Multiple myeloma cells depend on the DDI2/NRF1-mediated proteasome stress response for survival

T Chen, M Ho, J Briere, M Moscvin… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Multiple myeloma (MM) cells suffer from baseline proteotoxicity as the result of an imbalance
between the load of misfolded proteins awaiting proteolysis and the capacity of the ubiquitin …

The aspartyl protease DDI2 drives adaptation to proteasome inhibition in multiple myeloma

M Op, ST Ribeiro, C Chavarria, A De Gassart… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Proteasome inhibitors, such as bortezomib, are first-line therapy against multiple myeloma
(MM). Unfortunately, patients frequently become refractory to this treatment. The transcription …

Renal medullary carcinomas depend upon SMARCB1 loss and are sensitive to proteasome inhibition

AL Hong, YY Tseng, JA Wala, WJ Kim, BD Kynnap… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) is a rare and deadly kidney cancer in patients of African
descent with sickle cell trait. We have developed faithful patient-derived RMC models and …

Marizomib irreversibly inhibits proteasome to overcome compensatory hyperactivation in multiple myeloma and solid tumour patients

N Levin, A Spencer, SJ Harrison… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Proteasome inhibitors (PI s) are highly active in multiple myeloma (MM) but resistance is
commonly observed. All clinical stage PI s effectively inhibit chymotrypsin‐like (CT‐L) …

NF-κB dysregulation in multiple myeloma

GM Matthews, R de Matos Simoes, E Dhimolea… - Seminars in cancer …, 2016 - Elsevier
The nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) transcription factor family plays critical roles in the
pathophysiology of hematologic neoplasias, including multiple myeloma. The current review …

Targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome system in atherosclerosis: status quo, challenges, and perspectives

N Wilck, A Ludwig - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease of worldwide significance with fatal
complications such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral artery disease …

An inhibitor of proteasome β2 sites sensitizes myeloma cells to immunoproteasome inhibitors

S Downey-Kopyscinski, EW Daily, M Gautier… - Blood …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Proteasome inhibitors bortezomib, carfilzomib and ixazomib (approved by the US Food and
Drug Administration [FDA]) induce remissions in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), but …

Molecular mechanisms of bortezomib action: novel evidence for the miRNA–mRNA interaction involvement

K Łuczkowska, D Rogińska, Z Ulańczyk… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bortezomib is an anti-tumor agent, which inhibits 26S proteasome degrading ubiquitinated
proteins. While apoptotic transcription-associated activation in response to bortezomib has …

Targeting the biophysical properties of the myeloma initiating cell niches: a pharmaceutical synergism analysis using multi-scale agent-based modeling

J Su, L Zhang, W Zhang, DS Choi, J Wen, B Jiang… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Multiple myeloma, the second most common hematological cancer, is currently incurable
due to refractory disease relapse and development of multiple drug resistance. We and …

Functional relevance of in vivo half antibody exchange of an IgG4 therapeutic antibody-drug conjugate

P Herbener, K Schönfeld, M König, M Germer… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
An increasing number of monoclonal antibodies and derivatives such as antibody-drug
conjugates (ADC) are of the IgG1 and IgG4 isotype with distinct structural and functional …