Biological Pathways and in Vivo Antitumor Activity Induced by Atiprimod in Myeloma
Leukemia (2007) 21, 2519–2526 & 2007 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0887-6924/07 $30.00 www.nature.com/leu ORIGINAL ARTICLE Biological pathways and in vivo antitumor activity induced by Atiprimod in myeloma P Neri1,2,3, P Tassone1,2,3, M Shammas1, H Yasui2, E Schipani4, RB Batchu1, S Blotta1,2,3, R Prabhala1, L Catley2, M Hamasaki2, T Hideshima2, D Chauhan2, GS Jacob5, D Picker5, S Venuta3, KC Anderson2 and NC Munshi1,2 1Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 2Boston VA Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA; 3Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of ‘Magna Græcia’ and Cancer Center, Catanzaro, Italy; 4Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and 5Callisto Pharmaceuticals Inc., New York, NY, USA Atiprimod (Atip) is a novel oral agent with anti-inflammatory tion.7,8 Atip inhibits the inflammatory response and preserves properties. Although its in vitro activity and effects on signaling bone integrity in murine models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA),9–12 in multiple myeloma (MM) have been previously reported, here targets macrophages, inhibits phospholipase A and C in rat we investigated its molecular and in vivo effects in MM. Gene 13,14 expression analysis of MM cells identified downregulation of alveolar macrophages and exhibits antiproliferative and 15–17 genes involved in adhesion, cell-signaling, cell cycle and bone antiangiogenic activities in human cancer models. Impor- morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathways and upregulation of tantly, we have previously reported that Atip inhibits MM cell genes implicated in apoptosis and bone development, follow- growth, induces caspase-mediated apoptosis, blocks the phos- ing Atip treatment.
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