Multiple myeloma cells depend on the DDI2/NRF1-mediated proteasome stress response for survival.
Multiple myeloma cells depend on the DDI2/NRF1-mediated proteasome stress response for survival.
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DOI:
10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003820
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发表时间:
2022-01-25
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影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Bianchi G
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作者:
Chen T;Ho M;Briere J;Moscvin M;Czarnecki PG;Anderson KC;Blackwell TK;Bianchi G
MM cells suffer from proteotoxicity and depend on NRF1, the master regulator of proteasome stress response, for survival. KO of NRF1 or its activating protease DDI2 is cytotoxic in myeloma and overcomes de novo and acquired PI resistance. 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-proteasome system to degrade them. This intrinsic vulnerability is at the base of MM sensitivity to agents that perturb proteostasis, such as proteasome inhibitors (PIs), the mainstay of modern-day myeloma therapy. De novo and acquired PI resistance are important clinical limitations that adversely affect prognosis. The molecular mechanisms underpinning PI resistance are only partially understood, limiting the development of drugs that can overcome it. The transcription factor NRF1 is activated by the aspartic protease DNA damage inducible 1 homolog 2 (DDI2) upon proteasome insufficiency and governs proteasome biogenesis. In this article, we show that MM cells exhibit baseline NRF1 activation and are dependent upon DDI2 for survival. DDI2 knockout (KO) is cytotoxic for MM cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Protein structure-function studies show that DDI2 KO blocks NRF1 cleavage and nuclear translocation, causing impaired proteasome activity recovery upon irreversible proteasome inhibition and, thereby, increasing sensitivity to PIs. Add-back of wild-type, but not of catalytically dead DDI2, fully rescues these phenotypes. We propose that DDI2 is an unexplored promising molecular target in MM by disrupting the proteasome stress response and exacerbating proteotoxicity.