Targeting NSD2-mediated SRC-3 liquid-liquid phase separation sensitizes bortezomib treatment in multiple myeloma.

Abstract

Development of chemoresistance is the main reason for failure of clinical management of multiple myeloma (MM), but the genetic and epigenetic aberrations that interact to confer such chemoresistance remains unknown. In the present study, we find that high steroid receptor coactivator-3 (SRC-3) expression is correlated with relapse/refractory and poor outcomes in MM patients treated with bortezomib (BTZ)-based regimens. Furthermore, in immortalized cell lines, high SRC-3 enhances resistance to proteasome inhibitor (PI)-induced apoptosis. Overexpressed histone methyltransferase NSD2 in patients bearing a t(4;14) translocation or in BTZ-resistant MM cells coordinates elevated SRC-3 by enhancing its liquid-liquid phase separation to supranormally modify histone H3 lysine 36 dimethylation (H3K36me2) modifications on promoters of anti-apoptotic genes. Targeting SRC-3 or interference of its interactions with NSD2 using a newly developed inhibitor, SI-2, sensitizes BTZ treatment and overcomes drug resistance both in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our findings elucidate a previously unrecognized orchestration of SRC-3 and NSD2 in acquired drug resistance of MM and suggest that SI-2 may be efficacious for overcoming drug resistance in MM patients.

• Authors: Jing Liu, Ying Xie, Jing Guo, Xin Li, Jingjing Wang, Hongmei Jiang, Ziyi Peng, Jingya Wang, Sheng Wang, Qian Li, Linquan Ye, Yuping Zhong, Qiguo Zhang, Xiaozhi Liu, David M Lonard, Jin Wang, Bert W O'Malley, Zhiqiang Liu
• Journal: Nature communications (Nat Commun) Vol. 12 Issue 1 Pg. 1022 (02 15 2021) ISSN: 2041-1723 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 33589584 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Enzyme Inhibitors
• Histones
• Proteasome Inhibitors
• Repressor Proteins
• Bortezomib
• Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
• NSD2 protein, human
• NCOA3 protein, human
• Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Antineoplastic Agents (pharmacology)
• Apoptosis (drug effects, genetics)
• Bone and Bones (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Bortezomib (pharmacology)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4
• Drug Resistance, Neoplasm (drug effects, genetics)
• Enzyme Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
• Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase (genetics, metabolism)
• Histones (genetics, metabolism)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Multiple Myeloma (drug therapy, genetics, mortality, pathology)
• Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3 (antagonists & inhibitors, genetics, metabolism)
• Proteasome Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Recurrence
• Repressor Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Signal Transduction
• Survival Analysis
• Translocation, Genetic
• Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays