Functional comparison between healthy and multiple myeloma adipose stromal cells

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a not curable B-cell neoplasia characterised by the accumulation of tumor plasma cells within the bone marrow. As a consequence, 80% of patients develop bone osteolytic lesions that remain even after complete remission. We and others had demonstrated that bone marrow derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) are abnormal in MM and thus could not be used for an autologous treatment to repare bone damages. Adipose Stromal Cells (ASC) represent an interesting alternative to MSC for cellular therapy. Thus, in this paper we asked if they could be a good candidate in repairing MM bone lesions. For the first time, we present a transcriptomic, phenotypic and functional comparison between ASC from MM patients and healthy donors (HD) relying on their autologous MSC counterpart. In contrast to MM MSC, MM ASC do not exhibit major abnormalities. However, the changes observed in MM ASC and the supportive property of ASC on MM cells question their putative and safety uses at autologous or allogenic level. Adipose tissue derived stromal cells (ASC) were compared from 12 healthy donors and 12 multiple myeloma patients (MM)