YF2

Other epigenetic therapies, such as tazemetostat and belinostat, are approved for use in follicular and T-cell lymphoma, respectively, but have limited single agent activity in DLBCL. In summary, these data propose YF2 combination epigenetic therapy as a means to increase immunogenicity in CBP/p300- and EZH2-mutated DLBCL. While our preliminary mouse experiment provided promising initial results, an expanded study is underway to statistically confirm the exciting trends that we observed.

In addition, we generated a belinostat-resistant H9 cell line (H9-belino-R) by incrementally exposing H9 to increasing concentrations of belinostat...H9-belino-R retained significant resistance to other HDAC inhibitors such as romidepsin [(H9: IC50 = 0.97nM (SEM ± 0.030), H9-belino-R: IC50 = 1.38nM (SEM ± 0.028)] and panobinostat [H9: IC50 = 3.11nM (SEM ± 0.19), H9-belino-R: IC50 = 9.00nM (SEM ± 1.55)] as measured by the CellTiter-Glo Viability Assay...These preliminary findings provide us with evidence that suggests that the combination of YF2 and ruxolitinib can serve as a novel treatment combination for CTCL. Further study is planned to explore this treatment in murine models of disease.

Based on the success of YF2 in the preclinical setting, the use of this first-in-class drug for treatment of lymphoma was approved to proceed in clinical studies in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma. Patient samples will be collected and analyzed for immune response.

We first developed cell lines to be 10-fold resistant to HDACi romidepsin. Additionally, YF2 treatment modulates the p53:BCL6 axis, cell cycle progression, and antigen presentation pathway potentially restoring immune surveillance. These results support future clinical application of YF2 in HAT mutated lymphomas.