Overall Design: 4. Bzm 10 vs 0
Project description:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a fatal neoplasia derived from HTLV-1 infected T lymphocytes exhibiting constitutive activation of NF-kB. To elucidate the complex molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of the proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib in ATL cells, we attempted to perform gene expression profiling. Experiment Overall Design: Four ATL cell lines were cultured with or without bortezomib, then analysed.
Project description:Proteasome inhibitors are important chemotherapeutics in the treatment of multiple myeloma, but they are currently used empirically as no markers of sensitivity have been validated. We have identified expression of tight junction protein (TJP) 1 as being associated with sensitivity of plasma cells in vitro and in vivo to proteasome inhibitors. TJP1 suppressed expression of genes in the major histocompatibility class II region, including two catalytically active immunoproteasome subunits, thereby decreasing proteasome activity, a critical determinant of proteasome inhibitor sensitivity. This occurred through suppression by TJP1 of signaling through the epidermal growth factor receptor/Janus kinase 1/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathway. In the clinic, high TJP1 expression in myeloma patients was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of responding to bortezomib, and with a longer time-to-progression after treatment. Taken together, these data support the use of TJP1 as a biomarker of sensitivity and resistance to proteasome inhibitors. To further elucidate mechanisms of bortezomib resistance, we developed human-derived multiple myeloma cell lines with a 4-fold or greater resistance to bortezomib. Then total RNA for bortezomib resistant (BR) and wild type (WT) was extracted and used for comparison by gene expression profiling.