Article ; Online: Targeting CD20-expressing malignant melanoma cells augments BRAF inhibitor killing.
The British journal of dermatology
2024 Volume 190, Issue 5, Page(s) 729–739
Abstract: Background: Mutant BRAF targeted therapies remain a standard of care for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma (MM); however, high initial response rates are tempered by the persistence of residual MM cells that eventually lead to disease ... ...
| Abstract | Background: Mutant BRAF targeted therapies remain a standard of care for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma (MM); however, high initial response rates are tempered by the persistence of residual MM cells that eventually lead to disease recurrence and mortality. As MM recurrence during targeted therapy can present with the simultaneous occurrence of multiple tumour nodules at the original body sites, we hypothesized the presence of an intrinsically resistant MM cell subpopulation. Objectives: To identify an MM cell subpopulation that is intrinsically resistant to targeted therapy and possibly responsible for MM recurrence. Methods: Using melanoma cell lines, we defined culture conditions for the reproducible three-dimensional growth of melanospheres to investigate putative cancer stem cell populations. We undertook RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis to characterize cell populations between adherent and nonadherent culture, and cells expressing or not expressing CD20. Furthermore, we defined an in vitro assay to evaluate the killing of melanoma cancer stem cells as a therapeutic test using combination therapies targeting driver mutation and CD20. Results: We described the culture conditions that promote MM cells to form melanospheres with a reproducible colony-forming efficiency rate of 0.3-1.3%. RNA sequencing of melanosphere vs. conventional MM cell cultures (n = 6), irrespective of the BRAF mutation status, showed that melanosphere formation was associated with growth and differentiation transcriptional signatures resembling MM tumours. Importantly, melanosphere formation also led to the emergence of a CD20+ MM cell subpopulation, similar to that observed in primary human MM tumours. CD20+ MM cells were resistant to BRAF inhibitor therapy and, consistent with this finding, demonstrated a Forkhead box protein M1 transcriptomic profile (n = 6). Combining BRAF inhibitor and anti-CD20 antibody treatment led to the additional killing of previously resistant CD20+ BRAF mutant MM cells. Conclusions: In patients with MM that harbour a CD20+ subpopulation, combined therapy with BRAF inhibitor and anti-CD20 antibody could potentially kill residual MM cells and prevent disease recurrence. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Melanoma/pathology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf/genetics ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Mutation ; Cell Line, Tumor |
| Chemical Substances | Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; BRAF protein, human (EC 2.7.11.1) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-02-04 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 80076-4 |
| ISSN | 1365-2133 ; 0007-0963 |
| ISSN (online) | 1365-2133 |
| ISSN | 0007-0963 |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjd/ljad502 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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