Gene expression profile of ADAMs and ADAMTSs metalloproteinases in normal and malignant plasma cells and in the bone marrow environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 546-557.e8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Bret ◽  
Dirk Hose ◽  
Thierry Reme ◽  
Alboukadel Kassambara ◽  
Anja Seckinger ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 5063-5063
Author(s):  
Liat Nadav ◽  
Ben-Zion Katz ◽  
Shoshana Baron ◽  
Lydia Lydia ◽  
Aaron Polliack ◽  
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Abstract Background - The diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) is based on clinical and laboratory criteria combined with bone marrow (BM) plasmocytosis, estimated by inspection of bone marrow aspirates. Recent advances in flow-cytometry (FCM) have provided an additional tool for the diagnosis of MM and for monitoring response to therapy. However, significant discrepancy has been reported regarding the enumeration of plasma cells in marrow samples of MM patients using these two methods. Aims - In this study we compared the bone marrow plasmocytosis by microscopic examination of BM aspirates, to the flow cytometry results in samples obtained form MM patients. We tested whether the noted discrepancy between these two methods applies only to MM, or represents a trend in other hematopoietic malignancies as well. We defined this discrepancy and explained it. Methods - The number of plasma cells or blasts from BM aspirates of 41 MM or seven acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients respectively were analyzed simultaneously by morphological evaluation and by FCM. Each sample was assessed independently by two qualified laboratory specialists and/or hemato-pathologist. In MM we found plasma cell fractions that were characterized by FCM and gene expression profile. Results - In MM it was evident that FCM under-estimated the number of BM plasma cells samples by an average of 60%, compared with conventional morphological evaluation. On the other hand in AML there was a good correlation between the morphological and FCM assessments of the blast cell population, indicating that the discrepancy observed in the MM BM samples may be related to unique characteristics of the malignant plasma cells. Since flow cytometry is performed on the bone marrow fluid which is depleted of fat tissue-adhesive plasma cells, we disrupted spicules from MM BM samples (by repeated passages through 21g needle) and found a 40% increase in plasma cell compared with the fluid of the same BM samples. In order to determine the FCM profile of the cells in these two fractions, we isolated BM derived spicules from aspirates of MM patients and treated them with extracellular matrix (ECM) degrading enzymes followed by mechanical shearing. This combination released the highly adhesive plasma cells from the spicules. The released myeloma cells displayed a different FCM profile and in particular had a higher level of CD138 expression. Gene expression profile, which was performed on similar adhesion variants of cultured MM cells, demonstrated distinct oncogenic and transcriptional programs. Summary - We have shown a major discrepancy between the percentage of MM cells obtained by routine BM morphology and flow cytometry counts. It is possible that this discrepancy is partially attributable to the two distinct microenvironmental components occupied by MM cells in the BM sample - the lipid spicules, and the fluid phase. MM cells located in different niches of the BM also differ in their FCM and gene expression profile. This study indicates that multiple myeloma patients contain heterogeneous populations of malignant plasma cells. These sub-populations may play distinct roles in the biological and clinical manifestations of the disease and differ in their response to anti-myeloma therapy.


Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 3409-3409
Author(s):  
Paola Neri ◽  
Pierfrancesco Tassone ◽  
Masood Shammas ◽  
Mariateresa Fulciniti ◽  
Yu-Tzu Tai ◽  
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Abstract Interaction between multiple myeloma (MM) cells and the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment plays a critical role in promoting MM cell growth, survival, migration and development of drug resistance. This interaction within the bone marrow milieu is unique and its understanding is important in evaluating effects of novel agents in vitro and in vivo. We here describe a novel murine model that allows us to study the expression changes in vivo in MM cells within the human BM milieu. In this model, the green fluorescent protein (INA-6 GFP+) transduced IL-6-dependent human MM cell line, INA-6, was injected in human bone chip implanted into SCID mice. At different time points the bone chip was retrieved, cells flushed out and GFP+ MM cells were purified by CD138 MACS microbeads. Similar isolation process was used on INA-6 GFP+ cells cultured in vitro and used as control. Total RNA was isolated from these cells and gene expression profile analyzed using the HG-U133 array chip (Affymetrix) and DChip analyzer program. We have identified significant changes in expression of several genes following in vivo interaction between INA-6 and the BM microenvironment. Specifically, we observed up-regulation of genes associated with cytokines (IL-4, IL-8, IGFB 2–5) and chemokines (CCL2, 5, 6, 18, 24, CCR1, 2, 4), implicated in cell-cell signalling. Moreover genes implicated in DNA transcription (V-Fos, V-Jun, V-kit), adhesion (Integrin alpha 2b, 7, cadherin 1 and 11) and cell growth (CDC14, Cyclin G2, ADRA1A) were also up-regulated and genes involved in apoptosis and cell death (p-57, BCL2, TNF1a) were down-regulated. Using the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis the most relevant pathways modulated by the in vivo interaction between MM cells and BMSCs were IL-6, IGF1, TGF-beta and ERK/MAPK-mediated pathways as well as cell-cycle regulation and chemokine signalling. These results are consistent with previously observed in vitro cell signalling studies. Taken together these results highlight the ability of BM microenvironment to modulate the gene expression profile of the MM cells and our ability to in vivo monitor the changes. This model thus provides us with an ability to study in vivo effects of novel agents on expression profile of MM cells in BM milieu, to pre-clinically characterize their activity.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 2490-2490
Author(s):  
Paola Neri ◽  
Pierfrancesco Tassone ◽  
Masood A. Shammas ◽  
Daniel R. Carrasco ◽  
Renate Burger ◽  
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Abstract Multiple Myeloma (MM) cells interact with bone marrow (BM) microenvironment leading to induction of adhesion-mediated and cytokine mediated cell signalling which plays a critical role in promoting MM cell growth, survival, migration and development of drug resistance. We have previously evaluated gene expression changes following interaction between MM cells and BM stromal cells in vitro. However, the interaction between MM cells and microenvironment cells within the bone marrow is unique and its understanding is critical in evaluating effects of novel agents. We here describe a unique model that allows us to analyse in vivo expression changes in MM cells within the human BM milieu; and present preliminary results of expression changes following these in vivo interactions. In this model, BM stromal and IL-6-dependent human MM cell line INA-6 tranduced with GFP (green fluorescent protein) was injected in human fetal bone chip transplanted into SCID mice (SCID-hu mice). The MM cells were allowed to interact with the bone marrow for variable length of time, the bone chip was then retrieved, cells flashed out and GFP+ MM cells were separated by flow cytometry. The GFP negative fraction, containing stromal elements was also separated. Similar flow isolation process was used on INA-6GFP+ cells cultured in vitro and used as control. Total RNA was isolated from these cells and gene expression profile analyzed using the HG-U133 array chip (Affimetrix). We report that interaction between INA-6 cells and the BM microenvironment in vivo induced significant changes in expression profile. In particular, we observed up-regulation of genes implicated in regulation of cell proliferation (RGS 1 and 2, FOS, FOSB, S100A4); DNA transcription (AP1, SWI/SNF related member 1); chromosome organization (Histone1, 2 and 3); cellular trafficking and transport (ARFGEF2, Aquarin 3 and ATPase 4B); and signal transduction (Chemokine ligand 2, 3 and 15, Chemokine receptor 1, 2 and 4, Dual specificity phosphatase 1 and 4, Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1, PIP5-kinase 1A and ZAP70). We also observed down-regulation of genes involved in apoptosis (BCL2-interacting killer, APC, E1A binding protein p300, Fas-associated via death domain, Caspase-activated Dnase, Raf1); and cell-cell adhesion molecules (Cadherin 15, Leupakin, Neurekin, CD44, ICAM2 and PECAM-1a). Although some similarities were observed in gene profile changes following in vitro and in vivo interaction with microenvironment cells, differences were also found. We are now evaluating the effects of interaction on expression profile of stromal cells as well as duration of interaction. Taken together these data confirm the ability of BM microenvironment to modulate gene expression profile of the MM cells in vivo to mediate the MM cell growth, survival and migration. This model now provides us with an opportunity to study effects of novel agents on MM cells expression profile in vivo to pre-clinically characterize their activity.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e51944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Fernandez ◽  
Krista M. Fridley ◽  
Dhivya Arasappan ◽  
Rosalind V. Ambler ◽  
Philip W. Tucker ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Hwan Kim ◽  
Young-Sung Kim ◽  
Su-Yeon Lee ◽  
Kyoung-Hwa Kim ◽  
Yong-Moo Lee ◽  
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