Malt1 protease is critical in maintaining function of Treg cells and may be a therapeutic target for anti-tumor immunity
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Project description:Constitutive MALT1 activity drives survival of malignant lymphomas addicted to chronic B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling, oncogenic CARD11, or the API2-MALT1 fusion oncoprotein. While MALT1 scaffolding induces NF-kB-dependent survival signaling, MALT1 protease function is thought to augment NF-kB activation by cleaving signaling mediators and transcriptional regulators in B-cell lymphomas. However, the pathological role of MALT1 protease function in lymphomagenesis is not well understood. Here, we show that TRAF6 controls MALT1-dependent activation of NF-kB transcriptional responses, but is dispensable for MALT1 protease activation driven by oncogenic CARD11. To uncouple enzymatic and non-enzymatic functions of MALT1, we analyzed TRAF6-dependent and -independent as well as MALT1 protease-dependent gene expression profiles downstream of oncogenic CARD11 and API2-MALT1. By cleaving and inactivating the RNA binding proteins Regnase-1 and Roquin-1/2, MALT1 protease induces post-transcriptional upregulation of genes like NFKBIZ/IkBz, NFKBID/IkBNS and ZC3H12A/Regnase-1 in activated B-cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL). We demonstrate that oncogene-driven MALT1 activity in ABC DLBCL cells regulates NFKBIZ and NFKBID induction on mRNA level via releasing a brake imposed by Regnase-1 and Roquin-1/2. Furthermore, MALT1 protease drives post-transcriptional gene induction in the context of the API2-MALT1 fusion created by the recurrent t(11;18)(q21;q21) translocation in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Thus, MALT1 paracaspase acts as a bifurcation point for enhancing transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene expression in malignant lymphomas. Moreover, the identification of MALT1 protease selective target genes will provides specific biomarkers for the clinical evaluation of MALT1 inhibitors.
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Project description:The protease activity of the paracaspase MALT1 plays an important role in antigen receptor-mediated lymphocyte activation by controlling the activity of the transcription factor NF-kB and is thus essential for the expression of inflammatory target genes. MALT1 is not only present in cells of the hematopoietic lineage, but is ubiquitously expressed. Here we report that Zymosan or S. aureus stimulation induced MALT1 protease activity in human primary keratinocytes. Human primary keratinocytes were treated for 8 h with solvent control (DMSO), PMA/Ionomycin (P/I) or P/I with MALT1-inhibitor LVSR-fmk. Three biological replicates of each stimualtion were analyzed for gene expression profiles.
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Project description:Purpose: study the role of MALT1 auto-proteolysis in T cell receptor mediated activation of NF-kB. Methods: Jurkat cells were generated that express wild type MALT1, the auto-cleavage deficient MALT1-R149A mutant, the catalytic inactive MALT1-C464A mutant or the R149A-C464A double mutant (RACA). Expression of endogenous MALT1 was inactivated using TALEN technology for the Jurkat cells expressing MALT1-R149A (JDM-RA) and MALT1-C464A (JDM-CA). Illumina HISeq 2000 deep sequencing was performed to determine the mRNA profiles for MALT1, JDM-RA, JDM-CA and RACA cells in unstimulated conditions or after treatment with 75ng/ml PMA and 150 ng/ml ionomycin for 3 or 18 hrs. Results: PMA ionomycin stimulation of the MALT1 auto-cleavage defective JDM-RA cells fails to activate NF-kB-dependent transcription like for the MALT1 catalytic inactive JDM-CA cells and the double RACA mutant cells. Conclusion: MALT1 autoproteolysis is essential for transcription of NF-kB target genes
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Project description:The MALT1 paracaspase plays an essential role in Activated B-cell like Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (ABC DLBCL) downstream of B-cell and Toll-like receptor pathway genes mutated in these tumors. Although MALT1 is considered to be a compelling therapeutic target, development of tractable and specific MALT1 protease inhibitors has thus far been elusive. Herein, we developed a target engagement assay that provides a quantitative readout for specific MALT1 inhibitory effects in living cells. This enabled a structure-guided medicinal chemistry effort culminating in a novel class of substrate-mimetic compounds that bind MALT1 active site and, constitute the first pharmacologically tractable irreversible MALT1 inhibitor. We confirmed MALT1 targeting is effective at suppressing ABC DLBCL cells in vitro and in vivo. We show that reduction in serum IL10 levels exquisitely correlates with drug PK and degree of MALT1 inhibition in vitro and in vivo and constitutes a useful pharmacodynamic biomarker to evaluate these compounds in clinical trials. Our new inhibitor revealed insights into the biology of MALT1 in ABC DLBCL, such as driving JAK-STAT signaling and suppressing type I interferon (IFN) response and MHC class II expression, suggesting that MALT1 inhibition could prime lymphomas for immune recognition by cytotoxic immune cells.
2018-11-14 | GSE108293 | GEO
Project description:The paracaspase Malt1 is a central regulator of antigen receptor signaling that is frequently mutated in human lymphoma. As a scaffold, it assembles protein complexes for NF-kB activation, and its proteolytic domain cleaves negative NF-kB regulators for signal enforcement. Still, the physiological functions of Malt1-protease are unknown. We demonstrate that targeted Malt1-paracaspase inactivation induces a lethal inflammatory syndrome with lymphocyte-dependent neurodegeneration in vivo. Paracaspase activity is essential for regulatory T-cell and innate-like B-cell development, but it is largely dispensable for overcoming Malt1-dependent thresholds for lymphocyte activation. In addition to NF-kB inhibitors, Malt1 cleaves an entire set of mRNA stability regulators, including Roquin-1, Roquin-2 and Regnase-1, and paracaspase inactivation results in excessive IFNγ production by effector lymphocytes that drives pathology. Together, our results reveal distinct threshold and modulatory functions of Malt1 that differentially control lymphocyte differentiation and activation pathways and demonstrate that selective paracaspase blockage skews systemic immunity towards destructive autoinflammation.
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