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ArticleNature communications2021

Targeting NSD2-mediated SRC-3 liquid-liquid phase separation sensitizes bortezomib treatment in multiple myeloma.

Jing Liu, Ying Xie, Jing Guo, Xin Li, Jingjing Wang, Hongmei Jiang, Ziyi Peng, Jingya Wang, Sheng Wang, Qian Li and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing Liu *The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2112-2416
Ying Xie *The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Jing GuoThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Xin LiThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Jingjing WangThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Hongmei JiangThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Ziyi PengThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Jingya WangThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Sheng WangThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China.
Qian LiTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Cancer; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy; Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Linquan YeCenter for Translational Research in Hematological Malignancies, Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Yuping ZhongDepartment of Hematology, Myeloma Research Center of Beijing, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Chaoyang, Beijing, China.
Qiguo ZhangDepartment of Hematology, the Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Xiaozhi LiuCentral Laboratory, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Epigenetics for Organ Development of Premature Infants, The Fifth Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin, China.
David M LonardDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jin WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3625-7919
Bert W O'MalleyDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. berto@bcm.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3332-1399
Zhiqiang LiuThe province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Cellular Homeostasis and Human Diseases; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Heping, Tianjin, China. zhiqiangliu@tmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0677-8097
Tianjin Medical University · CNBaylor College of Medicine · USTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CNFifth Tianjin Central Hospital · CNMethodist Hospital · USNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Development of chemoresistance is the main reason for failure of clinical management of multiple myeloma (MM), but the genetic and epigenetic aberrations that interact to confer such chemoresistance remains unknown. In the present study, we find that high steroid receptor coactivator-3 (SRC-3) expression is correlated with relapse/refractory and poor outcomes in MM patients treated with bortezomib (BTZ)-based regimens. Furthermore, in immortalized cell lines, high SRC-3 enhances resistance to proteasome inhibitor (PI)-induced apoptosis. Overexpressed histone methyltransferase NSD2 in patients bearing a t(4;14) translocation or in BTZ-resistant MM cells coordinates elevated SRC-3 by enhancing its liquid-liquid phase separation to supranormally modify histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation (H3K36me2) modifications on promoters of anti-apoptotic genes. Targeting SRC-3 or interference of its interactions with NSD2 using a newly developed inhibitor, SI-2, sensitizes BTZ treatment and overcomes drug resistance both in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our findings elucidate a previously unrecognized orchestration of SRC-3 and NSD2 in acquired drug resistance of MM and suggest that SI-2 may be efficacious for overcoming drug resistance in MM patients.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBone and BonesBortezomibCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChromosomes, Human, Pair 14Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4Drug Resistance, NeoplasmEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibEnzyme InhibitorsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesNCOA3 protein, humanNSD2 protein, humanNuclear Receptor Coactivator 3Proteasome InhibitorsRepressor Proteins

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