ROCK2 Confers Acquired Gemcitabine Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Upregulating Transcription Factor ZEB1

Author(s):  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Yunjiang Zhou ◽  
Keke Wang ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Minda Zhang ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-ichiro Maehara ◽  
Shinji Tanaka ◽  
Mitsuo Shimada ◽  
Ken Shirabe ◽  
Yoshiro Saito ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1849-1857 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANGANATHA R. SOMASAGARA ◽  
GAGAN DEEP ◽  
SANGEETA SHROTRIYA ◽  
MANISHA PATEL ◽  
CHAPLA AGARWAL ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Congjun Zhang ◽  
Shuangyan Ou ◽  
Yuan Zhou ◽  
Pei Liu ◽  
Peiying Zhang ◽  
...  

ObjectivePancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal human malignancies. Gemcitabine is widely used to treat pancreatic cancer, and the resistance to chemotherapy is the major difficulty in treating the disease. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification, which regulates RNA splicing, stability, translocation, and translation, plays critical roles in cancer physiological and pathological processes. METTL14, an m6A Lmethyltransferase, was found deregulated in multiple cancer types. However, its role in gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer remains elusive.MethodsThe mRNA and protein level of m6A modification associated genes were assessed by QRT-PCR and western blotting. Then, gemcitabine‐resistant pancreatic cancer cells were established. The growth of pancreatic cancer cells were analyzed using CCK8 assay and colony formation assay. METTL14 was depleted by using shRNA. The binding of p65 on METTL14 promoter was assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. Protein level of deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) and cytidine deaminase (CDA) was evaluated by western blotting. In vivo experiments were conducted to further confirm the critical role of METTL14 in gemcitabine resistance.ResultsWe found that gemcitabine treatment significantly increased the expression of m6A methyltransferase METTL14, and METTL14 was up-regulated in gemcitabine-resistance human pancreatic cancer cells. Suppression of METTL14 obviously increased the sensitivity of gemcitabine in resistant cells. Moreover, we identified that transcriptional factor p65 targeted the promoter region of METTL14 and up-regulated its expression, which then increased the expression of cytidine deaminase (CDA), an enzyme inactivates gemcitabine. Furthermore, in vivo experiment showed that depletion of METTL14 rescue the response of resistance cell to gemcitabine in a xenograft model.ConclusionOur study suggested that METTL14 is a potential target for chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer.


2010 ◽  
Vol 103 (11) ◽  
pp. 1671-1679 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Singh ◽  
S K Srivastava ◽  
A Bhardwaj ◽  
L B Owen ◽  
A P Singh

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e2924-e2924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuran Gao ◽  
Zhicheng Zhang ◽  
Kai Li ◽  
Liying Gong ◽  
Qingzhu Yang ◽  
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AbstractThe acquisition of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and/or existence of a sub-population of cancer stem-like cells (CSC) are associated with malignant behavior and chemoresistance. To identify which factor could promote EMT and CSC formation and uncover the mechanistic role of such factor is important for novel and targeted therapies. In the present study, we found that the long intergenic non-coding RNA linc-DYNC2H1-4 was upregulated in pancreatic cancer cell line BxPC-3-Gem with acquired gemcitabine resistance. Knockdown of linc-DYNC2H1-4 decreased the invasive behavior of BxPC-3-Gem cells while ectopic expression of linc-DYNC2H1-4 promoted the acquisition of EMT and stemness of the parental sensitive cells. Linc-DYNC2H1-4 upregulated ZEB1, the EMT key player, which led to upregulation and downregulation of its targets vimentin and E-cadherin respectively, as well as enhanced the expressions of CSC makers Lin28, Nanog, Sox2 and Oct4. Linc-DYNC2H1-4 is mainly located in the cytosol. Mechanically, it could sponge miR-145 that targetsZEB1,Lin28,Nanog,Sox2,Oct4to restore these EMT and CSC-associated genes expressions. We proved thatMMP3, the nearby gene of linc-DYNC2H1-4 in the sense strand, was also a target of miR-145. Downregulation ofMMP3by miR-145 was reverted by linc-DYNC2H1-4, indicating that competing with miR-145 is one of the mechanisms for linc-DYNC2H1-4 to regulateMMP3. In summary, our results explore the important role of linc-DYNC2H1-4 in the acquisition of EMT and CSC, and the impact it has on gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer cells.


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