Overexpression of the NOTCH ligand JAG2 in malignant plasma cells from multiple myeloma patients and cell lines.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2004
Abstract
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.
Volume
104
Issue
12
First Page
3697
Last Page
3704
ISSN
0006-4971
Published In/Presented At
Houde, C., Li, Y., Song, L., Barton, K., Zhang, Q., Godwin, J., Nand, S., Toor, A., Alkan, S., Smadja, N. V., Avet-Loiseau, H., Lima, C. S., Miele, L., & Coignet, L. J. (2004). Overexpression of the NOTCH ligand JAG2 in malignant plasma cells from multiple myeloma patients and cell lines. Blood, 104(12), 3697–3704. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-12-4114
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15292061
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article