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BLOOD CANCER JOURNAL
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2012.26
Keywords
multiple myeloma; ER stress; IRE1 alpha; XBP1; toyocamycin; adenosine analog
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- Takeda Science Foundation
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [23791805]
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan [21-8-5]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23791805] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The IRE1 alpha-XBP1 pathway, a key component of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response, is considered to be a critical regulator for survival of multiple myeloma (MM) cells. Therefore, the availability of small-molecule inhibitors targeting this pathway would offer a new chemotherapeutic strategy for MM. Here, we screened small-molecule inhibitors of ER stress-induced XBP1 activation, and identified toyocamycin from a culture broth of an Actinomycete strain. Toyocamycin was shown to suppress thapsigargin-, tunicamycin-and 2-deoxyglucose- induced XBP1 mRNA splicing in HeLa cells without affecting activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) and PKR-like ER kinase ( PERK) activation. Furthermore, although toyocamycin was unable to inhibit IRE1 alpha phosphorylation, it prevented IRE1 alpha-induced XBP1 mRNA cleavage in vitro. Thus, toyocamycin is an inhibitor of IRE1 alpha-induced XBP1 mRNA cleavage. Toyocamycin inhibited not only ER stress-induced but also constitutive activation of XBP1 expression in MM lines as well as primary samples from patients. It showed synergistic effects with bortezomib, and induced apoptosis of MM cells including bortezomib-resistant cells at nanomolar levels in a dose-dependent manner. It also inhibited growth of xenografts in an in vivo model of human MM. Taken together, our results suggest toyocamycin as a lead compound for developing anti-MM therapy and XBP1 as an appropriate molecular target for anti-MM therapy.
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