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Journal Article
Targeting RNA polymerase I to boost natural killer cell anticancer activity in multiple myeloma
2025
Overview
Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable disease despite therapeutic advancements extending survival. Relapses driven by drug resistance and minimal residual disease underscore the need for novel treatment strategies. Natural Killer (NK) cells play a key role in MM immunity, yet their function is suppressed by inhibitory cytokines and metabolites from the tumor microenvironment. Developing anticancer drugs with immunomodulatory properties, such as enhancing tumor sensitivity to NK cell recognition, remains a critical challenge. MM cells exhibit high protein synthesis rates, making them vulnerable to proteostasis disruption. Dysregulated ribosome function and aberrant mRNA translation contribute to proteasome inhibitor resistance. RNA Polymerase I (RNA Pol I)-mediated rDNA transcription, the rate-limiting step in ribosome biogenesis (RiBi), is significantly upregulated in MM. Targeting rDNA transcription and inducing nucleolar stress response (NSR) presents a promising therapeutic approach, though its immunomodulatory role is not well understood. Our study examined two “first-in-cla
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” RNA Pol I inhibitors, CX-5461 and BMH-21, which differentially regulate NK cell-activating and inhibitory ligand expression in MM. BMH-21 enhanced NK cell degranulation and increased IFN-γ and TNF-α secretion, demonstrating stronger immunostimulatory effects than CX-5461. Conversely, CX-5461 induced a significant DNA damage response (DDR) and senescence, leading to HLA-E upregulation and suppressing NK cell activity. Mechanistic analyses revealed that HLA-E presentation is governed by ATR/AKT/mTORC1/S6K signaling and Pioneer Round of Translation (PRT), linking its regulation to DDR. This effect was modulated by Lenalidomide and Panobinostat. Moreover, RNA Pol I inhibition enhanced Daratumumab-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of NK cells against MM, uncovering novel immuno-mediated antitumor mechanisms.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Springer Nature B.V,Nature Publishing Group
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/ Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Cells
/ Datasets
/ Genes
/ Histocompatibility antigen HLA
/ Humans
/ Killer Cells, Natural - drug effects
/ Killer Cells, Natural - immunology
/ Kinases
/ Multiple Myeloma - drug therapy
/ Multiple Myeloma - enzymology
/ Multiple Myeloma - immunology
/ Multiple Myeloma - pathology
/ Nucleoli
/ Ontology
/ Peptides
/ Proteins
/ RNA
/ RNA Polymerase I - antagonists & inhibitors
/ RNA Polymerase I - metabolism
/ Signal Transduction - drug effects
/ Tumors
