PMID- 21749361 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140509 LR - 20211020 IS - 1365-2141 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1048 (Print) IS - 0007-1048 (Linking) VI - 155 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Bone marrow stromal cells protect lymphoma B-cells from rituximab-induced apoptosis and targeting integrin alpha-4-beta-1 (VLA-4) with natalizumab can overcome this resistance. PG - 53-64 LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08794.x [doi] AB - Rituximab improves the outcome of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but does not completely eradicate residual B-cell populations in the microenvironment of the bone marrow and lymph nodes. Adhesion to stromal cells can protect B-cells from apoptosis induced by chemotherapy drugs [(cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance (CAM-DR)]. A similar mechanism of resistance to rituximab has not, to our knowledge, been described. We tested the hypothesis that the microenvironment protects malignant B-cells from rituximab-induced apoptosis, and that blocking these interactions with natalizumab, an antibody targeting VLA-4 (integrin alfa-4-beta-1/CD49d), can overcome this protection. VLA-4 is an adhesion molecule constitutively expressed on malignant B-cells and is important for pro-survival signalling in the bone marrow and lymph node microenvironment. The human bone marrow stromal cell line HS-5 was shown to strongly protect B-cell lymphoma cells from rituximab cytotoxicity, suggesting the existence of a stromal cell adhesion-mediated antibody resistance (CAM-AR) mechanism analogous to CAM-DR. Natalizumab decreased B-lymphocyte adherence to fibronectin by 75-95% and partially overcame stromal protection against rituximab and cytotoxic drugs. These pre-clinical findings suggest that the addition of stromal adhesion-disruptive drugs to rituximab-containing therapy could improve treatment efficacy. CI - (c) 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. FAU - Mraz, Marek AU - Mraz M AD - Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. FAU - Zent, Clive S AU - Zent CS FAU - Church, Amy K AU - Church AK FAU - Jelinek, Diane F AU - Jelinek DF FAU - Wu, Xiaosheng AU - Wu X FAU - Pospisilova, Sarka AU - Pospisilova S FAU - Ansell, Stephen M AU - Ansell SM FAU - Novak, Anne J AU - Novak AJ FAU - Kay, Neil E AU - Kay NE FAU - Witzig, Thomas E AU - Witzig TE FAU - Nowakowski, Grzegorz S AU - Nowakowski GS LA - eng GR - P50 CA097274/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P50 CA097274-09/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA097274/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110712 PL - England TA - Br J Haematol JT - British journal of haematology JID - 0372544 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha4beta1) RN - 0 (Natalizumab) RN - 4F4X42SYQ6 (Rituximab) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/pharmacology MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/*pharmacology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects/physiology MH - B-Lymphocytes/drug effects/physiology MH - Bone Marrow Cells/physiology MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha4beta1/antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Lymphoma, B-Cell/drug therapy/*pathology MH - Natalizumab MH - Rituximab MH - Stromal Cells/*physiology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Microenvironment/drug effects PMC - PMC4405035 MID - NIHMS301497 EDAT- 2011/07/14 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/10 06:00 PMCR- 2015/04/21 CRDT- 2011/07/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08794.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Haematol. 2011 Oct;155(1):53-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08794.x. Epub 2011 Jul 12.