Epigenetic therapy overcomes treatment resistance in T cell prolymphocytic leukemia

Autor: August Stuart, Zainul Hasanali, Elliot M. Epner, Violetta V. Leshchenko, Samir Parekh, Bikramajit Singh Saroya, Sara Shimko, Mithun Vinod Shah, Kamal Sharma, Thomas P. Loughran, Juanita J. Evans
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Immunoconjugates
medicine.drug_class
medicine.medical_treatment
Ki-1 Antigen
Biology
Antibodies
Monoclonal
Humanized

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Epigenesis
Genetic

Leukocyte Count
Internal medicine
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
STAT5 Transcription Factor
medicine
Humans
RNA
Messenger

Promoter Regions
Genetic

Brentuximab vedotin
Cladribine
Alemtuzumab
Aged
Cell Proliferation
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Skin
Brentuximab Vedotin
Gene Expression Regulation
Leukemic

Histone deacetylase inhibitor
General Medicine
Immunotherapy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Chromatin
Treatment Outcome
Drug Resistance
Neoplasm

Leukemia
Prolymphocytic
T-Cell

Immunology
Monoclonal
Commentary
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia
Female
Epigenetic therapy
medicine.drug
Zdroj: Science Translational Medicine. 7
ISSN: 1946-6242
1946-6234
Popis: T cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a rare, mature T cell neoplasm with distinct features and an aggressive clinical course. Early relapse and short overall survival are commonplace. Use of the monoclonal anti-CD52 antibody alemtuzumab has improved the rate of complete remission and duration of response to more than 50% and between 6 and 12 months, respectively. Despite this advance, without an allogeneic transplant, resistant relapse is inevitable. We report seven complete and one partial remission in eight patients receiving alemtuzumab and cladribine with or without a histone deacetylase inhibitor. These data show that administration of epigenetic agents can overcome alemtuzumab resistance. We also report epigenetically induced expression of the surface receptor protein CD30 in T-PLL. Subsequent treatment with the anti-CD30 antibody-drug conjugate brentuximab vedotin overcame organ-specific (skin) resistance to alemtuzumab. Our findings demonstrate activity of combination epigenetic and immunotherapy in the incurable illness T-PLL, particularly in the setting of previous alemtuzumab therapy.
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