Project description:The ubiquitin proteasome system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of Multiple Myeloma, highlighted by the unique success of proteasome inhibitors in this malignancy. Using topic-defined microarrays we have looked at expression of ubiquitin proteasome system genes in 2 multiple myeloma cell lines and normal bone marrow samples.
Project description:This study provides a genome-wide map of changes in degradative ubiquitination in response to proteasome inhibition in the multiple myeloma cell line MM.1S. Following proteasome inhibition with lactacystin, CUT and RUN assays were carried out to determine the genomic locations of ubiquitin in multiple myeloma cells stably expressing a flagged version of ubiquitin (MM.1S-3XFlag Ubiquitin cells). In addition, we report the DNA binding locations of the transcription factor c-MYC in basal conditions in MM.1S parental cells.
Project description:Modulation of the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway with the proteasome inhibitor (PI) is an established component of therapy for plasma cell disorders. However, resistance emerges and the mechanism is incompletely understood. We generated carfilzomib-resistant (CR) myeloma cell lines by exposing drug-naive ANBL-6, KAS-6/1, U266, and OPM-2 cells to increasing concentrations of carfilzomib and then performed gene expression profiling (GEP) to identify prominent changes compared to their vehicle-treated counterparts, followed by exploration of the mechanism(s) of proteasome inhibitor resistance.
Project description:Resistance to proteasome inhibitors has prompted interest in blocking upstream components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). We therefore evaluated the activity of TAK-243, a novel and specific inhibitor of E1 ubiquitin activating enzyme (UAE) activity, in the MM cell line MM1.S. Treatment of MM1.S with 25 nM TAK-243 for 24 hr caused extensive changes in gene expression, highly uniform between triplicates.
