Zhong Mengya, Pan Guangchao, Tan Jinshui, Yao Jingwei, Liu Yating, Huang Jiewen, Jiang Yuelong, Zhu Depeng, Zhao Jintao, Xu Bing, Zha Jie
Department of Hematology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University and Institute of Hematology, Xiamen University, No. 55, Shizhen Hai Road, Xiamen, 361003, People's Republic of China.
Key Laboratory of Xiamen for Diagnosis and Treatment of Hematological Malignancy, No. 55, Shizhen Hai Road, Xiamen, 361003, People's Republic of China.
Clin Epigenetics. 2025 May 4;17(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s13148-025-01878-0.
Transformed follicular lymphoma (t-FL) is an aggressive and heterogeneous hematological malignancy with limited treatment success; the development of novel therapeutic approaches is urgently needed for patients with t-FL. Here, we conducted high-throughput screening (HTS) and in vitro experiments using t-FL cell lines and primary samples to assess the synergistic effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor chidamide and the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax. In vivo efficacy was further tested in xenograft models. The combination of venetoclax and chidamide significantly inhibited cell proliferation, induced apoptosis, and arrested the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase across multiple t-FL cell lines. Furthermore, the combined therapy effectively reduced tumor burden, extended overall survival in xenograft models, and synergistically targeted patient samples, while sparing normal PBMCs. Mechanistically, this combination disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential and modulated the Wnt signaling pathway, as evidenced by decreased protein expression levels of Wnt3a, Wnt5a/b, β-catenin, and phosphorylated GSK3β. Concurrently, the combined regimen enhanced their respective anticancer effects by inhibiting the key genes HDAC10 and BCL-xL. Taken together, venetoclax combined with chidamide presents a potent anticancer strategy in preclinical models of t-FL and merits further exploration in clinical trials to validate its effectiveness and safety for treating t-FL.
转化型滤泡性淋巴瘤(t-FL)是一种侵袭性且异质性的血液系统恶性肿瘤,治疗效果有限;t-FL患者迫切需要新的治疗方法。在此,我们使用t-FL细胞系和原代样本进行了高通量筛选(HTS)和体外实验,以评估组蛋白去乙酰化酶抑制剂西达本胺和BCL-2抑制剂维奈克拉的协同作用。在异种移植模型中进一步测试了体内疗效。维奈克拉和西达本胺联合使用可显著抑制多种t-FL细胞系的细胞增殖、诱导凋亡并使细胞周期停滞在G0/G1期。此外,联合治疗有效减轻了肿瘤负担,延长了异种移植模型的总生存期,并对患者样本具有协同靶向作用,同时对正常外周血单核细胞无影响。从机制上讲,这种联合作用破坏了线粒体膜电位并调节了Wnt信号通路,Wnt3a、Wnt5a/b、β-连环蛋白和磷酸化GSK3β的蛋白表达水平降低证明了这一点。同时,联合方案通过抑制关键基因HDAC10和BCL-xL增强了它们各自的抗癌作用。综上所述,维奈克拉联合西达本胺在t-FL的临床前模型中展现出一种有效的抗癌策略,值得在临床试验中进一步探索,以验证其治疗t-FL的有效性和安全性。