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ArticleSignal transduction and targeted therapy2021

BUB1B and circBUB1B_544aa aggravate multiple myeloma malignancy through evoking chromosomal instability.

Xiaozhu Tang, Mengjie Guo, Pinggang Ding, Zhendong Deng, Mengying Ke, Yuxia Yuan, Yanyan Zhou, Zigen Lin, Muxi Li, Chunyan Gu and 2 more

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Article in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaozhu Tang *Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Mengjie Guo *School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Pinggang Ding *School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zhendong DengSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Mengying KeSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Yuxia YuanSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Yanyan ZhouSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Zigen LinSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Muxi LiSchool of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Chunyan GuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. guchunyan@njucm.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7408-8840
Xiaosong GuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. nervegu@ntu.edu.cn.
Ye YangSchool of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. yangye876@sina.com.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable plasma cell malignancy in the bone marrow characterized by chromosome instability (CIN), which contributes to the acquisition of heterogeneity, along with MM progression, drug resistance, and relapse. In this study, we elucidated that the expression of BUB1B increased strikingly in MM patients and was closely correlated with poor outcomes. Overexpression of BUB1B facilitated cellular proliferation and induced drug resistance in vitro and in vivo, while genetic targeting BUB1B abrogated this effect. Mechanistic studies unveiled that enforced expression of BUB1B evoked CIN resulting in MM poor outcomes mainly through phosphorylating CEP170. Interestingly, we discovered the existence of circBUB1B_544aa containing the kinase catalytic center of BUB1B, which was translated by a circular RNA of BUB1B. The circBUB1B_544aa elevated in MM peripheral blood samples was closely associated with MM poor outcomes and played a synergistic effect with BUB1B on evoking CIN. In addition, MM cells could secrete circBUB1B_544aa and interfere the MM microenvironmental cells in the same manner as BUB1B full-length protein. Intriguingly, BUB1B siRNA, targeting the kinase catalytic center of both BUB1B and circBUB1B_544aa, significantly inhibited MM malignancy in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, BUB1B and circBUB1B_544aa are promising prognostic and therapeutic targets of MM.

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AnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChromosomal InstabilityDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeterograftsHumansMaleMiceMultiple MyelomaNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesBUB1B protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, CircularRNA, Small Interfering

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