Project description:We hypothesized that the immune microenvironment of the bone marrow influences the progression of myeloma outgrowth in the 5TGM1 transfer model of multiple myeloma. Therefore we sorted bone marrow T, B, NK, neutrophils, and monocytes/macrophages from control and tumor-bearing C57Bl/6 and KaLwRij mice.
Project description:Neutrophils are the most abundant nucleated cell type in the bone marrow. A pro-tumor bias in this cell type may have implications for bone-marrow residing malignancies, such as multiple myeloma. Here, we generated single cell transcriptomic overviews of the entire myeloid compartment, including the entire neutrophilic lineage, of the bone marrow of 6 newly diagnosed myeloma patients, 5 treated myeloma patients and 4 non-cancer controls. We find dat mature neutrophils in myeloma patients, both newly diagnosed and treated, have an activated and pro-inflammatory phenotype, accompanied by increased transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β, and myeloma cell survival factors, such as BCMA-ligand BAFF/TNFSF13B. Moreover, inflammatory stromal cells can activate naive neutrophils to acquire an inflammatory phenotype as is seen in patients. Previously, we have shown that inflammatory stromal cells characterized the bone marrow of newly diagnosed myeloma patients. Here, we generate single cell RNA sequencing dataset of non-hematopoietic bone marrow cells of patients after induction treatment, high-dose melphalan, stem cell transplantation and consolidation treatment. We show that this intensive treatment reduced, but did not normalize, stromal inflammation.
Project description:<h4><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Multiple myeloma is characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow that produce monoclonal immunoglobulins. N-glycosylation changes of these monoclonal immunoglobulins have been reported in multiple myeloma, but previous studies only detected limited serum N-glycan features.</h4><h4><strong>METHODS:</strong> Here, a more detailed study of the human serum N-glycome of 91 multiple myeloma patients and 51 controls was performed. We additionally analyzed sequential samples from patients (n = 7) which were obtained at different time points during disease development as well as 16 paired blood serum and bone marrow plasma samples. N-glycans were enzymatically released and measured by mass spectrometry after linkage specific derivatization of sialic acids.</h4><h4><strong>RESULTS:</strong> A decrease in both α2,3- and α2,6-sialylation, galactosylation and an increase in fucosylation within complex-type N-glycans were found in multiple myeloma patients compared to controls, as well as a decrease in difucosylation of diantennary glycans. The observed glycosylation changes were present in all ISS stages, including the 'low-risk' ISS I. In individual patients, difucosylation of diantennary glycans decreased with development of the disease. Protein N-glycosylation features from blood and bone marrow showed strong correlation. Moreover, associations of monoclonal immunoglobulin (M-protein) and albumin levels with glycan traits were discovered in multiple myeloma patients.</h4><h4><strong>CONCLUSIONS & GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: </strong>In conclusion, serum protein N-glycosylation analysis could successfully distinguish multiple myeloma from healthy controls. Further studies are needed to assess the potential roles of glycan trait changes and the associations of glycans with clinical parameters in multiple myeloma early detection and prognosis.</h4>
Project description:Samples in this series are pre-treatment bone marrow aspirates from multiple myeloma patients. Keywords = Multiple Myeloma, Bone Marrow, Pre-Treatment Keywords: other
Project description:Multiple Myeloma primary myeloma cells of 131 patients, 10 human myeloma cell lines, bone marrow stromal cells of 5 myeloma patients, bone marrow CD3 cells of 5 myeloma patients, bone marrow CD14 cells of 5 myeloma patients, bone marrow CD15 cells of 5 myeloma patients, in vitro generated osteoclastic cells of 7 myeloma patients, 7 normal plasmablasts and 6 normal memory B cells.
Project description:Samples in this series are pre-treatment bone marrow aspirates from multiple myeloma patients Keywords = CKS1B in Multiple Myeloma, Bone Marrow, Pre-Treatment Keywords: other
Project description:In multiple myeloma (MM), endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) regulate tumor angiogenesis and disease progression. They share a common bone marrow microenvironment with myeloma tumor cells. CD138+ tumor plasma cells from 12 newly diagnosed patients with advanced MM were examined for genomic instability by RNA microarrays to assess changes in gene expression. Tumor cells were derived from single-cell suspensions of bone marrow (BM) aspirates from newly diagnosed MM patients, and RNA was extracted for microarray hybridization.
Project description:The bone marrow is continuously occupied by high numbers of neutrophils, and a tumor-supportive bias of these cells could significantly impact bone marrow-confined malignancies. In multiple myeloma, the bone marrow is characterized by inflammatory stromal cells with the potential to influence neutrophils. Here, we investigated myeloma-associated alterations in marrow neutrophils and the impact of stromal inflammation on neutrophil function. Mature neutrophils in myeloma marrow are activated and tumor-supportive, transcribing increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-1β, and myeloma cell survival factors, such as the BCMA-ligand BAFF. Neutrophils were re-activated after first-line treatment, while this regimen reduced, but did not normalize, stromal inflammation. Interactions with inflammatory stroma induced neutrophil activation, including BAFF secretion, in a STAT3-dependent manner and once activated, neutrophils gained the ability to reciprocally induce stromal activation. Combined, our data define the presence of a neutrophil-stromal cell feed-forward loop driving tumor-supportive inflammation that could impact disease recurrence.
Project description:Bone marrow monocytes are primarily committed to osteoclast formation. It is, however, unknown whether potential primary alterations are specifically present in bone marrow monocytes from patients with multiple myeloma, smoldering myeloma or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. We analyzed the immunophenotypic and transcriptional profiles of bone marrow CD14+ monocytes in a cohort of patients with different types of monoclonal gammopathies to identify alterations involved in myeloma-enhanced osteoclastogenesis. The number of bone marrow CD14+CD16+ cells was higher in patients with active myeloma than in those with smoldering myeloma or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Interestingly, sorted bone marrow CD14+CD16+ cells from myeloma patients were more pro-osteoclastogenic than CD14+CD16-cells in cultures ex vivo Moreover, transcriptional analysis demonstrated that bone marrow CD14+ cells from patients with multiple myeloma (but neither monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance nor smoldering myeloma) significantly upregulated genes involved in osteoclast formation, including IL21RIL21R mRNA over-expression by bone marrow CD14+ cells was independent of the presence of interleukin-21. Consistently, interleukin-21 production by T cells as well as levels of interleukin-21 in the bone marrow were not significantly different among monoclonal gammopathies. Thereafter, we showed that IL21R over-expression in CD14+ cells increased osteoclast formation. Consistently, interleukin-21 receptor signaling inhibition by Janex 1 suppressed osteoclast differentiation from bone marrow CD14+ cells of myeloma patients. Our results indicate that bone marrow monocytes from multiple myeloma patients show distinct features compared to those from patients with indolent monoclonal gammopathies, supporting the role of IL21R over-expression by bone marrow CD14+ cells in enhanced osteoclast formation.