TRAF6 Silencing Attenuates Multiple Myeloma Cell Adhesion to Bone Marrow Stromal Cells
Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(3), 702; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030702
Received: 6 December 2018
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Revised: 30 January 2019
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Accepted: 30 January 2019
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Published: 6 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Myeloma)
The bone marrow (BM) microenvironment plays an important role in supporting proliferation, survival and drug resistance of Multiple Myeloma (MM) cells. MM cells adhere to bone marrow stromal cells leading to the activation of tumour-promoting signaling pathways. Activation of the NFκB pathway, in particular, is central to the pathogenesis of MM. Tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is a key mediator of NFκB activation and has previously been highlighted as a potential therapeutic target in MM. Here, we demonstrate that adherence of MM cell lines to stromal cells results in a reciprocal increase in TRAF6 expression. Knockdown of TRAF6 expression attenuates the ability of MM cells to bind to stromal cells and this is associated with a decrease in NFκB-induced expression of the adhesion molecules ICAM1 and VCAM1. Finally, we show that knockdown of TRAF6 sensitizes MM cells to treatment with bortezomib when co-cultured with stromal cells. Inhibiting TRAF6 represents a promising strategy to target MM cells in the BM microenvironment.
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Keywords:
Multiple Myeloma; TRAF6; BMSCs
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Morgan, J.J.; McAvera, R.M.; Crawford, L.J. TRAF6 Silencing Attenuates Multiple Myeloma Cell Adhesion to Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 702. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030702
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Morgan JJ, McAvera RM, Crawford LJ. TRAF6 Silencing Attenuates Multiple Myeloma Cell Adhesion to Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(3):702. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030702
Chicago/Turabian StyleMorgan, Jonathan J., Roisin M. McAvera, and Lisa J. Crawford. 2019. "TRAF6 Silencing Attenuates Multiple Myeloma Cell Adhesion to Bone Marrow Stromal Cells" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 3: 702. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030702
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