PMID- 19056691 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090413 LR - 20210206 IS - 1528-0020 (Electronic) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - 11 DP - 2009 Mar 12 TI - Regulation of multiple myeloma survival and progression by CD1d. PG - 2498-507 LID - 10.1182/blood-2008-06-161281 [doi] AB - Down-regulation of conventional human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II molecules from the surface of tumor cells is an important mechanism for tumor immune evasion, survival, and progression. Whether CD1d, a nonconventional, glycolipid-presenting HLA class I-like molecule instructing the function of the immunoregulatory invariant NKT cells can affect tumor cell survival is not known. Here we show that CD1d is highly expressed in premalignant and early myeloma, but with disease progression its expression is reduced and eventually in advanced stages and myeloma cell lines is lost altogether, suggesting that CD1d impacts negatively on myeloma cell survival. Consistent with this, engagement of CD1d by anti-CD1d monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) induces cell death of myeloma cell lines with restored CD1d expression and primary myeloma cells. Cell death induced by monoclonal antibody engagement of CD1d is associated with overexpression of proapoptotic Bax and mitochondrial membrane potential loss but it is caspase-activation independent; in addition, it requires the cytoplasmic tail but not the Tyr residue critical for lysosomal sorting of CD1d. Finally, anti-CD1d cooperates with antimyeloma agents in the killing of myeloma cells. Thus, this work provides evidence linking a novel function of CD1d in the regulation of cell death with tumor survival and progression in humans. FAU - Spanoudakis, Emmanouil AU - Spanoudakis E AD - Department of Haematology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Hammersmith and St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK. FAU - Hu, Ming AU - Hu M FAU - Naresh, Kikkeri AU - Naresh K FAU - Terpos, Evangelos AU - Terpos E FAU - Melo, Valeria AU - Melo V FAU - Reid, Alistair AU - Reid A FAU - Kotsianidis, Ioannis AU - Kotsianidis I FAU - Abdalla, Saad AU - Abdalla S FAU - Rahemtulla, Amin AU - Rahemtulla A FAU - Karadimitris, Anastasios AU - Karadimitris A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20081203 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD1d) RN - 0 (Boronic Acids) RN - 0 (CD1D protein, human) RN - 0 (Pyrazines) RN - 69G8BD63PP (Bortezomib) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Antigens, CD1d/genetics/immunology/*physiology MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - B-Lymphocytes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Boronic Acids/administration & dosage MH - Bortezomib MH - Cell Aggregation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects/genetics MH - Dexamethasone/administration & dosage MH - Disease Progression MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Multiple Myeloma/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism/*pathology MH - Plasma Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Pyrazines/administration & dosage MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2008/12/06 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/14 09:00 CRDT- 2008/12/06 09:00 PHST- 2008/12/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/12/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-4971(20)37576-5 [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2008-06-161281 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2009 Mar 12;113(11):2498-507. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-06-161281. Epub 2008 Dec 3.