Auner Lab

Contact


Dr Holger Auner

  • CRUK Advanced Clinician Scientist
  • Clinical Reader in Molecular Haemato-Oncology

+44 (0)20 3313 4017
holger.auner04@imperial.ac.uk

Areas of research


Proteotoxic stress and metabolism

Myeloma cells are characterised by a unique sensitivity to inhibitors of the proteasome, which is responsible for the controlled degradation of most cellular proteins that have become damaged or are otherwise unwanted. Nevertheless, resistance to proteasome inhibitors occurs in essentially all patients to varying degrees. Accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which triggers proteotoxic ‘ER stress’, is widely believed to be the main mechanism of action of proteasome inhibitors. However, data from our lab and other research groups suggest complex interactions between proteasomal protein degradation and multiple metabolic processes. Our aim is to find metabolic and proteostatic vulnerabilities that we can exploit therapeutically.


Tissue biophysics in myeloma biology

Several important aspects of cancer cell biology are influenced by mechanical cues from the surrounding tissue. In particular, mechanical interactions and matrix remodelling have been shown to govern cancer cell metabolism. Tissue stiffness also impacts on normal haematopoiesis, and mechanical cues are known to modulate therapeutic responses. Moreover, we have shown that proteostasis-targeting drugs can alter tissue physical properties. We aim to understand how tissue stiffness and nutrient availability act together to rewire metabolic networks and regulate drug responses in myeloma.


Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bringhen:2018:10.3324/haematol.2018.191288,
author = {Bringhen, S and Milan, A and Ferri, C and Wäsch, R and Gay, F and Larocca, A and Salvini, M and Terpos, E and Goldschmidt, H and Cavo, M and Petrucci, MT and Ludwig, H and Auner, HW and Caers, J and Gramatzki, M and Boccadoro, M and Einsele, H and Sonneveld, P and Engelhardt, M},
doi = {10.3324/haematol.2018.191288},
journal = {Haematologica},
pages = {1422--1432},
title = {Cardiovascular adverse events in modern myeloma therapy - incidence and risks. A review from European Myeloma Network (EMN) and Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension (SIIA)},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.191288},
volume = {103},
year = {2018}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Cardiovascular disease in myeloma patients may derive from factors unrelated to the disease (age, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, prior cardiovascular diseases), related to the disease (cardiac AL-amyloidosis, hyperviscosity, high-output failure, arteriovenous shunting, anemia, renal dysfunction) and linked to antimyeloma treatment (anthracyclines, corticosteroids, alkylating agents, immunomodulatory drugs, proteasome inhibitors). An accurate knowledge of cardiovascular events, effective dose reductions, prevention and management of early and late cardiovascular side effects of chemotherapeutic agents are essential in current clinical practice. Myeloma experts are obliged to carefully balance drugs' efficacy and toxicity for each individual patient. This review summarizes current data and novel insights on cardiovascular adverse events of today's antimyeloma treatment, focusing on carfilzomib, which is the starting point to develop consensus recommendations on preventing and managing cardiovascular side effects in myeloma patients.
AU - Bringhen,S
AU - Milan,A
AU - Ferri,C
AU - Wäsch,R
AU - Gay,F
AU - Larocca,A
AU - Salvini,M
AU - Terpos,E
AU - Goldschmidt,H
AU - Cavo,M
AU - Petrucci,MT
AU - Ludwig,H
AU - Auner,HW
AU - Caers,J
AU - Gramatzki,M
AU - Boccadoro,M
AU - Einsele,H
AU - Sonneveld,P
AU - Engelhardt,M
DO - 10.3324/haematol.2018.191288
EP - 1432
PY - 2018///
SN - 0390-6078
SP - 1422
TI - Cardiovascular adverse events in modern myeloma therapy - incidence and risks. A review from European Myeloma Network (EMN) and Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension (SIIA)
T2 - Haematologica
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.191288
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30049825
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/61671
VL - 103
ER -