The bone marrow immune ecosystem shapes daratumumab acquired resistance in plasma cell myeloma.

ABSTRACT: Daratumumab, an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody, is an effective therapy for plasma cell myeloma (PCM). However, many initial responders relapse. We compared paired samples from subjects pre-therapy and then acquired resistance to daratumumab. We first used single-cell RNA sequencing and digital spatial profiler (DSP). The proportion of cytotoxic CD8-positive T-cells with an exhaustion phenotype and an IFN-γ signature increased in resistance compared with pre-therapy samples, whilst the proportion of NK-cells decreased and had an increased inhibitory phenotype. Transcription of CD38 in neoplastic plasma cells decreased. Numbers of immune cells in cancer centre defined by DSP were significantly decreased in parallel with an increased exhaustion signature. The acquired resistance signature and

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463669 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature