PMID- 32501543 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210317 LR - 20210317 IS - 1096-9896 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3417 (Linking) VI - 252 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Sep TI - Upregulated expression and function of the alpha4beta1 integrin in multiple myeloma cells resistant to bortezomib. PG - 29-40 LID - 10.1002/path.5480 [doi] AB - The interaction of multiple myeloma (MM) cells with the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment promotes MM cell retention, survival, and resistance to different anti-MM agents, including proteasome inhibitors (PIs) such as bortezomib (BTZ). The alpha4beta1 integrin is a main adhesion receptor mediating MM cell-stroma interactions and MM cell survival, and its expression and function are downregulated by BTZ, leading to inhibition of cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance (CAM-DR) and MM cell apoptosis. Whether decreased alpha4beta1 expression and activity are maintained or recovered upon development of resistance to BTZ represents an important question, as a potential rescue of alpha4beta1 function could boost MM cell survival and disease progression. Using BTZ-resistant MM cells, we found that they not only rescue their alpha4beta1 expression, but its levels were higher than in parental cells. Increased alpha4beta1 expression in resistant cells correlated with enhanced alpha4beta1-mediated cell lodging in the BM, and with disease progression. BTZ-resistant MM cells displayed enhanced NF-kappaB pathway activation relative to parental counterparts, which contributed to upregulated alpha4 expression and to alpha4beta1-dependent MM cell adhesion. These data emphasize the upregulation of alpha4beta1 expression and function as a key event during resistance to BTZ in MM, which might indirectly contribute to stabilize this resistance, as stronger MM cell attachment to BM stroma will regain CAM-DR and MM cell growth and survival. Finally, we found a strong correlation between high ITGB1 (integrin beta1) expression in MM and poor progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) during treatment of MM patients with BTZ and IMIDs, and combination of high ITGB1 levels and presence of the high-risk genetic factor amp1q causes low PFS and OS. These results unravel a novel prognostic value for ITGB1 in myeloma. (c) 2020 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. CI - (c) 2020 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - Sevilla-Movilla, Silvia AU - Sevilla-Movilla S AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Arellano-Sanchez, Nohemi AU - Arellano-Sanchez N AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Martinez-Moreno, Monica AU - Martinez-Moreno M AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Gajate, Consuelo AU - Gajate C AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Sanchez-Vencells, Anna AU - Sanchez-Vencells A AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Valcarcel, Luis V AU - Valcarcel LV AD - Centro de Investigacion Medica Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - Agirre, Xabier AU - Agirre X AD - Centro de Investigacion Medica Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - Valeri, Antonio AU - Valeri A AD - Department of Translational Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Martinez-Lopez, Joaquin AU - Martinez-Lopez J AD - Department of Translational Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Prosper, Felipe AU - Prosper F AD - Centro de Investigacion Medica Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. AD - Department of Hematology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - Mollinedo, Faustino AU - Mollinedo F AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Teixido, Joaquin AU - Teixido J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3177-4151 AD - Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200722 PL - England TA - J Pathol JT - The Journal of pathology JID - 0204634 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha4beta1) RN - 69G8BD63PP (Bortezomib) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage MH - Bortezomib/*administration & dosage MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/*genetics MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha4beta1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Multiple Myeloma/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Tumor Microenvironment OTO - NOTNLM OT - integrins OT - multiple myeloma OT - prognosis OT - proteasome inhibitors OT - resistance EDAT- 2020/06/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/18 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/06 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/05/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/path.5480 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pathol. 2020 Sep;252(1):29-40. doi: 10.1002/path.5480. Epub 2020 Jul 22.