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Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Department of Adult Oncology [R. L., L. P. C., T. H., S. L., C. S. M., N. M., D. G., P. G. R., N. C. M., K. C. A.], and Department of Biostatistical Science [D. N., O. G.], Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 [R. L., L. P. C., T. H., S. L., C. S. M., N. M., D. G., P. G. R., N. C. M., K. C. A.]; and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 [C. S. P., J. A.]
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Proteasome inhibitors represent a potential active novel anticancer therapy (12 , 13) . They have been shown recently to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of tumor cells in vitro. In xenograft murine models, proteasome inhibitors, alone or in combination, also induce tumor regression in human lymphoma (14) and carcinoma (15, 16, 17) . PS-341, a dipeptide boronic acid analogue, is a reversible proteasome inhibitor that selectively and specifically inhibits chymotryptic activity of the proteasome 20S subunit, presumably through its noncovalent binding to the NH2-terminal threonine residue containing a catalytic site (18) .
We have shown recently that PS-341 acts both on MM4
cells and the bone marrow microenvironment to overcome drug resistance. Specifically, PS-341 inhibits MAP kinase signaling and MM cell proliferation; triggers caspase-3-mediated apoptosis; and overcomes drug resistance by inhibiting NF-
B, with resultant decreased adhesion molecule expression and MM cell binding to bone marrow stromal cells, as well as abrogation of related IL-6 secretion from bone marrow stromal cells (19)
. In this study, we examined the in vivo dose-response effects of PS-341 on tumor cell growth and survival in a human plasmacytoma xenograft murine model and characterized mechanisms of its in vivo antitumor activity.
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Cells and Culture Conditions.
The RPMI 8226 MM cell line (American Type Culture Collection) was cultured in RPMI 1640 containing 10% fetal bovine serum (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO), 2 mM L-glutamine (Life Technologies, Inc., Grand Island, NY), 50 units/ml penicillin, and 50 µg/ml streptomycin (Life Technologies, Inc.). Before s.c. tumor cell injection into mice, cells were washed twice and resuspended in RPMI 1640 at a concentration of 3 x 107 cells/100 µl.
Drug.
PS-341 (Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) mixed with mannitol (in a ratio of 1:10 to increase the solubility) was solubilized in 0.9% sodium chloride (Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL) at the appropriate concentration before each drug injection.
Xenograft Murine Model.
Mice were inoculated s.c. into the right flank with 3 x 107 MM cells in 100 µl of RPMI 1640, together with 100 µl of Matrigel basement membrane matrix (Becton Dickinson, Bedford, MA). When tumor was measurable, mice were assigned into four treatment groups receiving PS-341 or into a control group. Treatment with PS-341 was given i.v. twice weekly via tail vein at 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/kg for 4 weeks. Subsequently, it was administered once weekly. The control group received the vehicle alone (0.9% sodium chloride) at the same schedule. Caliper measurements of the longest perpendicular tumor diameters were performed every alternate day to estimate the tumor volume, using the following formula: 4
/3 x (width/2)2 x (length/2), representing the three-dimensional volume of an ellipse. Animals were sacrificed when their tumors reached 2 cm or when the mice became moribund. Survival was evaluated from the first day of treatment until death.
Proteasome Inhibition Assay.
At the time of mouse sacrifice, 1 h after the last drug injection, cell lysates from whole blood, tumor, liver, and spleen were obtained from mice for fluorometric 20S proteasome inhibition assays, based on the rate of the chymotryptic subunit cleavage of a pentapeptide attached to a fluorescent molecule (AMP), as described previously (20)
. Briefly, the assay uses a fluorescence spectrophotometer to detect fluorescence generated upon adding the fluorogenic peptide substrate specific for the chymotryptic activity of the proteasome.
Cell Cycle.
At time of sacrifice, 1 h after the last drug injection, tumors were excised for cell cycle profile study. Tumors were minced to a single cell suspension using a 70-µm cell strainer (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ). Cells were first separated by Ficoll-Hypaque density sedimentation, washed in PBS, and then fixed in 70% ethanol and treated with 10 µg/ml RNase (Roche Diagnostics Corp., Indianapolis, IN). Cells were next stained with propidium iodide (Sigma), and cell cycle profile was determined by flow cytometry using Coulter EPICS XL-MCL. Data were analyzed using the Phoenix flow system.
Histopathology.
At the time of sacrifice, tumors were excised from mice, fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin, and embedded in paraffin according to standard histological procedures. For MVD assays, 5-µm paraffin sections were used for immunohistochemistry for mouse CD34 expression. Slides were deparaffinized and pretreated with 1.0 mM EDTA, pH 8.0 (Zymed, South San Francisco, CA) in a steam pressure cooker (Decloaking chamber; BioCare Medical, Walnut Creek, CA), followed by washing in distilled water. All further steps were performed at room temperature in a hydrated chamber. Slides were treated with peroxidase block (DAKO, Carpinteria, CA) for 5 min to quench endogenous peroxidase activity, followed by a 1:5 dilution of goat serum in 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 7.4), for 20 min to block nonspecific binding sites. Primary rat antimurine CD34 antibody (PharMingen, San Diego, CA) was applied at 1:100 dilution in 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 7.4) with 3% goat serum for 1 h. After washing in 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 7.4), secondary rabbit antirat antibody (DAKO) was applied at 1:200 dilution in 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 7.4) with 3% goat serum for 30 min. Slides were washed again in 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH 7.4), and goat antirabbit horseradish peroxidase-conjugated antibody (Envision detection kit; DAKO) was applied for 30 min. After further washing, immunoperoxidase staining was developed using a 3,3'-diaminobenzidine chromogen kit (DAKO) and counterstained with hematoxylin.
MVD was determined by light microscopy, according to the procedure of Weidner et al. (21) , without knowledge of the treatment history. Areas of most intense neovascularization were identified by scanning tumor sections at low power magnification (x40) and then counted at high power magnification (x400). At least five separate x400 fields were analyzed by two investigators in a blinded fashion, using double-headed light microscopy.
The TUNEL assay was performed using the ApopTag kit (Intergen Co., Purchase, NY) on histological specimens fixed in formalin. Nucleotides contained in the reaction buffer were enzymatically added to the DNA using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase catalyzed the addition of nucleotide triphosphates to the 3'-OH ends of double-stranded or single-stranded DNA from apoptotic cells. The incorporated nucleotides formed an oligomer composed of digoxigenin and unlabeled nucleotide. DNA fragments labeled with the digoxigenin nucleotide were then detected by an antidigoxigenin antibody conjugated to peroxidase, allowing the formation of chromogenic substrates visible by light microscopy. H&E staining was also performed on tumor, liver, spleen, bone marrow, heart, lungs, gut, brain, and kidneys and studied for signs of toxicity using light microscopy.
Statistical Analysis.
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the rate of tumor growth in the presence of PS-341. Each experiment included a group of control mice, as well as mice treated at two different doses of PS-341. Each experiment was analyzed separately. For tumor growth, diagnostic plots suggested that models of exponential growth were appropriate to the data. For each experiment, linear mixed-effect models were fit to the natural logarithm of tumor volume over time. This permits the estimation of an exponential parameter governing the rate of growth for each of the three groups of animals in each experiment, with random effects estimated for each animal within a group. Each treatment group was compared with the control, and in each of the experiments, the two treated groups were compared with one another. Overall survival in each experiment was measured using the Kaplan-Meier method, and results are presented as the median overall survival, with 95% CIs. Statistics for the cell cycle were obtained using Fisher’s Exact Probability. Unpaired Student’s t tests were used to calculate the statistical significance of observed differences in MVD between treated and control groups; results are presented as mean ± SE.
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, animals treated at the two lowest PS-341 doses (0.05 and 0.1 mg/kg) showed inhibition of tumor growth compared with controls, although this inhibition was not statistically significant in our model. However, statistically significant inhibition of tumor growth was observed in mice treated with PS-341 at 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg versus the control group (P = 0.02 and P = 0.01, respectively; Fig. 1B
). In a log-linear model, the daily growth rates were 0.22 for the control mice versus 0.07 and 0.06 for the mice treated with 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg PS-341, respectively. Of note, tumor growth in half of the animals treated with 1.0 mg/kg was completely suppressed for a mean of 9 days. Although tumor growth was not inhibited in animals treated with 0.5 mg/kg, growth was significantly delayed (median, 30 days to reach 2 cm versus 14 days in controls; P < 0.0001). Importantly, complete tumor regression was observed in two mice treated at 1.0 mg/kg and one mouse treated at 0.5 mg/kg of PS-341. However, regrowth of tumor was observed in all mice despite treatment, suggesting the development of drug resistance.
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and as expected from tumor growth results, there was no statistically significant difference in the median overall survival of low-dose PS-341-treated mice versus control animals (P = 0.11). In contrast, a statistically significant prolongation in median overall survival was observed in animals treated with 0.5 mg/kg (P < 0.0001) and 1.0 mg/kg (P < 0.0001) PS-341 versus control animals; median overall survival was 14 days (95% CI, 12–14 days) in the control cohort versus 30 days (95% CI, 21–36 days) and 34 days (95% CI, 24–44 days) in groups treated with 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg, respectively (Fig. 2B)
. There was also a trend toward prolonged survival in mice treated with 1.0 mg/kg PS-341 versus animals in the 0.5 mg/kg treatment group (P = 0.08).
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and TUNEL assays (Fig. 3, C and D)
. Cell cycle analysis was performed on 33 tumors, 22 from mice treated at 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg PS-341, and 11 from control animals. Apoptosis, as represented by the sub-G1 fraction (Fig. 3B)
, was positive in 16 of 22 (73%) tumors examined from PS-341-treated animals versus 1 of 11 (9%) tumors from control animals (P < 0.001, Fisher’s Exact Probability).
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. As shown in Fig. 4C
, there was a statistically significant decrease in MVD in PS-341-treated tumors compared with control tumors: 16.4 ± 2.4 blood vessels/HPF (x400) for controls versus 7.4 ± 1.7 and 6.4 ± 2.1 for the mice treated with 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg PS-341, respectively (P = 0.0001). However, there was no statistically significant difference in MVD in tumors from animals treated with 0.5 versus 1.0 mg/kg PS-341 (P = 0.4).
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. The proteasome inhibition by PS-341 (1.0 mg/kg) in normal tissues correlates with the toxicity in mice. Importantly, PS-341 also induced a dose-dependent inhibition of proteasome function in tumors (Fig. 5B)
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Using the colorimetric proteasome inhibition assay (20) , our study demonstrated dose-dependent proteasome inhibition in RBCs, liver, and spleen, as well as in tumor cells. The degree of proteasome inhibition was greater in normal tissues, despite minimal toxicity, confirming the increased sensitivity of myeloma cells versus normal cells to proteasome inhibition shown in our previous studies (19) .
The transcription factor NF-B in myeloma cells regulates drug resistance in tumor cells and adhesion molecule expression on tumor cells and bone marrow stromal cells and related binding, as well as transcription and secretion of myeloma growth and survival factors in the BM milieu (24)
. Our laboratory has previously shown inhibition of NF-B activation in myeloma cells by PS-341, using the nuclear supershift EMSA assay (19)
. Sunwoo et al. (16)
similarly demonstrated inhibition of NF-B activation in squamous cell carcinoma cells by PS-341, with significant antitumor activity. Furthermore, Tan and Waldeman (25)
showed that PS-341 decreased NF-B DNA binding activity in adult T-cell leukemia cells by preventing IB
degradation. Although PS-341 alone did not prolong survival of adult T-cell leukemia-tumor bearing mice, it did add to the effect of the humanized anti-IL-2R. Cusack et al. (26)
also showed synergy of PS-341 with the topoisomerase I inhibitor CPT-11, evidenced by inhibition of SN38-induced NF-B activity. These studies suggest that inhibition of NF-B plays a role in the antitumor effects of PS-341; however, recent studies from our laboratory using a specific IB kinase (IKK) inhibitor to selectively block NF-B activation have shown only partial inhibition of myeloma cell survival (27)
. Interestingly, growth of myeloma cells adherent to bone marrow stromal cells, as well as IL-6 secretion triggered by this binding, was completely blocked using this IKK inhibitor. These studies both validate NF-B as a therapeutic target and suggest that the antimyeloma effects of PS-341 are broader than selective NF-B blockade. Ongoing gene array and proteomic studies are defining the molecular sequelae of PS-341 in myeloma cells to define mechanisms of drug sensitivity versus resistance. Our preliminary in vitro studies suggest that PS-341 down-regulates growth and survival kinases, induces apoptotic cascades, inhibits the proteasome-ubiquitin pathway, and induces stress responses. Importantly, the current animal study confirms that PS-341 induces tumor cell apoptosis, suppression of neoangiogenesis, and dose-dependent proteasome inhibition in vivo. Using this model, gene profiling and proteomic studies will similarly define in vivo targets of PS-341 and allow for the development of more potent targeted and less toxic therapeutics.
PS-341 has recently been evaluated in a Phase II trial as treatment of patients with relapsed refractory myeloma (28) . Preliminary analysis in 54 patients who completed a minimum of two cycles of therapy showed that PS-341 induced either stabilization of disease or a reduction in myeloma paraprotein in 46 (85%) patients, with a favorable toxicity profile. Future studies will evaluate PS-341 treatment for patients with myeloma earlier in their disease course, as initial treatment or treatment of first relapse. Moreover, a Phase III trial is planned to compare PS-341 versus dexamethasone treatment for relapsed myeloma. In addition, our preclinical studies demonstrate that PS-341 has enhanced antimyeloma activity when combined with conventional (dexamethasone) or novel (immunomodulatory derivatives of thalidomide, IMiD) therapies, providing the framework for clinical trials of combination therapies.
PS-341, therefore, represents a novel class of myeloma therapy and is the first proteasome inhibitor to be used in clinical trials. Numerous animal studies have shown efficacy of PS-341 in various tumor cell lines, and synergistic antitumor activity has been demonstrated for PS-341 in combination with other chemotherapy. The current study provides strong in vivo evidence supporting use of PS-341 therapy in patients with multiple myeloma and will serve as a model both to evaluate potential combination therapies, as well as for delineating the in vivo molecular mechanism of antimyeloma activity of PS-341, ultimately allowing for the development of next-generation, more potent and targeted therapies.
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1 Supported by Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Awards (to R. L., T. H., C. S. M., and N. M.), NIH Grants ROI50947 and POI78378, and the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Research Scientist Award (to K. C. A.). 
2 These authors contributed equally to this work.
3 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail: kenneth_anderson{at}dfci.harvard.edu
4 The abbreviations used are: MM, multiple myeloma; NF-B, nuclear factor-B; BNX, beige-nude-xid; MVD, microvessel density; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling; CI, confidence interval; HPF, high power field.
Received 4/24/02. Accepted 7/ 5/02.
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 X. Dolcet, D. Llobet, M. Encinas, J. Pallares, A. Cabero, J. A. Schoenenberger, J. X. Comella, and X. Matias-Guiu Proteasome Inhibitors Induce Death but Activate NF-{kappa}B on Endometrial Carcinoma Cell Lines and Primary Culture Explants J. Biol. Chem., August 4, 2006; 281(31): 22118 - 22130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 G. B Silberstein, K. Van Horn, E. Hrabeta-Robinson, and J. Compton Estrogen-triggered delays in mammary gland gene expression during the estrous cycle: evidence for a novel timing system. J. Endocrinol., August 1, 2006; 190(2): 225 - 239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 S. Kaluz, M. Kaluzova, and E. J. Stanbridge Proteasomal Inhibition Attenuates Transcriptional Activity of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1) via Specific Effect on the HIF-1{alpha} C-Terminal Activation Domain Mol. Cell. Biol., August 1, 2006; 26(15): 5895 - 5907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 T. Van den Wyngaert, M. T. Huizing, and J. B. Vermorken Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw: cause and effect or a post hoc fallacy? Ann. Onc., August 1, 2006; 17(8): 1197 - 1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 M. Leiba, L. Cahalon, A. Shimoni, O. Lider, A. Zanin-Zhorov, I. Hecht, U. Sela, I. Vlodavsky, and A. Nagler Halofuginone inhibits NF-{kappa}B and p38 MAPK in activated T cells J. Leukoc. Biol., August 1, 2006; 80(2): 399 - 406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Hideshima, L. Catley, H. Yasui, K. Ishitsuka, N. Raje, C. Mitsiades, K. Podar, N. C. Munshi, D. Chauhan, P. G. Richardson, et al. Perifosine, an oral bioactive novel alkylphospholipid, inhibits Akt and induces in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity in human multiple myeloma cells Blood, May 15, 2006; 107(10): 4053 - 4062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. Goel, A. Dispenzieri, S. M. Geyer, S. Greiner, K.-W. Peng, and S. J. Russell Synergistic activity of the proteasome inhibitor PS-341 with non-myeloablative 153-Sm-EDTMP skeletally targeted radiotherapy in an orthotopic model of multiple myeloma Blood, May 15, 2006; 107(10): 4063 - 4070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. J. Strauss, L. Maharaj, S. Hoare, P. W. Johnson, J. A. Radford, S. Vinnecombe, L. Millard, A. Rohatiner, A. Boral, E. Trehu, et al. Bortezomib Therapy in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoma: Potential Correlation of In Vitro Sensitivity and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Response With Clinical Activity J. Clin. Oncol., May 1, 2006; 24(13): 2105 - 2112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M. Bazzaro, M. K. Lee, A. Zoso, W. L.H. Stirling, A. Santillan, I.-M. Shih, and R. B.S. Roden Ubiquitin-proteasome system stress sensitizes ovarian cancer to proteasome inhibitor-induced apoptosis. Cancer Res., April 1, 2006; 66(7): 3754 - 3763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. Vodanovic-Jankovic, P. Hari, P. Jacobs, R. Komorowski, and W. R. Drobyski NF-{kappa}B as a target for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease: comparative efficacy of bortezomib and PS-1145 Blood, January 15, 2006; 107(2): 827 - 834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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A. M. Roccaro, T. Hideshima, N. Raje, S. Kumar, K. Ishitsuka, H. Yasui, N. Shiraishi, D. Ribatti, B. Nico, A. Vacca, et al. Bortezomib Mediates Antiangiogenesis in Multiple Myeloma via Direct and Indirect Effects on Endothelial Cells Cancer Res., January 1, 2006; 66(1): 184 - 191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. T. Nawrocki, J. S. Carew, K. Dunner Jr., L. H. Boise, P. J. Chiao, P. Huang, J. L. Abbruzzese, and D. J. McConkey Bortezomib Inhibits PKR-Like Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Kinase and Induces Apoptosis via ER Stress in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells Cancer Res., December 15, 2005; 65(24): 11510 - 11519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Hideshima, J. E. Bradner, D. Chauhan, and K. C. Anderson Intracellular Protein Degradation and Its Therapeutic Implications Clin. Cancer Res., December 15, 2005; 11(24): 8530 - 8533. [Full Text] [PDF]
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 B. J. Krawiec, R. A. Frost, T. C. Vary, L. S. Jefferson, and C. H. Lang Hindlimb casting decreases muscle mass in part by proteasome-dependent proteolysis but independent of protein synthesis Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, December 1, 2005; 289(6): E969 - E980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. C. Anderson, R. Pazdur, and A. T. Farrell Development of Effective New Treatments for Multiple Myeloma J. Clin. Oncol., October 1, 2005; 23(28): 7207 - 7211. [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. Chauhan, G. Li, K. Podar, T. Hideshima, P. Neri, D. He, N. Mitsiades, P. Richardson, Y. Chang, J. Schindler, et al. A Novel Carbohydrate-Based Therapeutic GCS-100 Overcomes Bortezomib Resistance and Enhances Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis in Multiple Myeloma Cells Cancer Res., September 15, 2005; 65(18): 8350 - 8358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Hideshima, D. Chauhan, P. Richardson, and K. C. Anderson Identification and Validation of Novel Therapeutic Targets for Multiple Myeloma J. Clin. Oncol., September 10, 2005; 23(26): 6345 - 6350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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M. Altun, P. J. Galardy, R. Shringarpure, T. Hideshima, R. LeBlanc, K. C. Anderson, H. L. Ploegh, and B. M. Kessler Effects of PS-341 on the Activity and Composition of Proteasomes in Multiple Myeloma Cells Cancer Res., September 1, 2005; 65(17): 7896 - 7901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 P. G. Richardson, P. Sonneveld, M. W. Schuster, D. Irwin, E. A. Stadtmauer, T. Facon, J.-L. Harousseau, D. Ben-Yehuda, S. Lonial, H. Goldschmidt, et al. Bortezomib or High-Dose Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma N. Engl. J. Med., June 16, 2005; 352(24): 2487 - 2498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 B. O. Oyajobi, C. M. Shipman, and G. R. Mundy Recent Insights into Myeloma Bone Disease IBMS BoneKEy, May 1, 2005; 2(5): 17 - 25. [Full Text] [PDF]
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D. Chauhan, T. Hideshima, C. Mitsiades, P. Richardson, and K. C. Anderson Proteasome inhibitor therapy in multiple myeloma Mol. Cancer Ther., April 1, 2005; 4(4): 686 - 692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A. R. Chade, J. Herrmann, X. Zhu, J. D. Krier, A. Lerman, and L. O. Lerman Effects of Proteasome Inhibition on the Kidney in Experimental Hypercholesterolemia J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., April 1, 2005; 16(4): 1005 - 1012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. Trudel, Z. H. Li, E. Wei, M. Wiesmann, H. Chang, C. Chen, D. Reece, C. Heise, and A. K. Stewart CHIR-258, a novel, multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the potential treatment of t(4;14) multiple myeloma Blood, April 1, 2005; 105(7): 2941 - 2948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. Podar and K. C. Anderson The pathophysiologic role of VEGF in hematologic malignancies: therapeutic implications Blood, February 15, 2005; 105(4): 1383 - 1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. V. Rajkumar, P. G. Richardson, T. Hideshima, and K. C. Anderson Proteasome Inhibition As a Novel Therapeutic Target in Human Cancer J. Clin. Oncol., January 20, 2005; 23(3): 630 - 639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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B. Lin, L. Catley, R. LeBlanc, C. Mitsiades, R. Burger, Y.-T. Tai, K. Podar, M. Wartmann, D. Chauhan, J. D. Griffin, et al. Patupilone (epothilone B) inhibits growth and survival of multiple myeloma cells in vitro and in vivo Blood, January 1, 2005; 105(1): 350 - 357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. G. Richardson, A. Kassarjian, and W. Jing Case 38-2004 - A 40-Year-Old Man with a Large Tumor of the Skull N. Engl. J. Med., December 16, 2004; 351(25): 2637 - 2645. [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Frost, F. Moatamed, B. Hoang, Y. Shi, J. Gera, H. Yan, P. Frost, J. Gibbons, and A. Lichtenstein In vivo antitumor effects of the mTOR inhibitor CCI-779 against human multiple myeloma cells in a xenograft model Blood, December 15, 2004; 104(13): 4181 - 4187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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R. A. Kyle and S. V. Rajkumar Multiple Myeloma N. Engl. J. Med., October 28, 2004; 351(18): 1860 - 1873. [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. Podar, R. Shringarpure, Y.-T. Tai, M. Simoncini, M. Sattler, K. Ishitsuka, P. G. Richardson, T. Hideshima, D. Chauhan, and K. C. Anderson Caveolin-1 Is Required for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Triggered Multiple Myeloma Cell Migration and Is Targeted by Bortezomib Cancer Res., October 15, 2004; 64(20): 7500 - 7506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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R. Bagatell and L. Whitesell Altered Hsp90 function in cancer: A unique therapeutic opportunity Mol. Cancer Ther., August 1, 2004; 3(8): 1021 - 1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Hideshima, P. L. Bergsagel, W. M. Kuehl, and K. C. Anderson Advances in biology of multiple myeloma: clinical applications Blood, August 1, 2004; 104(3): 607 - 618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. Mitra-Kaushik, J. C. Harding, J. L. Hess, and L. Ratner Effects of the proteasome inhibitor PS-341 on tumor growth in HTLV-1 Tax transgenic mice and Tax tumor transplants Blood, August 1, 2004; 104(3): 802 - 809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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C. N. Papandreou, D. D. Daliani, D. Nix, H. Yang, T. Madden, X. Wang, C. S. Pien, R. E. Millikan, S.-M. Tu, L. Pagliaro, et al. Phase I Trial of the Proteasome Inhibitor Bortezomib in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors With Observations in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer J. Clin. Oncol., June 1, 2004; 22(11): 2108 - 2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. Bonvini, H. D. Rosa, N. Vignes, and A. Rosolen Ubiquitination and Proteasomal Degradation of Nucleophosmin-Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Induced by 17-Allylamino-Demethoxygeldanamycin: Role of the Co-Chaperone Carboxyl Heat Shock Protein 70-Interacting Protein Cancer Res., May 1, 2004; 64(9): 3256 - 3264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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S. Trudel, S. Ely, Y. Farooqi, M. Affer, D. F. Robbiani, M. Chesi, and P. L. Bergsagel Inhibition of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 induces differentiation and apoptosis in t(4;14) myeloma Blood, May 1, 2004; 103(9): 3521 - 3528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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 A.-H. Lee, N. N. Iwakoshi, K. C. Anderson, and L. H. Glimcher Inaugural Article: Proteasome inhibitors disrupt the unfolded protein response in myeloma cells PNAS, August 19, 2003; 100(17): 9946 - 9951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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P. G. Richardson, B. Barlogie, J. Berenson, S. Singhal, S. Jagannath, D. Irwin, S. V. Rajkumar, G. Srkalovic, M. Alsina, R. Alexanian, et al. A Phase 2 Study of Bortezomib in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma N. Engl. J. Med., June 26, 2003; 348(26): 2609 - 2617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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L. C. Platanias Map kinase signaling pathways and hematologic malignancies Blood, June 15, 2003; 101(12): 4667 - 4679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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J. Shaughnessy, J. Jacobson, J. Sawyer, J. McCoy, A. Fassas, F. Zhan, K. Bumm, J. Epstein, E. Anaissie, S. Jagannath, et al. Continuous absence of metaphase-defined cytogenetic abnormalities, especially of chromosome 13 and hypodiploidy, ensures long-term survival in multiple myeloma treated with Total Therapy I: interpretation in the context of global gene expression Blood, May 15, 2003; 101(10): 3849 - 3856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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N. Mitsiades, C. S. Mitsiades, P. G. Richardson, V. Poulaki, Y.-T. Tai, D. Chauhan, G. Fanourakis, X. Gu, C. Bailey, M. Joseph, et al. The proteasome inhibitor PS-341 potentiates sensitivity of multiple myeloma cells to conventional chemotherapeutic agents: therapeutic applications Blood, March 15, 2003; 101(6): 2377 - 2380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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T. Hideshima, C. Mitsiades, M. Akiyama, T. Hayashi, D. Chauhan, P. Richardson, R. Schlossman, K. Podar, N. C. Munshi, N. Mitsiades, et al. Molecular mechanisms mediating antimyeloma activity of proteasome inhibitor PS-341 Blood, February 15, 2003; 101(4): 1530 - 1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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N. Mitsiades, C. S. Mitsiades, V. Poulaki, D. Chauhan, G. Fanourakis, X. Gu, C. Bailey, M. Joseph, T. A. Libermann, S. P. Treon, et al. Molecular sequelae of proteasome inhibition in human multiple myeloma cells PNAS, October 29, 2002; 99(22): 14374 - 14379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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K. C. Anderson, J. D. Shaughnessy Jr., B. Barlogie, J.-L. Harousseau, and G. D. Roodman Multiple Myeloma Hematology, January 1, 2002; 2002(1): 214 - 240. [Abstract] [Full Text]
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). A, the percentage of proteasome inhibition in whole blood, liver, and spleen was compared in PS-341-treated versus control mice. Bars, SE. B, the percentage of proteasome inhibition in tumor cells was compared in PS-341-treated versus control mice. Bars, SE.