BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024027572
Philippe Rousselot
{"title":"Why is InO's divine veil not protective against resistance?","authors":"Philippe Rousselot","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024027572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024027572","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":"145 11","pages":"1106-1107"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623563","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}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024025910
Monica S Nair, Sara K Silbert, Kai Rejeski, Karilynn A Wilson, Adam J Lamble, Yannis Valtis, Bonnie Yates, Alexa Morales Arana, Roni Shouval, Kevin Curran, Rebecca A Gardner, Haneen Shalabi, Colleen Annesley, Jae H Park, Marion Subklewe, Nirali N Shah
{"title":"Development of ALL-Hematotox: predicting post-CAR T-cell hematotoxicity in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.","authors":"Monica S Nair, Sara K Silbert, Kai Rejeski, Karilynn A Wilson, Adam J Lamble, Yannis Valtis, Bonnie Yates, Alexa Morales Arana, Roni Shouval, Kevin Curran, Rebecca A Gardner, Haneen Shalabi, Colleen Annesley, Jae H Park, Marion Subklewe, Nirali N Shah","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024025910","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024025910","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Immune effector cell-associated hematotoxicity (ICAHT) is a major B-cell targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell related toxicity. Although ICAHT incidence and severity is documented in large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and multiple myeloma (MM), ICAHT has not been described in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Similarly, the CAR-HEMATOTOX (CAR-HT) model, designed to predict severe prolonged neutropenia (≥14 days of absolute neutrophil count [ANC] <500/μL), has been validated in LBCL, MCL, and MM, but not in B-ALL. As B-ALL bone marrow (BM) infiltration can impact cytopenias, we sought to describe ICAHT and assess CAR-HT for predicting hematotoxicity in B-ALL. In a cohort of 156 children and young adults with relapsed/refractory B-ALL, the median duration of severe neutropenia (ANC <500/μL) was 13 days (95% confidence interval, 10-16 days), with 83 (53%) experiencing grade ≥3 ICAHT. Applying CAR-HT, nearly 90% were classified as high risk, demonstrating limited discriminative power and prompting further development. Using the association identified between BM disease burden and postinfusion neutropenia (r = 0.64, P < .0001), we developed the ALL-Hematotox (ALL-HT) score, which substitutes BM disease burden for ferritin in CAR-HT. The ALL-HT score associated with severe prolonged neutropenia (area under the curve = 0.84, P < .0001), and appropriately discriminated high-risk patients (47%) who had more cumulative days of neutropenia (26 vs 4 days; P < .0001), fewer rates of complete response (88% vs 98%; P = .03), and shorter median overall survival (9.8 vs 24 months; log-rank P = .0002). ALL-HT was also validated in 2 independent cohorts. The ALL-HT score refines a widely accepted predictive model of postinfusion hematotoxicity, which is applicable in B-ALL.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1136-1148"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selenoprotein-mediated redox regulation shapes the cell fate of HSCs and mature lineages.","authors":"Yumi Aoyama, Hiromi Yamazaki, Koutarou Nishimura, Masaki Nomura, Tsukasa Shigehiro, Takafumi Suzuki, Weijia Zang, Yota Tatara, Hiromi Ito, Yasutaka Hayashi, Yui Koike, Miki Fukumoto, Atsushi Tanaka, Yifan Zhang, Wataru Saika, Chihiro Hasegawa, Shuya Kasai, Yingyi Kong, Yohei Minakuchi, Ken Itoh, Masayuki Yamamoto, Shinya Toyokuni, Atsushi Toyoda, Tomokatsu Ikawa, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Daichi Inoue","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024025402","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024025402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The maintenance of cellular redox balance is crucial for cell survival and homeostasis and is disrupted with aging. Selenoproteins, comprising essential antioxidant enzymes, raise intriguing questions about their involvement in hematopoietic aging and potential reversibility. Motivated by our observation of messenger RNA downregulation of key antioxidant selenoproteins in aged human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and previous findings of increased lipid peroxidation in aged hematopoiesis, we used selenocysteine transfer RNA (tRNASec) gene (Trsp) knockout (KO) mouse model to simulate disrupted selenoprotein synthesis. This revealed insights into the protective roles of selenoproteins in preserving HSC stemness and B-lineage maturation, despite negligible effects on myeloid cells. Notably, Trsp KO exhibited B lymphocytopenia and reduced HSCs' self-renewal capacity, recapitulating certain aspects of aged phenotypes, along with the upregulation of aging-related genes in both HSCs and pre-B cells. Although Trsp KO activated an antioxidant response transcription factor NRF2, we delineated a lineage-dependent phenotype driven by lipid peroxidation, which was exacerbated with aging yet ameliorated by ferroptosis inhibitors such as vitamin E. Interestingly, the myeloid genes were ectopically expressed in pre-B cells of Trsp KO mice, and KO pro-B/pre-B cells displayed differentiation potential toward functional CD11b+ fraction in the transplant model, suggesting that disrupted selenoprotein synthesis induces the potential of B-to-myeloid switch. Given the similarities between the KO model and aged wild-type mice, including ferroptosis vulnerability, impaired HSC self-renewal and B-lineage maturation, and characteristic lineage switch, our findings underscore the critical role of selenoprotein-mediated redox regulation in maintaining balanced hematopoiesis and suggest the preventive potential of selenoproteins against aging-related alterations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1149-1163"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923430/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142944611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024429
Mun Yee Koh, Tae-Hoon Chung, Nicole Xin Ning Tang, Sabrina Hui Min Toh, Jianbiao Zhou, Tze King Tan, Leilei Chen, Wee Joo Chng, Phaik Ju Teoh
{"title":"The ADAR1-regulated cytoplasmic dsRNA-sensing pathway is a novel mechanism of lenalidomide resistance in multiple myeloma.","authors":"Mun Yee Koh, Tae-Hoon Chung, Nicole Xin Ning Tang, Sabrina Hui Min Toh, Jianbiao Zhou, Tze King Tan, Leilei Chen, Wee Joo Chng, Phaik Ju Teoh","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024024429","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024024429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) are a major class of drugs for treating multiple myeloma (MM); however, acquired resistance to IMiDs remains a significant clinical challenge. Although alterations in cereblon and its pathway are known to contribute to IMiD resistance, they account for only 20% to 30% of cases, and the underlying mechanisms in the majority of the resistance cases remain unclear. Here, we identified adenosine deaminase acting on RNA1 (ADAR1) as a novel driver of lenalidomide resistance in MM. We showed that lenalidomide activates the MDA5-mediated double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-sensing pathway in MM cells, leading to interferon (IFN)-mediated apoptosis, with ADAR1 as the key regulator. Mechanistically, ADAR1 loss increased lenalidomide sensitivity through endogenous dsRNA accumulation, which in turn triggered dsRNA-sensing pathways and enhanced IFN responses. Conversely, ADAR1 overexpression reduced lenalidomide sensitivity, attributed to increased RNA editing frequency, reduced dsRNA accumulation, and suppression of the dsRNA-sensing pathways. In summary, we report the involvement of ADAR1-regulated dsRNA sensing in modulating lenalidomide sensitivity in MM. These findings highlight a novel RNA-related mechanism underlying lenalidomide resistance and underscore the potential of targeting ADAR1 as a novel therapeutic strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1164-1181"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142799448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024027793
Pooranee K Morgan, Andrew J Murphy
{"title":"Make hematopoiesis great again: countering oxidative stress!","authors":"Pooranee K Morgan, Andrew J Murphy","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024027793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024027793","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":"145 11","pages":"1102-1104"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623383","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}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024026482
Yang-Yang Ding, Jonathan H Sussman, Kellyn Madden, Joseph P Loftus, Robert K Chen, Catherine D Falkenstein, Diego A Bárcenas López, David A Hottman, Benjamin Mathier, Wenbao Yu, Jason Xu, Changya Chen, Chia-Hui Chen, Bing He, Shovik Bandyopadhyay, Zhan Zhang, DongGeun Lee, Hong Wang, Junmin Peng, Chi V Dang, Kai Tan, Sarah K Tasian
{"title":"Targeting senescent stemlike subpopulations in Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia.","authors":"Yang-Yang Ding, Jonathan H Sussman, Kellyn Madden, Joseph P Loftus, Robert K Chen, Catherine D Falkenstein, Diego A Bárcenas López, David A Hottman, Benjamin Mathier, Wenbao Yu, Jason Xu, Changya Chen, Chia-Hui Chen, Bing He, Shovik Bandyopadhyay, Zhan Zhang, DongGeun Lee, Hong Wang, Junmin Peng, Chi V Dang, Kai Tan, Sarah K Tasian","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024026482","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024026482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Philadelphia chromosome-like B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-like ALL) is driven by genetic alterations that induce constitutive kinase signaling and is associated with chemoresistance and high relapse risk in children and adults. Preclinical studies in the most common CRLF2-rearranged/JAK pathway-activated Ph-like ALL subtype have revealed variable responses to JAK inhibitor-based therapies, suggesting incomplete oncogene addiction and highlighting a need to elucidate alternative biologic dependencies and therapeutic vulnerabilities, whereas the ABL-class Ph-like ALL subtype seems preferentially sensitive to SRC/ABL- or PDGFRB-targeting inhibitors. Which patients may be responsive vs resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-based precision medicine approaches remains a critical knowledge gap. Using bulk and single-cell multiomics analyses, we profiled residual cells from CRLF2-rearranged or ABL1-rearranged Ph-like ALL patient-derived xenograft models treated in vivo with targeted inhibitors to identify TKI-resistant subpopulations and potential mechanisms of therapeutic escape. We detected a specific MYC dependency in Ph-like ALL cells and defined a new leukemia cell subpopulation with senescence-associated stem cell-like features regulated by AP-1 transcription factors. This dormant ALL subpopulation was effectively eradicated by dual pharmacologic inhibition of BCL-2 and JAK/STAT or SRC/ABL pathways, a clinically relevant therapeutic strategy. Single cell-derived molecular signatures of this senescence and stem/progenitor-like subpopulation further predicted poor clinical outcomes associated with other high-risk genetic subtypes of childhood B-ALL and thus may have broader prognostic applicability beyond Ph-like ALL.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1195-1210"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142944625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024025464
Jacqueline S Garcia, Uwe Platzbecker, Olatoyosi Odenike, Shaun Fleming, Chun Yew Fong, Uma Borate, Meagan A Jacoby, Daniel Nowak, Maria R Baer, Pierre Peterlin, Brenda Chyla, Huipei Wang, Grace Ku, David Hoffman, Jalaja Potluri, Guillermo Garcia-Manero
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of venetoclax plus azacitidine for patients with treatment-naive high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.","authors":"Jacqueline S Garcia, Uwe Platzbecker, Olatoyosi Odenike, Shaun Fleming, Chun Yew Fong, Uma Borate, Meagan A Jacoby, Daniel Nowak, Maria R Baer, Pierre Peterlin, Brenda Chyla, Huipei Wang, Grace Ku, David Hoffman, Jalaja Potluri, Guillermo Garcia-Manero","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024025464","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024025464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Outcomes are poor in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR MDS) and frontline treatment options are limited. This phase 1b study investigated safety and efficacy of venetoclax, a selective B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitor, at the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D; 400 mg for 14 days per 28-day cycle), in combination with azacitidine (75 mg/m2 for 7 days per 28-day cycle) for treatment-naive HR MDS. Safety was the primary outcome, and complete remission (CR) rate was the primary efficacy outcome. Secondary outcomes included rates of modified overall response (mOR), hematologic improvement (HI), overall survival (OS), and time to next treatment (TTNT). As of May 2023, 107 patients received venetoclax and azacitidine combination at the RP2D. Best response of CR or marrow CR was observed in 29.9% and 50.5% (mOR, 80.4%), respectively. Median OS was 26.0 months, with 1- and 2-year survival estimates of 71.2% and 51.3%, respectively. Among 59 patients with baseline red blood cell and/or platelet transfusion-dependence, 24 (40.7%) achieved transfusion independence on study, including 11 (18.6%) in CR. Fifty-one (49.0%) of 104 evaluable patients achieved HI. Median TTNT excluding transplantation was 13.4 months. Adverse events reflected known safety profiles for venetoclax and azacitidine, including constipation (53.3%), nausea (49.5%), neutropenia (48.6%), thrombocytopenia (44.9%), febrile neutropenia (42.1%), and diarrhea (41.1%). Overall, venetoclax plus azacitidine at the RP2D was well tolerated and had favorable outcomes. A phase 3 study (NCT04401748) is ongoing to confirm survival benefit of this combination. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT02942290.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1126-1135"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11923426/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142799467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024063
Sascha Haubner, Marion Subklewe, Michel Sadelain
{"title":"Honing CAR T cells to tackle acute myeloid leukemia.","authors":"Sascha Haubner, Marion Subklewe, Michel Sadelain","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024024063","DOIUrl":"10.1182/blood.2024024063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains a dismal disease with poor prognosis, particularly in the relapsed/refractory (R/R) setting. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy has yielded remarkable clinical results in other leukemias and thus has, in principle, the potential to achieve similar outcomes in R/R AML. Redirecting the approved CD19-specific CAR designs against the myeloid antigens CD33, CD123, or CLEC12A has occasionally yielded morphologic leukemia-free states but has so far been marred by threatening myeloablation and early relapses. These safety and efficacy limitations are largely due to the challenge of identifying suitable target antigens and designing adequate receptors for effective recognition and safe elimination of AML. Building on lessons learned from the initial clinical attempts, a new wave of CAR strategies relying on alternative target antigens and innovative CAR designs is about to enter clinical evaluation. Adapted multiantigen targeting, logic gating, and emerging cell engineering solutions offer new possibilities to better direct T-cell specificity and sensitivity toward AML. Pharmacologic modulation and genetic epitope engineering may extend these approaches by augmenting target expression in AML cells or minimizing target expression in normal hematopoietic cells. On/off switches or CAR T-cell depletion may curb excessive or deleterious CAR activity. Investigation of AML-intrinsic resistance and leukemic microenvironmental factors is poised to reveal additional targetable AML vulnerabilities. We summarize here the findings, challenges, and new developments of CAR therapy for AML. These illustrate the need to specifically adapt CAR strategies to the complex biology of AML to achieve better therapeutic outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":" ","pages":"1113-1125"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142766289","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}
BloodPub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024027539
Sarah Gooding
{"title":"ADAR1 in lenalidomide resistance: still immunomodulation?","authors":"Sarah Gooding","doi":"10.1182/blood.2024027539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024027539","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9102,"journal":{"name":"Blood","volume":"145 11","pages":"1104-1106"},"PeriodicalIF":21.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623363","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}