Hematopoietic stem cells with granulo-monocytic differentiation state overcome venetoclax sensitivity in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Mar 2024
Historique:
received: 25 08 2023
accepted: 09 02 2024
medline: 19 3 2024
pubmed: 19 3 2024
entrez: 19 3 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The molecular mechanisms of venetoclax-based therapy failure in patients with acute myeloid leukemia were recently clarified, but the mechanisms by which patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) acquire secondary resistance to venetoclax after an initial response remain to be elucidated. Here, we show an expansion of MDS hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) with a granulo-monocytic-biased transcriptional differentiation state in MDS patients who initially responded to venetoclax but eventually relapsed. While MDS HSCs in an undifferentiated cellular state are sensitive to venetoclax treatment, differentiation towards a granulo-monocytic-biased transcriptional state, through the acquisition or expansion of clones with STAG2 or RUNX1 mutations, affects HSCs' survival dependence from BCL2-mediated anti-apoptotic pathways to TNFα-induced pro-survival NF-κB signaling and drives resistance to venetoclax-mediated cytotoxicity. Our findings reveal how hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) can eventually overcome therapy-induced depletion and underscore the importance of using close molecular monitoring to prevent HSPC hierarchical change in MDS patients enrolled in clinical trials of venetoclax.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38499526
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46424-3
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-46424-3
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

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2428

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Juan Jose Rodriguez-Sevilla (JJ)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Irene Ganan-Gomez (I)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Feiyang Ma (F)

Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Kelly Chien (K)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Monica Del Rey (M)

Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, IBSAL Cancer Center, Salamanca, Spain.

Sanam Loghavi (S)

Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Guillermo Montalban-Bravo (G)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Vera Adema (V)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Bethany Wildeman (B)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna (R)

Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Alexandre Bazinet (A)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Helen T Chifotides (HT)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Natthakan Thongon (N)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Xavier Calvo (X)

Laboratori de Citologia Hematològica, Servei de Patologia, Grup de Recerca Translacional en Neoplàsies Hematològiques (GRETNHE), Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.

Jesús María Hernández-Rivas (JM)

Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, IBSAL Cancer Center, Salamanca, Spain.

Maria Díez-Campelo (M)

Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, IBSAL Cancer Center, Salamanca, Spain.

Guillermo Garcia-Manero (G)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Simona Colla (S)

Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. scolla@mdanderson.org.

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