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Combined Inhibition of HDAC and AKT As a Strategy to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance in Patients with Multiple Myeloma (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_6071; Lenalidomide (Len) selectively binds to cereblon (CRBN), which mediates recruitment of specific substrates like IKZF1 to E3 ubiquitin ligase and subsequent degradation, resulting in downregulation of IRF-4 and c-Myc...We observed that ADCC activity of both daratumumab and elotuzumab against MM cells was enhanced in the presence of HDAC inhibitors, which was compatible with our previous data that HDAC inhibitors upregulated MICA mRNA expression via inhibition of IKZF1 (ASH2018 abstract #4435)...Afuresertib, an AKT inhibitor, suppressed GSK-3 phosphorylation (p-GSK-3) with or without ACY-1215, an HDAC inhibitor, leading to a substantial decrease of c-Myc (Figure 2)...Bortezomib, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone resistant MM cell lines were also sensitive to CUDC-907...Furthermore, CUDC-907 was effective on primary MM cells which were resistant to bortezomib and Len (Figure 5). Thus, dual inhibition of HDAC and AKT with or without monoclonal antibodies is a promising therapeutic approach to multi-drug resistant MM.
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Cytogenetic and Molecular Marker Associations to Outcomes with Duvelisib and Ofatumumab Treatment in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory CLL/SLL in the DUO Trial (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_6057; Introduction In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), prognostic factors, such as genetic alterations and lines of treatment, have been well studied with chemoimmunotherapy and are advancing with ibrutinib, venetoclax, and PI3K inhibitors...An increased risk of autoimmune AEs in M-IGHV patients was previously reported with idelalisib given frontline (Lampson et al...Patients with M-IGHV had a higher rate of discontinuation due to immune-related AEs in the second-line setting . As such, the use of prognostic markers continues to have value in selection of therapy for patients with CLL/SLL treated with novel agents, including in ongoing clinical studies with DUV.
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A Multi-Center Dose-Finding Study to Assess Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of Fimepinostat (CUDC-907) in Combination with Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Lymphoma (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5840; P1/2 A Pooled Analysis of Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients Treated with the Dual PI3K and HDAC Inhibitor Fimepinostat (CUDC-907), Including Patients with MYC-Altered Disease . Blood,132(Suppl 1), 4184.
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Copanlisib in Combination with Nivolumab in Subjects with Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Phase 2 Study (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5826; P2 A phase 1b trial in heavily pre-treated relapsed/refractory (RR) PMBCL using pembrolizumab (a PD-1 blocker) showed that it was safe and active with an ORR of 41%...Copanlisib, a pan-PI3K inhibitor, with particularly potent PI3K-α/PI3K-δ inhibition, showed activity in both indolent and aggressive NHL, with a safer toxicity profile than the FDA-approved agent idelalisib...This study is conducted through NCI-CTEP (NCI Protocol #10193; NCT03484819) and is funded by Bayer . The study is to open in fall of 2019 at 11 ECTCN sites, and is available to interested sites to join in.
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Targeting PI3K and PLK1 to Overcome Ibrutinib-Venetoclax Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5797; Our data demonstrated that pan-PI3K inhibitor copanlisib and PLK1 inhibitor volasertib are potent agents in targeting MCL cells in vitro and in vivo, and they have great potential to overcome ibrutinib and venetoclax resistance in MCL. When combined, copanlisib and volasertib have even greater potential to overcome ibrutinib and venetoclax resistance in MCL.
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Pembrolizumab and Copanlisib for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Mature T-Cell Lymphomas (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5765; P1/2 The probability of early stopping under the null is 80% . Correlative studies include changes in in composition, activation, and function of peripheral blood T-, NK-, and myeloid cells by flow cytometry, RNA sequencing of tumor tissue to identify a gene expression signature that may correlate with response, as well as non-invasive disease monitoring using T-cell receptor high throughput sequencing of circulating tumor DNA.
- |||||||||| Therapeutic Stratification of PTEN-MYC Axis Appears to be Promising for Molecular Targeted Therapies in Refractory and Relapsed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5611;
A second drug combination that showed synergy in PTENm was observed with copanlisib and alisertib, an Aurora kinase-A (AURKA) inhibitor, expecting changes in cell cycle and reduced MYC stability...Contrary to PTENm, in PTENwt cell lines, PI3K inhibition alone showed no cytotoxic effect, but synergy was detected in combination with the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib...Based on these findings, PTEN-MYC axis seems suitable as a potential stratification marker for future therapy options in refractory and relapsed T-ALL . In the next step, promising drug combinations will be tested in a patient derived xenograft mouse model to validate these findings.
- |||||||||| Targeting Unique Synthetic Lethal Interactions between PI3K and MYC in B-ALL (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_5509;
As a result of the unique metabolic gatekeeper activity of B-cell-specific PAX5 and IKZF1-function, B-cells survive under conditions of chronic energy deprivation, which makes them particularly susceptible to acute fluctuation of energy expenditure, e.g . by activation of PI3K upon deletion of PTEN .
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PARP Inhibition Sensitize BCR-ABL1 Positive Cel (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_4572; Mouse HCS was infected with BCR-ABL1 expressing retrovirus and transplanted lethally Olaparib or vehicle was administrated intraperitoneal injection one day after transplantation . BCR-ABL1 mediated leukemic death was observed 1 month after transplantation in sham-treated mouse, whereas, Olaparib treated mouse did not develop BCR-ABL1 mediated leukemia .
- |||||||||| uproleselan sodium (GMI-1271) / Glycomimetics, cytarabine / Generic mfg.
Blocking Vascular Niche E-Selectin Dampens AML Stem Cell Regeneration/Survival Potential In Vivo By Inhibiting MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT Signalling Pathways (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_3832; Thus contact with vascular E-selectin induces a range of survival/regenerative signaling pathways within BM AML blasts that would be highly advantageous for the blast in times of stress. In summary we show, (1) vascular niche E-selectin blockade by GMI-1271 dampens malignant AML reconstitution/survival potential in vivo when administered as sole agent alone, (2) That E-selectin blockade mediates these effects via dampening a range of intracellular survival/regeneration signalling pathways in the malignant cell, and finally (3) these data suggest E-selectin blockade may synergise with other specific pathway inhibitors to improve treatment outcomes - but only for malignant cells that are appropriately glycosylated to interact with E-selectin.
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Class I PI3K Is Required for HSC Differentiation (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_3623; Furthermore, rapamycin treatment impairs serial replating of TKO bone marrow cells. In conclusion, we found that inactivation of all Class 1A PI3 kinases leads to impaired HSC differentiation, likely due to a defect in autophagy induction in response to growth factor deprivation.
- |||||||||| Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) Targeting Syk and BTK Signaling Differentially Affect PI3K Signalosome Organization and Platelet Function (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_2930;
Moreover, our findings suggest that in addition inhibiting protein kinase activities, the discrepant effects of some TKIs may be attributed to, in part, altered protein relations around BTK, PLCγ2 and other components of the PI3K signalosome in activating platelets . Ongoing studies aim to specify protein:protein interactions affected by reversible as well as irreversible TKIs; to examine patient samples for evidence of PI3K mislocalization – especially in cases of BTK inhibitor-associated bleeding; and, to determine if PI3K signalosome disorganization has roles in other physiological, therapeutic and toxic effects of TKIs.
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A Phase I Study of Duvelisib and Venetoclax in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory CLL / SLL (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_2605; Although high rates of neutropenia were observed, infections were infrequent . Early efficacy data for this 1-year time-limited, all oral regimen are promising, with CRs and uMRD already observed despite short follow-up .
- |||||||||| Arzerra (ofatumumab) / Novartis, Genmab, Zydelig (idelalisib) / Gilead, Copiktra (duvelisib) / Verastem
Imbalance in T Cell Subsets Triggers the Autoimmune Toxicity of PI3K Inhibitors in CLL (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_2586; We hypothesize that an imbalance of Tregs and Th17 T cells is contributing to irAEs in some idelalisib treated patients . Preliminary data with duvelisib suggest alternative mechanisms which we are still analyzing, along with performing cytokine analysis and immunohistochemistry on patient biopsies to further validate these findings.
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The Development of a Precision Medicine Platform to Overcome Ibrutinib Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (Hall B, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)) - Nov 7, 2019 - Abstract #ASH2019ASH_2315; Molecular matching with in vitro drug screening were utilized to develop a precision medicine platform for MCL to combat therapeutic resistance . This platform can be translated into a clinical setting to directly benefit the MCL patient population through treatment with therapies directly tailored to each patient.
- |||||||||| Journal: TRIM22 knockdown suppresses chronic myeloid leukemia via inhibiting PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. (Pubmed Central) - Nov 6, 2019
Furthermore, we demonstrated that TRIM22 knockdown inhibited the activation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway by decreasing the level of the phosphorylated form p-Akt and p-mTOR in K562 cell. In conclusion, loss of TRIM22 suppresses the progression and invasion of CML through regulation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, suggesting that TRIM22 might be as a potential target for the treatment strategy of CML.
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Accordingly, addition of BAPTA-AM and cyclosporine-A, fully and partially inhibited IL-10 and TNF-α respectively...In conclusion, this study revealed the crucial calcium signaling pathway triggered by HIV-1 gp120 to control the production of these two cytokines: TNF-α and IL-10. The finding could help in the development of a new therapeutic strategy to alleviate the chronic hyper-immune-activation observed in HIV-1 infected patients.
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