Pharmacologic inhibition of the ubiquitin-activating enzyme induces ER stress and apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and ibrutinib-resistant mantle cell lymphoma cells

Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Dec;60(12):2946-2950. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1616190. Epub 2019 May 21.

Abstract

With the advent of proteasome inhibitors (bortezomib) and pleiotropic pathway modulators which target cereblon E3 ligase (lenalidomide), the ubiquitin-proteasome system has emerged as a tractable target in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Here we report that TAK-243, a small molecule inhibitor of the ubiquitin-activating enzyme (UAE), induced ER stress and the unfolded protein response in primary chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells, facilitating cell death. Moreover, targeting UAE was effective in ibrutinib-resistant mantle cell lymphoma cell lines and primary cells in vitro. Thus, UAE is a promising target in lymphoid malignancies, including ibrutinib-resistant lymphomas, an area of unmet medical need.

Keywords: CLL; TAK-243; Ubiquitin-activating enzyme.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Biomarkers
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm*
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / metabolism*
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Piperidines
  • Proteasome Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Proteasome Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Pyrazoles / pharmacology*
  • Pyrazoles / therapeutic use
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes / metabolism*
  • Unfolded Protein Response / drug effects

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Piperidines
  • Proteasome Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyrimidines
  • ibrutinib
  • Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes
  • Adenine