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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Bortezomib Treatment Modulates Autophagy in Multiple Myeloma.

Giuseppe Di Lernia, Patrizia Leone, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, Alessio Buonavoglia, Ilaria Saltarella, Roberto Ria, Paolo Ditonno, Nicola Silvestris, Lucilla Crudele, Angelo Vacca and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe Di LerniaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8181-5986
Patrizia LeoneDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0904-1074
Antonio Giovanni SolimandoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-9698
Alessio BuonavogliaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Ilaria SaltarellaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Roberto RiaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1515-0090
Paolo DitonnoIRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Nicola SilvestrisDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-7318
Lucilla CrudeleDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Angelo VaccaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4567-8216
Vito RacanelliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8639-1940
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITIstituto Tumori Bari · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 20441 to VR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the introduction of bortezomib as a therapeutic strategy has improved the overall survival of multiple myeloma (MM) patients, 15-20% of high-risk patients do not respond to bortezomib over time or become resistant to treatment. Therefore, the development of new therapeutic strategies, such as combination therapies, is urgently needed.

methodsGiven that bortezomib resistance may be mediated by activation of the autophagy pathway as an alternative mechanism of protein degradation, and that an enormous amounts of misfolded protein is generated in myeloma plasma cells (PCs), we investigated the effect of the simultaneous inhibition of proteasome by bortezomib and autophagy by hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) treatment on PCs and endothelial cells (ECs) isolated from patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and MM.

resultsWe found that bortezomib combined with HCQ induces synergistic cytotoxicity in myeloma PCs whereas this effect is lost on ECs. Levels of microtubule-associated protein light chain beta (LC3B) and p62 are differentially modulated in PCs and ECs, with effects on cell viability and proliferation.

conclusionsOur results suggest that treatment with bortezomib and HCQ should be associated with an anti-angiogenic drug to prevent the pro-angiogenic effect of bortezomib, the proliferation of a small residual tumor PC clone, and thus the relapse.

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angiogenesisautophagybortezomibdrug resistanceendothelial cellsmultiple myelomaplasma cells

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PMID32085480
PMCPMC7073518
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