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Pan-SRC kinase inhibition blocks B-cell receptor oncogenic signaling in non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Published inBlood, vol. 131, no. 21, p. 2345-2356
Publication date2018-05-24
First online date2018-03-22
Abstract

In diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), activation of the B-cell receptor (BCR) promotes multiple oncogenic signals, which are essential for tumor proliferation. Inhibition of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), a BCR downstream target, is therapeutically effective only in a subgroup of patients with DLBCL. Here, we used lymphoma cells isolated from patients with DLBCL to measure the effects of targeted therapies on BCR signaling and to anticipate response. In lymphomas resistant to BTK inhibition, we show that blocking BTK activity enhanced tumor dependencies from alternative oncogenic signals downstream of the BCR, converging on MYC upregulation. To completely ablate the activity of the BCR, we genetically and pharmacologically repressed the activity of the SRC kinases LYN, FYN, and BLK, which are responsible for the propagation of the BCR signal. Inhibition of these kinases strongly reduced tumor growth in xenografts and cell lines derived from patients with DLBCL independent of their molecular subtype, advancing the possibility to be relevant therapeutic targets in broad and diverse groups of DLBCL patients.

Keywords
  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives
  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / metabolism
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / genetics
  • Gene Expression
  • Genes, myc
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / etiology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / metabolism
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Piperidines
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Pyrazoles / pharmacology
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
  • Src-Family Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
BATTISTELLO, Elena et al. Pan-SRC kinase inhibition blocks B-cell receptor oncogenic signaling in non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In: Blood, 2018, vol. 131, n° 21, p. 2345–2356. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-10-809210
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Journal ISSN0006-4971
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