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  • Mucin 20 modulates proteasome capacity through c-Met signalling to increase carfilzomib sensitivity in mantle cell lymphoma.

Mucin 20 modulates proteasome capacity through c-Met signalling to increase carfilzomib sensitivity in mantle cell lymphoma.

Journal of cellular and molecular medicine (2021-10-16)
Xiaobin Wang, Fazal Shirazi, Wei Yan, Xiaoyu Liu, Hua Wang, Robert Z Orlowski, Huihan Wang
ABSTRACT

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a haematologic malignancy. The proteasome inhibitor (PI) bortezomib has been approved to treat MCL, but resistance has emerged through mechanisms that remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of PI resistance in MCL and identify new targets for this patient subgroup. Carfilzomib-resistant (CR) MCL cell lines and primary samples were used for both in vitro and in vivo experiments to identify gene expression and explore their related signalling pathways. We first identified mucin 20 (MUC20) suppression in carfilzomib-resistant MCL models. MUC20 overexpression sensitized cells to carfilzomib in vitro and in vivo. MUC20 expression was inversely related to activation of c-Met and the downstream p44/42 MAPK pathway. c-Met activation with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) induced PI resistance, while c-Met inhibition restored PI sensitivity. Carfilzomib resistance and depressed MUC20 expression were associated with enhanced proteasome activity and higher expression of proteassemblin (POMP), a chaperone for catalytically active proteasome assembly. c-Met and POMP were associated through binding and induction of MAPK-regulated ELK1 to the POMP promoter. Our data reveal that c-Met signalling activation enhanced proteasome capacity as a mechanism of PI resistance, and MUC20 expression may be a useful biomarker for PI therapy.

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Anti-c-met Antibody, clone 4AT44, clone 4AT44, Chemicon®, from mouse
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Anti-phospho-Met (Tyr1230/Tyr1234/Tyr1235) Antibody, Upstate®, from rabbit
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