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Targeting Bcl-2 for the treatment of multiple myeloma

Abstract

Despite advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, the disease still remains incurable for the majority of patients. The overexpression of anti-apoptotic proteins (i.e., Bcl-2, Bcl-X L or Mcl-1) is a hallmark of cancer and favors tumor cell survival and resistance to therapy. The oral drug venetoclax is the first-in-class Bcl-2-specific BH3 mimetic. In myeloma, in vitro sensitivity to venetoclax is mainly observed in plasma cells harboring the t(11;14) translocation, a molecular subgroup associated with high Bcl-2 and low Mcl-1/Bcl-XL expression. In addition with Bcl-2 members expression profile, functional tests as BH3 profiling or in vitro BH3 mimetic drug testing also predict sensitivity to the drug. Phase 1 clinical trials recently confirmed the efficacy of venetoclax monotherapy in heavily pretreated myeloma patients, mostly in patients with t(11;14). In combination with the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib, venetoclax therapy was found to be feasible and allowed promising response rate in relapsed myeloma patients, independent of t(11;14) status. The present review summarizes the current knowledge, "from bench to bedside", about venetoclax for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

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inserm-01885190 , version 1 (01-10-2018)

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Cyrille Touzeau, Paulo Maciag, Martine Amiot, Philippe Moreau. Targeting Bcl-2 for the treatment of multiple myeloma. Leukemia, 2018, 32 (9), pp.1899 - 1907. ⟨10.1038/s41375-018-0223-9⟩. ⟨inserm-01885190⟩
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