GP130 activation induces myeloma and collaborates with MYC

Item Type:	Article
Title:	GP130 activation induces myeloma and collaborates with MYC
Creators Name:	Dechow, T. and Steidle, S. and Götze, K.S. and Rudelius, M. and Behnke, K. and Pechloff, K. and Kratzat, S. and Bullinger, L. and Fend, F. and Soberon, V. and Mitova, N. and Li, Z. and Thaler, M. and Bauer, J. and Pietschmann, E. and Albers, C. and Grundler, R. and Schmidt-Supprian, M. and Ruland, J. and Peschel, C. and Duyster, J. and Rose-John, S. and Bassermann, F. and Keller, U.
Abstract:	Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm that results from clonal expansion of an Ig-secreting terminally differentiated B cell. Advanced MM is characterized by tissue damage that involves bone, kidney, and other organs and is typically associated with recurrent genetic abnormalities. IL-6 signaling via the IL-6 signal transducer GP130 has been implicated as an important driver of MM pathogenesis. Here, we demonstrated that ectopic expression of constitutively active GP130 (L-GP130) in a murine retroviral transduction-transplantation model induces rapid MM development of high penetrance. L-GP130-expressing mice recapitulated all of the characteristics of human disease, including monoclonal gammopathy, BM infiltration with lytic bone lesions, and protein deposition in the kidney. Moreover, the disease was easily transplantable and allowed different therapeutic options to be evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Using this model, we determined that GP130 signaling collaborated with MYC to induce MM and was responsible and sufficient for directing the plasma cell phenotype. Accordingly, we identified Myc aberrations in the L-GP130 MM model. Evaluation of human MM samples revealed recurrent activation of STAT3, a downstream target of GP130 signaling. Together, our results indicate that deregulated GP130 activity contributes to MM pathogenesis and that pathways downstream of GP130 activity have potential as therapeutic targets in MM.
Keywords:	Cytokine Receptor gp130, Experimental Neoplasms, Inbred BALB C Mice, Multiple Myeloma, Plasma Cells, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, STAT3 Transcription Factor, Signal Transduction, Tumor Cell Line, Animals, Mice
Source:	Journal of Clinical Investigation
ISSN:	0021-9738
Publisher:	American Society for Clinical Investigation
Volume:	124
Number:	12
Page Range:	5263-5274
Date:	1 December 2014
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI69094
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