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Overexpression of the NOTCH ligand JAG2 in malignant plasma cells from multiple myeloma patients and cell lines
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Blood. Amer Soc Hematology, v. 104, n. 12, n. 3697, n. 3704, 2004.
0006-4971
WOS:000225351600049
10.1182/blood-2003-12-4114
Autor
Houde, C
Li, YL
Song, L
Barton, K
Zhang, Q
Godwin, J
Nand, S
Toor, A
Alkan, S
Smadja, NV
Avet-Loiseau, H
Lima, CS
Miele, L
Coignet, LJ
Institución
Resumen
The NOTCH ligand, JAG2, was found to be overexpressed in malignant plasma cells from multiple myeloma (MM) patients and cell lines but not in nonmalignant plasma cells from tonsils, bone marrow from healthy individuals, or patients with other malignancies. In addition, JAG2 overexpression was detected in 5 of 5 patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), an early phase. of myeloma disease progression. This overexpression appears to be a consequence of hypomethylation of the JAG2 promoter in malignant plasma cells. An in vitro coculture assay was used to demonstrate that JAG2 induced the secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in stromal cells. Further, the induction of IL-6 secretion was blocked in vitro by interference with anti-Notch-1 monoclonal antibodies raised against the binding sequence of Notch-1 with JAG2. Taken together, these results indicate that JAG2 overexpression may be an early event in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma involving IL-6 production. (C) 2004 by The American Society of Hematology. 104 12 3697 3704