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ArticleHaematologica2021

Expression of the chemokine receptor CCR1 promotes the dissemination of multiple myeloma plasma cells

Mara N Zeissig, Duncan R Hewett, Vasilios Panagopoulos, Krzysztof M Mrozik, L Bik To, Peter I Croucher, Andrew C W Zannettino, Kate Vandyke

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Article in Haematologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mara N ZeissigMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide.
Duncan R HewettMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide.
Vasilios PanagopoulosMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide.
Krzysztof M MrozikMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide.
L Bik ToDepartment of Haematology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide.
Peter I CroucherBone Biology Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Andrew C W ZannettinoMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia; Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Kate VandykeMyeloma Research Laboratory, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide. kate.vandyke@adelaide.edu.au.
University of Adelaide · AUGarvan Institute of Medical Research · AURoyal Adelaide Hospital · AUUniversity of South Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) disease progression is dependent on the ability of MM plasma cells (PCs) to egress from the bone marrow (BM), enter the circulation and disseminate to distal BM sites. Expression of the chemokine CXCL12 by BM stromal cells is crucial for MM PC retention within the BM. However, the mechanisms which overcome CXCL12-mediated retention to enable dissemination are poorly understood. We have previously identified that treatment with the CCR1 ligand CCL3 inhibits the response to CXCL12 in MM cell lines, suggesting that CCL3/CCR1 signalling may enable egress of MM PC from the BM. Here, we demonstrated that CCR1 expression was an independent prognostic indicator in newly diagnosed MM patients. Furthermore, we showed that CCR1 is a crucial driver of dissemination in vivo, with CCR1 expression in the murine MM cell line 5TGM1 being associated with an increased incidence of bone and splenic disseminated tumours in C57BL/KaLwRij mice. Furthermore, we demonstrated that CCR1 knockout in the human myeloma cell line OPM2 resulted in a >95% reduction in circulating MM PC numbers and BM and splenic tumour dissemination following intratibial injection in NSG mice. Therapeutic targeting of CCR1 with the inhibitor CCX9588 significantly reduced OPM2 or RPMI-8226 dissemination in intratibial xenograft models. Collectively, our findings suggest a novel role for CCR1 as a critical driver of BM egress of MM PCs during tumour dissemination. Furthermore, these data suggest that CCR1 may represent a potential therapeutic target for the prevention of MM tumour dissemination.

Indexed as

Multiple MyelomaAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPlasma CellsReceptors, CCR1CCR1 protein, humanCcr1 protein, mouseReceptors, CCR1

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PMID33147936
PMCPMC8634189
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