PMID- 30373751 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190703 LR - 20240210 IS - 1557-3265 (Electronic) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Apr 15 TI - Ibrutinib Therapy Releases Leukemic Surface IgM from Antigen Drive in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients. PG - 2503-2512 LID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1286 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), disease progression associates with surface IgM (sIgM) levels and signaling capacity. These are variably downmodulated in vivo and recover in vitro, suggesting a reversible influence of tissue-located antigen. Therapeutic targeting of sIgM function via ibrutinib, an inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), causes inhibition and tumor cell redistribution into the blood, with significant clinical benefit. Circulating CLL cells persist in an inhibited state, offering a tool to investigate the effects of drug on BTK-inhibited sIgM. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We investigated the consequences of ibrutinib therapy on levels and function of sIgM in circulating leukemic cells of patients with CLL. RESULTS: At week 1, there was a significant increase of sIgM expression (64% increase from pretherapy) on CLL cells either recently released from tissue or persisting in blood. In contrast, surface IgD (sIgD) and a range of other receptors did not change. SIgM levels remained higher than pretherapy in the following 3 months despite gradual cell size reduction and ongoing autophagy and apoptotic activity. Conversely, IgD and other receptors did not increase and gradually declined. Recovered sIgM was fully N-glycosylated, another feature of escape from antigen, and expression did not increase further during culture in vitro. The sIgM was fully capable of mediating phosphorylation of SYK, which lies upstream of BTK in the B-cell receptor pathway. CONCLUSIONS: This specific IgM increase in patients underpins the key role of tissue-based engagement with antigen in CLL, confirms the inhibitory action of ibrutinib, and reveals dynamic adaptability of CLL cells to precision monotherapy.See related commentary by Burger, p. 2372. CI - (c)2018 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Drennan, Samantha AU - Drennan S AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Chiodin, Giorgia AU - Chiodin G AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - D'Avola, Annalisa AU - D'Avola A AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Tracy, Ian AU - Tracy I AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Johnson, Peter W AU - Johnson PW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2306-4974 AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Trentin, Livio AU - Trentin L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1222-6149 AD - Padua University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua, Italy. FAU - Steele, Andrew J AU - Steele AJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0667-1596 AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Packham, Graham AU - Packham G AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Stevenson, Freda K AU - Stevenson FK AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. FAU - Forconi, Francesco AU - Forconi F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2211-1831 AD - Cancer Sciences Unit, Cancer Research UK and NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. f.forconi@soton.ac.uk. AD - Haematology Department, Cancer Care Directorate, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom. LA - eng GR - 18009/LLR_/Blood Cancer UK/United Kingdom GR - 23669/CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 14037/LLR_/Blood Cancer UK/United Kingdom GR - 16003/LLR_/Blood Cancer UK/United Kingdom GR - 12021/LLR_/Blood Cancer UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181029 PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin M) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 1X70OSD4VX (ibrutinib) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - JAC85A2161 (Adenine) SB - IM CIN - Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Apr 15;25(8):2372-2374. PMID: 30728153 MH - Adenine/analogs & derivatives MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin M MH - *Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell MH - Piperidines MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Pyrazoles MH - Pyrimidines EDAT- 2018/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/04 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/31 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/10/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 1078-0432.CCR-18-1286 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1286 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Apr 15;25(8):2503-2512. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1286. Epub 2018 Oct 29.