Figure 7.
Colocalization of MYD88 and DOCK8 in primary DLBCLs and schema of augmented proximal BCR signaling in MYD88L265P/CD79BY196X DLBCLs. (A) Confocal images of MYD88:DOCK8 PLA signals in 2 representative C3 (MYD88WT/CD79BWT) and 2 representative C5 (MYD88L265P/CD79BY196X) primary DLBCLs. Scale bar, 10 μm. (B) Quantification of PLA signals in primary DLBCLs. PLA puncta in 10 000 μm2 areas from triplicate core biopsies from 6 C3 (MYD88WT/CD79BWT) and 4 C5 (MYD88L265P/CD79BY196X) primary DLBCLs were scored. Violin plots, ∗∗P < .01. Asterisks represent P values in a Mann-Whitney test. (C) Physiologic signaling. CpG-induced TLR signaling augments PYK2 phosphorylation and phosphorylation of the proximal BCR kinases SYK and BTK. DOCK8 phosphorylation, shown in gray, was previously demonstrated.29 (D) Oncogenic signaling. MYD88L265P increases PYK2 and DOCK8 phosphorylation and phosphorylation of SYK and BTK. (E) Therapeutic targeting. DOCK8 depletion decreases SYK and BTK phosphorylation and is selectively antiproliferative and cytotoxic in MYD88L265P/CD79BY196F cell lines. TLR pathway members are shown in red; BCR pathway members are shown in blue.