HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-12-12DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286536
Alejandra Reyes-Ruiz, Sandrine Delignat, Aishwarya Sudam Bhale, Victoria Daventure, Robin V Lacombe, Leslie Dourthe, Olivier Christophe, Sune Justesen, Krishnan Venkataraman, Jordan D Dimitrov, Sebastien Lacroix-Desmazes
{"title":"Binding of therapeutic Fc-fused factor VIII to the neonatal Fc receptor at neutral pH associates with poor half-life extension.","authors":"Alejandra Reyes-Ruiz, Sandrine Delignat, Aishwarya Sudam Bhale, Victoria Daventure, Robin V Lacombe, Leslie Dourthe, Olivier Christophe, Sune Justesen, Krishnan Venkataraman, Jordan D Dimitrov, Sebastien Lacroix-Desmazes","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286536","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fusion of therapeutic proteins to the Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 promotes their neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn)-mediated recycling and subsequent extension in circulating half-life. However, different Fc-fused proteins, as well as antibodies with different variable domains but identical Fc, may differ in terms of extension in half-life. Here we compared the binding behavior to FcRn of Fc-fused FVIII, Fc-fused FIX and two human monoclonal HIV-1 broadly-neutralizing IgG1, m66.6 and VRC01 with identical Fc. While all molecules bound FcRn at acidic pH, only rFVIIIFc and m66.6 interacted with FcRn at neutral pH. In silico modeling predicted a role for charged residues in the C1 and C2 domains of FVIII, and in the variable domains of m66.6, in the neutral binding to FcRn. Accordingly, mutations of key positively charged amino-acids in the FVIII C1C2 domains decreased the binding of the protein to FcRn at pH 7.4 in vitro and increased the half-life of rFVIIIFc in von Willebrand factor- knockout mice. Our findings suggest that the removal of positively charged patches on Fc-fused proteins to ameliorate FcRn recycling without affecting therapeutic efficacy, may improve their pharmacokinetic properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1523-1535"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142812934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-01-02DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286372
Elisa Gabinaud, Laurent Hannouche, Mathilde Veneziano-Broccia, Johannes Van Agthoven, Justine Suffit, Julien Maurizio, Delphine Potier, Dominique Payet-Bornet, Delphine Bastelica, Elisa Andersen, Manal Ibrahim-Kosta, Timothée Bigot, Céline Falaise, Anne Vincenot, Pierre-Emmanuel Morange, Paul Saultier, Marie-Christine Alessi, Marjorie Poggi, Hemostasis Unit Of Lille
{"title":"FLI1 and GATA1 govern <i>TLN1</i> transcription: new insights into FLI1-related platelet disorders.","authors":"Elisa Gabinaud, Laurent Hannouche, Mathilde Veneziano-Broccia, Johannes Van Agthoven, Justine Suffit, Julien Maurizio, Delphine Potier, Dominique Payet-Bornet, Delphine Bastelica, Elisa Andersen, Manal Ibrahim-Kosta, Timothée Bigot, Céline Falaise, Anne Vincenot, Pierre-Emmanuel Morange, Paul Saultier, Marie-Christine Alessi, Marjorie Poggi, Hemostasis Unit Of Lille","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286372","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Germline variants of FLI1, essential for megakaryopoiesis, are linked to bleeding disorders, platelet aggregation defects and mild thrombocytopenia. However, the mechanisms behind these abnormalities remain unclear. This study aims to elucidate the impact of FLI1 variants on human megakaryocytes and platelets. We focused on four FLI1 variants, two of which are novel: p.G307R and p.R340C. We assessed the impact of FLI1 variants on megakaryopoiesis using single-cell RNA sequencing, and defects were confirmed in patients' platelets and cell lines. Results showed variants p.R337Q, p.K345E and p.R340C exhibited faulty nuclear localization and defective transcriptional activity in vitro and variants p.K345E and p.G307R affected protein stability. A total of 626 genes were differentially expressed in patient megakaryocytes, including genes associated with the platelet activation pathway. TLN1 was among the most down-regulated genes, with an 88% reduction in talin-1 protein levels in FLI1 patients' platelets. Analysis of chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing data revealed FLI1-binding regions in the TLN1 gene. Luciferase reporter gene assays revealed the functional role of an intronic binding region in cooperation with GATA1. FLI1 variants were linked to reduced cooperative transcriptional activity. These findings reveal novel mechanisms underlying the pathogenicity of FLI1 variants. Defective cooperation between FLI1 variants and GATA1 may play a role in talin-1 deficiency in FLI1 patients' platelets, thus contributing to platelet dysfunction. Moreover, talin-1 could serve as a biomarker for classifying the pathogenicity of FLI1 variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1584-1595"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142914625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-13DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286596
Julia Katharina Scholz, Lena Stabel, Nora Rebecca Schwingen, Jasmin Knopf, Anna-Sophie Flatt, Tobias Bäuerle, Stefan Krause, Heidi Waibel, Moritz Leppkes, K Martin Kortüm, Hermann Einsele, Andreas Mackensen, Martin Herrmann, Simon Völkl, Fabian Müller
{"title":"One CHiP to rule them all? Mechanistic insight into carfilzomib-induced lung injury with neutrophil extracellular trap formation following cellular immunotherapy.","authors":"Julia Katharina Scholz, Lena Stabel, Nora Rebecca Schwingen, Jasmin Knopf, Anna-Sophie Flatt, Tobias Bäuerle, Stefan Krause, Heidi Waibel, Moritz Leppkes, K Martin Kortüm, Hermann Einsele, Andreas Mackensen, Martin Herrmann, Simon Völkl, Fabian Müller","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286596","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286596","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1654-1659"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143407148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-04-03DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2025.287417
Martin S Tallman
{"title":"Patients with high-risk acute promyelocytic leukemia need maintenance therapy for 1 year - the PROS.","authors":"Martin S Tallman","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2025.287417","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2025.287417","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1454-1458"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143772246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2024-10-31DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.285245
Imran A Nizamuddin, Nancy L Bartlett
{"title":"Bispecific antibodies in follicular lymphoma.","authors":"Imran A Nizamuddin, Nancy L Bartlett","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.285245","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.285245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bispecific antibodies, specifically anti-CD20 T-cell engaging constructs, are poised to alter the treatment paradigm for multiple B-cell malignancies, including follicular lymphoma. Two CD20xCD3 bispecific antibodies, mosunetuzumab and epcoritamab, are now approved in the United States for third-line or later treatment of follicular lymphoma. A third agent, odronextamab, remains under review by regulatory agencies. In pivotal phase II trials, these bispecific antibodies demonstrated overall response rates of approximately 80%, with complete response rates of 60-70%, the majority of which have been durable at 2 years. Important safety signals included risk of infections, neutropenia, and cytokine release syndrome, which occurred in approximately half of patients, but was rarely high grade. Despite similar efficacy and toxicity profiles, key differences exist among agents, primarily relating to treatment duration, route of administration, and prophylactic corticosteroid use. Several ongoing studies are exploring bispecific antibodies in earlier lines of treatment, either as single agents or in combination with other active therapies. This novel class of agents is likely to play a pivotal role in improving outcomes for patients with follicular lymphoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1472-1482"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142545068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-27DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286311
Rafael Colmenares, Noemi Alvarez, Eva Barragan, Blanca Boluda, Maria J Larrayoz, Maria Carmen Chillon, Elena Soria-Saldise, Cristina Bilbao, Joaquin Sanchez-Garcia, Teresa Bernal, David Martinez-Cuadron, Cristina Gil, Josefina Serrano, Carlos Rodriguez-Medina, Juan Bergua, Jose A Perez-Simon, Maria Calbacho, Juan M Alonso-Dominguez, Jorge Labrador, Mar Tormo, Pilar Herrera-Puente, Cristina Martin-Arriscado, Andres Arroyo-Barea, Inmaculada Rapado, Claudia Sargas, Iria Vazquez, Maria J Calasanz, Teresa Gomez-Casares, Ramon Garcia-Sanz, Rebeca Rodriguez-Veiga, Joaquin Martinez-Lopez, Rosa Ayala, Pau Montesinos, Pethema Group
{"title":"Prognostic relevance of variant allele frequency for treatment outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a study by the Spanish PETHEMA registry.","authors":"Rafael Colmenares, Noemi Alvarez, Eva Barragan, Blanca Boluda, Maria J Larrayoz, Maria Carmen Chillon, Elena Soria-Saldise, Cristina Bilbao, Joaquin Sanchez-Garcia, Teresa Bernal, David Martinez-Cuadron, Cristina Gil, Josefina Serrano, Carlos Rodriguez-Medina, Juan Bergua, Jose A Perez-Simon, Maria Calbacho, Juan M Alonso-Dominguez, Jorge Labrador, Mar Tormo, Pilar Herrera-Puente, Cristina Martin-Arriscado, Andres Arroyo-Barea, Inmaculada Rapado, Claudia Sargas, Iria Vazquez, Maria J Calasanz, Teresa Gomez-Casares, Ramon Garcia-Sanz, Rebeca Rodriguez-Veiga, Joaquin Martinez-Lopez, Rosa Ayala, Pau Montesinos, Pethema Group","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286311","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1623-1627"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143515362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-03-20DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286824
Iryna Lastovytska, Silke Heidenreich, Evgeny Klyuchnikov, Christian Niederwieser, Nico Gagelmann, Johanna Richter, Radwan Massoud, Kristin Rathje, Tetiana Perekhrestenko, Gaby Zeck, Catherina Lück, Dietlinde Janson, Christine Wolschke, Francis Ayuk, Nicolaus Kröger
{"title":"Lower incidence of chronic graft-<i>versus</i>-host disease after ruxolitinib plus extracorporeal photopheresis versus ruxolitinib alone in steroid-refractory acute graft-<i>versus</i>-host disease following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.","authors":"Iryna Lastovytska, Silke Heidenreich, Evgeny Klyuchnikov, Christian Niederwieser, Nico Gagelmann, Johanna Richter, Radwan Massoud, Kristin Rathje, Tetiana Perekhrestenko, Gaby Zeck, Catherina Lück, Dietlinde Janson, Christine Wolschke, Francis Ayuk, Nicolaus Kröger","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286824","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.286824","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We compared long-term outcomes in 78 patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (SR-aGvHD) treated at the University Medical Center Hamburg, Germany, between December 2015 and August 2022 who received either ruxolitinib alone (Ruxo, N=29) or Ruxo plus extracorporeal photopheresis (Ruxo-ECP, N=49). Patients were well balanced between both arms except for SR-aGvHD grade IV which was higher in the Ruxo-ECP group (45% vs. 14%, P<0.001). In both cohorts, steroids were tapered rapidly, and median steroid treatment was 39 days in Ruxo and 35 days in Ruxo-ECP. The overall response rate including complete remissions (CR) of aGvHD at day 28 was 90% and 31% for Ruxo versus 86% and 0% (P<0.001, respectively) for Ruxo-ECP. At six months, partial remission (PR) and CR status of evaluable patients was 11% and 50% in Ruxo-ECP versus 10% and 40% after Ruxo alone, respectively (P=0.018). At 12 months, PR and CR status was 6% and 17% in the Ruxo group, but 82% and 64% (P<0.001) in the Ruxo-ECP cohort, and the cumulative incidence of chronic GvHD was significantly higher after Ruxo versus Ruxo-ECP at 49% (95% CI: 33-69%) versus 24% (95% CI: 15-38%) (P=0.01). Reconstitution of B cells occurred significantly earlier at one and three months in the Ruxo arm. No difference in 1-year non-relapse mortality, relapse, and 2-year overall survival was observed. Despite the limitations of this retrospective single- center study, the data suggest a better long-term control of aGvHD and less chronic GvHD at one year combining ruxolitinib with ECP compared to ruxolitinib alone in SR-aGvHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1536-1544"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2025.287512
Francesco Rodeghiero
{"title":"Splenectomy: still a life-saving treatment in immune thrombocytopenia.","authors":"Francesco Rodeghiero","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2025.287512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2025.287512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":"27 1","pages":"1451-1453"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HaematologicaPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-02-06DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2024.285343
Adrian G Minson, Michael J Dickinson
{"title":"New bispecific antibodies in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.","authors":"Adrian G Minson, Michael J Dickinson","doi":"10.3324/haematol.2024.285343","DOIUrl":"10.3324/haematol.2024.285343","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>CD20xCD3 T-cell-engaging bispecific antibodies are a highly active new treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Epcoritamab and glofitamab have both been approved in over 30 countries as monotherapy for DLBCL after two prior treatment lines; odronextamab has recent European approval, and mosunetuzumab is active and is being developed as a combination partner. These agents can be safely combined with other immunotherapies and chemotherapy, and single-arm and randomized trial outcomes promise an expanding role for this class of drugs in earlier treatment lines. This review examines the clinical development of the CD20xCD3 bispecific antibodies in DLBCL, how the phase I and II trials inform their current use, and the key distinctions between the agents. We focus on the efficacy and safety of those bispecific antibodies most advanced in development. We also consider emerging understandings of resistance mechanisms. Finally, we review key ongoing trials and combinations and consider the potential future of bispecific antibodies within the sequence of available treatments for DLBCL.</p>","PeriodicalId":12964,"journal":{"name":"Haematologica","volume":" ","pages":"1483-1499"},"PeriodicalIF":8.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143255619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}