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Establishment of novel therapeutic strategies against cancers via identification of neosubstrate of IMiDs

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K21617
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 54:Internal medicine of the bio-information integration and related fields
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

Kikushige Yoshikane  九州大学, 大学病院, 講師 (40619706)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 赤司 浩一  九州大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (80380385)
Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsIMiDs / thrombosis / アロマターゼ
Outline of Research at the Start

臨床的にIMiDsは骨髄腫治療において血小板減少を高頻度に生じ、治療中断の重要な原因である。我々は、IMiDsによる血小板減少の原因解明に取り組み、Aromatase(AROM)がその原因となるneo-substrateであることを見出した。本研究は、AROM分解メカニズム解明を進めると同時に、IMiDsによるAROM分解が閉経後乳癌治療へ応用可能か検討し、新規乳癌治療法開発につなげることを目的とする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have identified aromatase as a neo substrate of cereblon responsible for thrombocytopenia induced by IMiDs; IMiDs promote the recruitment of aromatase to cereblon, resulting in the degradation of aromatase in a proteasome-dependent manner, and the degradation of aromatase lead to the inhibition of proplatelet formation (PPF), an essential step for platelet production in human. Since aromatase represents a critical therapeutic target for postmenopausal breast cancer, we sought to establish a novel therapeutic strategy against breast cancer using IMiDs as a degrader of aromatase. Furthermore, we also tried to identify another neo substrate of cereblon to explain the pleiotropic effect of IMiDs, and identified “molecule X” as a neo substrate of cereblon responsible for IMiDs-induced thrombosis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の遂行によりIMiDsによる血小板減少症の原因としてアロマターゼの分解が生じること、さらにIMiDsによる血栓症リスク上昇の原因として、巨核球、血小板において分子Xの蓄積が生じることを明らかにした。これらの結果からIMiDsによるメジャーな副作用の分子学的メカニズムを明らかとすることができた。さらにIMiDsによるアロマターゼ分解を閉経後乳癌の治療への応用の可能性を評価する研究を行い、今後応用のための基盤的研究としての重要な意義があると考えられた。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Macrophages are primed to transdifferentiate into fibroblasts in malignant ascites and pleural effusions2022

    • Author(s)
      Ito Mamoru、Nakano Michitaka、Ariyama Hiroshi、Yamaguchi Kyoko、Tanaka Risa、Semba Yuichiro、Sugio Takeshi、Miyawaki Kohta、Kikushige Yoshikane、Mizuno Shinichi、Isobe Taichi、Tanoue Kenro、Taguchi Ryosuke、Ueno Shohei、Kawano Takahito、Murata Masaharu、Baba Eishi、Akashi Koichi
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Letters

      Volume: 532 Pages: 215597~215597

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.canlet.2022.215597

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] TET2 Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Associated With Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Lymphoma2022

    • Author(s)
      Hatakeyama Kiwamu、Hieda Michinari、Semba Yuichiro、Moriyama Shohei、Wang Yuqing、Maeda Takahiro、Kato Koji、Miyamoto Toshihiro、Akashi Koichi、Kikushige Yoshikane
    • Journal Title

      JACC: CardioOncology

      Volume: 4 Pages: 141~143

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jaccao.2022.01.098

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Germinal Center-Associated Microenvironmental Signature Reflects Malignant Phenotype and Outcome of DLBCL2021

    • Author(s)
      Miyawaki Kohta、Kato Koji、Sugio Takeshi、Sasaki Kensuke、Miyoshi Hiroaki、Semba Yuichiro、Kikushige Yoshikane、Mori Yasuo、Kunisaki Yuya、Iwasaki Hiromi、Miyamoto Toshihiro、Kuo Frank C、Aster Jon C.、Ohshima Koichi、Maeda Takahiro、Akashi Koichi
    • Journal Title

      Blood Advances

      Volume: - Pages: -

    • DOI

      10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004618

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] TIM‐3 in normal and malignant hematopoiesis: Structure, function, and signaling pathways2021

    • Author(s)
      Kikushige Yoshikane
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Science

      Volume: 112 Pages: 3419~3426

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.15042

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Granulocyte collection by polymorphonuclear cell-targeting apheresis with medium-molecular-weight hydroxyethyl starch2021

    • Author(s)
      Henzan Tomoko、Yamauchi Takuji、Yamanaka Ikumi、Sakoda Teppei、Semba Yuichiro、Hayashi Masayasu、Kikushige Yoshikane、Mishima Hiroyuki、Ishimura Masataka、Koga Yuhki、Miyamoto Toshihiro、Ohga Shouichi、Akashi Koichi、Maeda Takahiro、Kunisaki Yuya
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Hematology

      Volume: 114 Pages: 691~700

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12185-021-03207-6

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Aromatase is a novel neosubstrate of cereblon responsible for immunomodulatory drug?induced thrombocytopenia2020

    • Author(s)
      Tochigi Taro、Miyamoto Toshihiro、Hatakeyama Kiwamu、Sakoda Teppei、Ishihara Daisuke、Irifune Hidetoshi、Shima Takahiro、Kato Koji、Maeda Takahiro、Ito Takumi、Handa Hiroshi、Akashi Koichi、Kikushige Yoshikane
    • Journal Title

      Blood

      Volume: 135 Pages: 2146~2158

    • DOI

      10.1182/blood.2019003749

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ヒト急性白血病における幹細胞性維持機構としての分岐鎖アミノ酸代謝経路2021

    • Author(s)
      菊繁吉謙
    • Organizer
      第44回分子生物学会 ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Identification of the enhanced lipid metabolism pathway in leukemic stem cells2021

    • Author(s)
      菊繁吉謙
    • Organizer
      第80回日本癌学会学術総会 コアシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2020-08-03   Modified: 2025-11-21  

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