Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients
Abstract A deep understanding of the biological mechanisms driving the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) is essential to develop comprehensive therapeutic approaches that will benefit patient's disease management and quality of life. In this review, we focus on MDS harboring mutat...
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| description | Abstract A deep understanding of the biological mechanisms driving the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) is essential to develop comprehensive therapeutic approaches that will benefit patient's disease management and quality of life. In this review, we focus on MDS harboring mutations in the splicing factor SF3B1. Clones harboring this mutation arise from the most primitive hematopoietic compartment and expand throughout the entire myeloid lineage, exerting distinct effects at various stages of differentiation. Supportive care, particularly managing anemia, remains essential in SF3B1‐mutated MDS. While SF3B1 mutations are frequently linked with ring sideroblasts and iron overload due to impaired erythropoiesis, the current therapeutic landscape fails to adequately address the underlying disease biology, particularly in transfusion‐dependent patients, where further iron overload contributes to increased morbidity and mortality. Novel agents such as Luspatercept and Imetelstat have shown promise, but their availability remains restricted and their long‐term efficacy is to be investigated. Spliceosome modulators have failed to deliver and inhibitors of inflammatory pathways, including TLR and NF‐κB inhibitors, are still under investigation. This scarcity of effective and disease‐modifying therapies highlights the unmet need for new approaches tailored to the molecular and genetic abnormalities in SF3B1‐mutated MDS. Emerging strategies targeting metabolic mis‐splicing (e.g., COASY) with vitamin B5, pyruvate kinase activators, and inhibitors of oncogenic pathways like MYC and BCL‐2 represent potential future avenues for treatment, but their clinical utility remains to be fully explored. The current limitations in treatment underscore the urgency of developing novel, more effective therapies for patients with SF3B1‐mutated MDS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4c899f989f54baaa1e7af07d08290882025-08-20T02:48:45ZengWileyHemaSphere2572-92412025-03-0193n/an/a10.1002/hem3.70103Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patientsShoshana Burke0Onima Chowdhury1Kevin Rouault‐Pierre2Centre for Haemato‐Oncology Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London London UKOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford UKCentre for Haemato‐Oncology Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London London UKAbstract A deep understanding of the biological mechanisms driving the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) is essential to develop comprehensive therapeutic approaches that will benefit patient's disease management and quality of life. In this review, we focus on MDS harboring mutations in the splicing factor SF3B1. Clones harboring this mutation arise from the most primitive hematopoietic compartment and expand throughout the entire myeloid lineage, exerting distinct effects at various stages of differentiation. Supportive care, particularly managing anemia, remains essential in SF3B1‐mutated MDS. While SF3B1 mutations are frequently linked with ring sideroblasts and iron overload due to impaired erythropoiesis, the current therapeutic landscape fails to adequately address the underlying disease biology, particularly in transfusion‐dependent patients, where further iron overload contributes to increased morbidity and mortality. Novel agents such as Luspatercept and Imetelstat have shown promise, but their availability remains restricted and their long‐term efficacy is to be investigated. Spliceosome modulators have failed to deliver and inhibitors of inflammatory pathways, including TLR and NF‐κB inhibitors, are still under investigation. This scarcity of effective and disease‐modifying therapies highlights the unmet need for new approaches tailored to the molecular and genetic abnormalities in SF3B1‐mutated MDS. Emerging strategies targeting metabolic mis‐splicing (e.g., COASY) with vitamin B5, pyruvate kinase activators, and inhibitors of oncogenic pathways like MYC and BCL‐2 represent potential future avenues for treatment, but their clinical utility remains to be fully explored. The current limitations in treatment underscore the urgency of developing novel, more effective therapies for patients with SF3B1‐mutated MDS.https://doi.org/10.1002/hem3.70103 |
| spellingShingle | Shoshana Burke Onima Chowdhury Kevin Rouault‐Pierre Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients HemaSphere |
| title | Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients |
| title_full | Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients |
| title_fullStr | Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients |
| title_short | Low‐risk MDS—A spotlight on precision medicine for SF3B1‐mutated patients |
| title_sort | low risk mds a spotlight on precision medicine for sf3b1 mutated patients |
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