NAMPT/PBEF1 enzymatic activity is indispensable for myeloma cell growth and osteoclast activity.

ABSTRACT: Multiple myeloma (MM) cells typically grow in focal lesions, stimulating osteoclasts that destroy bone and support MM. Osteoclasts and MM cells are hypermetabolic. The coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) is not only essential for cellular metabolism; it also affects activity of NAD-dependent enzymes, such as PARP-1 and SIRT-1. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT/PBEF/visfatin, encoded by PBEF1) is a rate-limiting enzyme in NAD(+) biosynthesis from nicotinamide. Coculture of primary MM cells with osteoclasts induced PBEF1 upregulation in both cell types. PBEF1 expression was higher in experimental myelomatous bones than in nonmyelomatous bone and higher in MM patients' plasma cells than in healthy donors' counterparts. APO866 is a specific PBEF1 inhibitor known to

SUBMITTER: Venkateshaiah SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648259 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature