CD45neg but not CD45pos human myeloma cells are sensitive to the inhibition of IGF-1 signaling by a murine anti-IGF-1R monoclonal antibody, mAVE1642.
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a well-known growth factor for myeloma cells. Thus, therapeutic strategies targeting IGF-1R have been proposed for multiple myeloma treatment. In this study, we investigated the effect of the antagonistic anti-IGF-1R murineAVE1642 Ab (mAVE1642). We show that mAVE1642 selectively inhibits IGF-1R but not insulin signaling in human myeloma cell lines. Since we have previously shown the functional relevance of CD45 expression in the growth of myeloma cells and the association of CD45-negative (CD45neg) status with a less favorable clinical outcome, both CD45-positive (CD45pos) and CD45neg myeloma cell lines were selected for our study. We found that mAVE1642 strongly inhibits the growth of CD45neg myeloma cell lines, leading to a G1 growth arrest, whereas it has almost no effect on the growth of CD45pos myeloma cell lines. Furthermore, mAVE1642 binding induced a significant reduction of IGF-1R expression. We next demonstrated that the overexpression of IGF-1R in the CD45pos myeloma cell line increased Akt phosphorylation but was not sufficient to sensitize these cells to mAVE1642. In contrast, we generated a stable CD45-silencing XG-1 cell line and showed that it became sensitive to mAVE1642. Thus, for the first time, we provided direct evidence that the expression of CD45 renders cells resistant to mAVE1642. Taken together, these results support that therapy directed against IGF-1R can be beneficial in treating CD45neg patients.
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Géraldine
G
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 601, Université de Nantes, Unité de Formation et de Recherche Médecine et Techniques Médicales, LNC Label, Nantes, Cedex, France.
Wuillème-Toumi
Soraya
S
Trichet
Valérie
V
Venot
Corinne
C
Debussche
Laurent
L
Hercend
Thierry
T
Collette
Madeleine
M
Robillard
Nelly
N
Bataille
Régis
R
Amiot
Martine
M
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000502:physiology*; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1