Abstract
Although the clinical outcomes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have improved in the immunochemotherapy era, approximately one-third of patients develop intractable disease. To improve clinical outcomes for these patients, it is important to identify those with poor prognosis prior to initial treatment in order to select optimal therapies. Here, we investigated the clinical and biological significance of SPIB, an Ets family transcription factor linked to lymphomagenesis, in DLBCL. We classified 134 DLBCL patients into SPIB negative (n = 108) or SPIB positive (n = 26) groups by immunohistochemical staining. SPIB positive patients had a significantly worse treatment response and poor prognosis compared with SPIB negative patients. Multivariate analysis for patient survival indicated that SPIB expression was an independent poor prognostic factor for both progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (PFS, hazard ratio [HR] 2.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.31–5.33, P = 0.006; OS, HR 3.56, 95% CI 1.43–8.91, P = 0.007). Subsequent analyses of the roles of SPIB expression in DLBCL pathogenesis revealed that SPIB expression in lymphoma cells resulted in resistance to the BH3-mimetic ABT-263 and contributed to apoptosis resistance via the PI3K-AKT pathway. The inhibition of AKT phosphorylation re-sensitized SPIB expressing lymphoma cells to ABT-263-induced cell death. Together, our data indicate that SPIB expression is a clinically novel poor prognostic factor in DLBCL that contributes to treatment resistance, at least in part, through an anti-apoptotic mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1270-1280 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Cancer Science |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01-09-2016 |
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SPIB is a novel prognostic factor in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that mediates apoptosis via the PI3K-AKT pathway. / Takagi, Yusuke; Shimada, Kazuyuki; Shimada, Satoko; Sakamoto, Akihiko; Naoe, Tomoki; Nakamura, Shigeo; Hayakawa, Fumihiko; Tomita, Akihiro; Kiyoi, Hitoshi.
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T1 - SPIB is a novel prognostic factor in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that mediates apoptosis via the PI3K-AKT pathway
AU - Takagi, Yusuke
AU - Shimada, Kazuyuki
AU - Shimada, Satoko
AU - Sakamoto, Akihiko
AU - Naoe, Tomoki
AU - Nakamura, Shigeo
AU - Hayakawa, Fumihiko
AU - Tomita, Akihiro
AU - Kiyoi, Hitoshi
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Although the clinical outcomes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have improved in the immunochemotherapy era, approximately one-third of patients develop intractable disease. To improve clinical outcomes for these patients, it is important to identify those with poor prognosis prior to initial treatment in order to select optimal therapies. Here, we investigated the clinical and biological significance of SPIB, an Ets family transcription factor linked to lymphomagenesis, in DLBCL. We classified 134 DLBCL patients into SPIB negative (n = 108) or SPIB positive (n = 26) groups by immunohistochemical staining. SPIB positive patients had a significantly worse treatment response and poor prognosis compared with SPIB negative patients. Multivariate analysis for patient survival indicated that SPIB expression was an independent poor prognostic factor for both progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (PFS, hazard ratio [HR] 2.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.31–5.33, P = 0.006; OS, HR 3.56, 95% CI 1.43–8.91, P = 0.007). Subsequent analyses of the roles of SPIB expression in DLBCL pathogenesis revealed that SPIB expression in lymphoma cells resulted in resistance to the BH3-mimetic ABT-263 and contributed to apoptosis resistance via the PI3K-AKT pathway. The inhibition of AKT phosphorylation re-sensitized SPIB expressing lymphoma cells to ABT-263-induced cell death. Together, our data indicate that SPIB expression is a clinically novel poor prognostic factor in DLBCL that contributes to treatment resistance, at least in part, through an anti-apoptotic mechanism.
AB - Although the clinical outcomes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have improved in the immunochemotherapy era, approximately one-third of patients develop intractable disease. To improve clinical outcomes for these patients, it is important to identify those with poor prognosis prior to initial treatment in order to select optimal therapies. Here, we investigated the clinical and biological significance of SPIB, an Ets family transcription factor linked to lymphomagenesis, in DLBCL. We classified 134 DLBCL patients into SPIB negative (n = 108) or SPIB positive (n = 26) groups by immunohistochemical staining. SPIB positive patients had a significantly worse treatment response and poor prognosis compared with SPIB negative patients. Multivariate analysis for patient survival indicated that SPIB expression was an independent poor prognostic factor for both progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (PFS, hazard ratio [HR] 2.65, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.31–5.33, P = 0.006; OS, HR 3.56, 95% CI 1.43–8.91, P = 0.007). Subsequent analyses of the roles of SPIB expression in DLBCL pathogenesis revealed that SPIB expression in lymphoma cells resulted in resistance to the BH3-mimetic ABT-263 and contributed to apoptosis resistance via the PI3K-AKT pathway. The inhibition of AKT phosphorylation re-sensitized SPIB expressing lymphoma cells to ABT-263-induced cell death. Together, our data indicate that SPIB expression is a clinically novel poor prognostic factor in DLBCL that contributes to treatment resistance, at least in part, through an anti-apoptotic mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1111/cas.13001
DO - 10.1111/cas.13001
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VL - 107
SP - 1270
EP - 1280
JO - Cancer Science
JF - Cancer Science
SN - 1347-9032
IS - 9
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