Nongenotoxic activation of the p53 pathway as a therapeutic strategy for multiple myeloma

Thorsten Stühmer*, Manik Chatterjee, Martin Hildebrandt, Pia Herrmann, Hella Gollasch, Christian Gerecke, Sebastian Theurich, Luisa Cigliano, Rudolf A. Manz, Peter T. Daniel, Kurt Bommert, Lyubomir T. Vassilev, Ralf C. Bargou

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
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Abstract

Mutation of p53 is a rare event in multiple myeloma, but it is unknown if p53 signaling is functional in myeloma cells, and if targeted nongenotoxic activation of the p53 pathway is sufficient to kill tumor cells. Here, we demonstrate that treatment of primary tumor samples with a small-molecule inhibitor of the p53-murine double minute 2 (MDM2) interaction increases the level of p53 and induces p53 targets and apoptotic cell death. Significantly, given the importance of the bone marrow microenvironment for the support and drug resistance of myeloma cells, tumor cells undergo effective apoptosis also in the presence of stromal cells, which themselves appear to tolerate exposure to nutlin-3. The in vitro toxicity of nutlin-3 was similar to that of the genotoxic drug melphalan. Because nutlin-mediated p53 activation is not dependent on DNA damage, MDM2 antagonists may help to avoid or reduce the severe genotoxic side effects of chemotherapeutic agents currently used to treat multiple myeloma. Therefore, MDM2 antagonists may offer a new treatment option for this disease.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftBlood
Jahrgang106
Ausgabenummer10
Seiten (von - bis)3609-3617
Seitenumfang9
ISSN0006-4971
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15.11.2005

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  • Forschungsschwerpunkt: Infektion und Entzündung - Zentrum für Infektions- und Entzündungsforschung Lübeck (ZIEL)

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