目的探究GATA结合蛋白3(GATA binding protein 3,GATA3)对乳腺癌细胞迁移能力的影响。方法在MCF7细胞中利用慢病毒载体介导的基因干涉技术敲低GATA3基因,使用实时定量荧光PCR(qRT-PCR)和蛋白质印迹检测GATA3和LIFR的mRNA和蛋白表达水平,...目的探究GATA结合蛋白3(GATA binding protein 3,GATA3)对乳腺癌细胞迁移能力的影响。方法在MCF7细胞中利用慢病毒载体介导的基因干涉技术敲低GATA3基因,使用实时定量荧光PCR(qRT-PCR)和蛋白质印迹检测GATA3和LIFR的mRNA和蛋白表达水平,Transwell实验检测MCF7细胞的迁移能力。在MCF7和T47D细胞中用染色质免疫沉淀(ChIP-qPCR)实验检测GATA3在LIFR的启动子区的结合位点。在敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞中回补LIFR,通过细胞划痕实验和Transwell实验检测MCF7细胞的迁移能力。结果与对照组相比,敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞的迁移能力增强(P_(均)<0.05)。与对照组相比,敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞的LIFR表达水平降低(P_(均)<0.05)。乳腺癌细胞MCF7与T47D中GATA3在LIFR的启动子区有结合(P_(均)<0.05)。在敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞中稳定过表达LIFR可以部分挽救GATA3基因敲低引起的细胞迁移能力的增强(P_(均)<0.05)。结论GATA3通过转录激活LIFR抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF7的迁移。展开更多
Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and its receptor (LIFR), are commonly over-expressed in many solid cancers and recent studies have implicated LIF/LIFR axis as a promising clinical target for cancer therapy. LIF/LIFR...Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and its receptor (LIFR), are commonly over-expressed in many solid cancers and recent studies have implicated LIF/LIFR axis as a promising clinical target for cancer therapy. LIF/LIFR activate oncogenic signaling pathways including JAK/STAT3 as immediate effectors and MAPK, AKT, mTOR further downstream. LIF/LIFR signaling plays a key role in tumor growth, progression, metastasis, stemness and therapy resistance. Many solid cancers show overexpression of LIF and autocrine stimulation of the LIF/LIFR axis;these are associated with a poorer relapse-free survival. LIF/LIFR signaling also plays a role in modulating multiple immune cell types present in tumor micro environment (TME). Recently, two targeted agents that target LIF (humanized anti-LIF antibody, MSC-1) and LIFR inhibitor (EC359) were under development. Both agents showed effectivity in preclinical models and clinical trials using MSC-1 antibody are in progress. This article reviews the significance of LIF/LIFR pathways and inhibitors that disrupt this process for the treatment of cancer.展开更多
Epigenetic therapies that cause genome-wide epigenetic alterations,could trigger local interplay between different histone marks,leading to a switch of transcriptional outcome and therapeutic responses of epigenetic t...Epigenetic therapies that cause genome-wide epigenetic alterations,could trigger local interplay between different histone marks,leading to a switch of transcriptional outcome and therapeutic responses of epigenetic treatment.However,in human cancers with diverse oncogenic activation,how oncogenic pathways cooperate with epigenetic modifiers to regulate the histone mark interplay is poorly understood.We herein discover that the hedgehog(Hh)pathway reprograms the histone methylation landscape in breast cancer,especially in triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC).This facilitates the histone acetylation caused by histone deacetylase(HDAC)inhibitors and gives rise to new therapeutic vulnerability of combination therapies.Specifically,overexpression of zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 1(ZIC1)in breast cancer promotes Hh activation,facilitating the switch of H3K27 methylation(H3K27me)to acetylation(H3K27ac).The mutually exclusive relationship of H3K27me and H3K27ac allows their functional interplay at oncogenic gene locus and switches therapeutic outcomes.Using multiple in vivo breast cancer models including patient-derived TNBC xenograft,we show that Hh signaling-orchestrated H3K27me and H3K27ac interplay tailors combination epigenetic drugs in treating breast cancer.Together,this study reveals the new role of Hh signaling-regulated histone modifications interplay in responding to HDAC inhibitors and suggests new epigenetically-targeted therapeutic solutions for treating TNBC.展开更多
文摘目的探究GATA结合蛋白3(GATA binding protein 3,GATA3)对乳腺癌细胞迁移能力的影响。方法在MCF7细胞中利用慢病毒载体介导的基因干涉技术敲低GATA3基因,使用实时定量荧光PCR(qRT-PCR)和蛋白质印迹检测GATA3和LIFR的mRNA和蛋白表达水平,Transwell实验检测MCF7细胞的迁移能力。在MCF7和T47D细胞中用染色质免疫沉淀(ChIP-qPCR)实验检测GATA3在LIFR的启动子区的结合位点。在敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞中回补LIFR,通过细胞划痕实验和Transwell实验检测MCF7细胞的迁移能力。结果与对照组相比,敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞的迁移能力增强(P_(均)<0.05)。与对照组相比,敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞的LIFR表达水平降低(P_(均)<0.05)。乳腺癌细胞MCF7与T47D中GATA3在LIFR的启动子区有结合(P_(均)<0.05)。在敲低GATA3基因的MCF7细胞中稳定过表达LIFR可以部分挽救GATA3基因敲低引起的细胞迁移能力的增强(P_(均)<0.05)。结论GATA3通过转录激活LIFR抑制乳腺癌细胞MCF7的迁移。
基金This work was supported by the DOD BCRP (No. W81XWH-18-1-0016 (R.K.V)W81XWH-18-1-0015 (H.B.N)+2 种基金NCI R44CA235991 (H.B.N))NCI Cancer Center Support (No. P30CA054174-17)Elsa U. Pardee foundation (No. 166675-44096 (S.V), NIH (No. 1R01CA179120-01 (R.K.V)).Acknow。
文摘Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and its receptor (LIFR), are commonly over-expressed in many solid cancers and recent studies have implicated LIF/LIFR axis as a promising clinical target for cancer therapy. LIF/LIFR activate oncogenic signaling pathways including JAK/STAT3 as immediate effectors and MAPK, AKT, mTOR further downstream. LIF/LIFR signaling plays a key role in tumor growth, progression, metastasis, stemness and therapy resistance. Many solid cancers show overexpression of LIF and autocrine stimulation of the LIF/LIFR axis;these are associated with a poorer relapse-free survival. LIF/LIFR signaling also plays a role in modulating multiple immune cell types present in tumor micro environment (TME). Recently, two targeted agents that target LIF (humanized anti-LIF antibody, MSC-1) and LIFR inhibitor (EC359) were under development. Both agents showed effectivity in preclinical models and clinical trials using MSC-1 antibody are in progress. This article reviews the significance of LIF/LIFR pathways and inhibitors that disrupt this process for the treatment of cancer.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82225046,81821005,and 81903640)the Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader(20XD1424800,China)。
文摘Epigenetic therapies that cause genome-wide epigenetic alterations,could trigger local interplay between different histone marks,leading to a switch of transcriptional outcome and therapeutic responses of epigenetic treatment.However,in human cancers with diverse oncogenic activation,how oncogenic pathways cooperate with epigenetic modifiers to regulate the histone mark interplay is poorly understood.We herein discover that the hedgehog(Hh)pathway reprograms the histone methylation landscape in breast cancer,especially in triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC).This facilitates the histone acetylation caused by histone deacetylase(HDAC)inhibitors and gives rise to new therapeutic vulnerability of combination therapies.Specifically,overexpression of zinc finger protein of the cerebellum 1(ZIC1)in breast cancer promotes Hh activation,facilitating the switch of H3K27 methylation(H3K27me)to acetylation(H3K27ac).The mutually exclusive relationship of H3K27me and H3K27ac allows their functional interplay at oncogenic gene locus and switches therapeutic outcomes.Using multiple in vivo breast cancer models including patient-derived TNBC xenograft,we show that Hh signaling-orchestrated H3K27me and H3K27ac interplay tailors combination epigenetic drugs in treating breast cancer.Together,this study reveals the new role of Hh signaling-regulated histone modifications interplay in responding to HDAC inhibitors and suggests new epigenetically-targeted therapeutic solutions for treating TNBC.
