Synthetic lethality of drug-induced polyploidy and BCL-2 inhibition in lymphoma Journal Article


Authors: Portelinha, A.; da Silva Ferreira, M.; Erazo, T.; Jiang, M.; Asgari, Z.; de Stanchina, E.; Younes, A.; Wendel, H. G.
Article Title: Synthetic lethality of drug-induced polyploidy and BCL-2 inhibition in lymphoma
Abstract: Spontaneous whole genome duplication and the adaptive mutations that disrupt genome integrity checkpoints are infrequent events in B cell lymphomas. This suggests that lymphomas might be vulnerable to therapeutics that acutely trigger genomic instability and polyploidy. Here, we report a therapeutic combination of inhibitors of the Polo-like kinase 4 and BCL-2 that trigger genomic instability and cell death in aggressive lymphomas. The synthetic lethality is selective for tumor cells and spares vital organs. Mechanistically, inhibitors of Polo-like kinase 4 impair centrosome duplication and cause genomic instability. The elimination of polyploid cells largely depends on the pro-apoptotic BAX protein. Consequently, the combination of drugs that induce polyploidy with the BCL-2 inhibitor Venetoclax is highly synergistic and safe against xenograft and PDX models. We show that B cell lymphomas are ill-equipped for acute, therapy-induced polyploidy and that BCL-2 inhibition further enhances the removal of polyploid lymphoma cells. © 2023. The Author(s).
Keywords: genetics; metabolism; protein bcl 2; apoptosis; cell line, tumor; b cell lymphoma; lymphoma, b-cell; genomic instability; tumor cell line; proto-oncogene proteins c-bcl-2; polyploidy; humans; human; lethal mutation; synthetic lethal mutations
Journal Title: Nature Communications
Volume: 14
ISSN: 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2023-03-18
Start Page: 1522
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37216-2
PUBMED: 36934096
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC10024740
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Notes: Article -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PDF -- MSK corresponding author is Hans-Guido Wendel -- Source: Scopus
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