p62/SQSTM1 as an oncotarget mediates cisplatin resistance through activating RIP1‐NF‐κB pathway in human ovarian cancer cells

Platinum‐based therapeutic strategies have been widely used in ovarian cancer treatment. However, drug resistance has greatly limited therapeutic efficacy. Recently, tolerance to cisplatin has been attributed to other factors unrelated to DNA. p62 (also known as SQSTM1) functions as a multifunctional hub participating in tumorigenesis and may be a therapeutic target. Our previous study showed that p62 was overexpressed in drug‐resistant ovarian epithelial carcinoma and its inhibition increased the sensitivity to cisplatin. In this study, we demonstrate that the activity of the NF‐κB signaling pathway and K63‐linked ubiquitination of RIP1 was higher in cisplatin‐resistant ovarian (SKOV3/DDP) cells compared with parental cells. In addition, cisplatin resistance could be reversed by inhibiting the expression of p62 using siRNA. Furthermore, deletion of the ZZ domain of p62 that interacts with RIP1 in SKOV3 cells markedly decreased K63‐linked ubiquitination of RIP1 and inhibited the activation of the NF‐κB signaling pathway. Moreover, loss of the ZZ domain from p62 led to poor proliferative capacity and high levels of apoptosis in SKOV3 cells and made them more sensitive to cisplatin treatment. Collectively, we provide evidence that p62 is implicated in the activation of NF‐κB signaling that is partly dependent on RIP1. p62 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis thus mediating drug resistance in ovarian cancer cells.     

Inhibition of p62/SQSTM1 sensitizes small-cell lung cancer cells to cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity by targeting NEDD9 expression

Drug resistance is the leading cause for rapid progression and relapse in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients. Thus overcoming drug resistance still remains to be urgently resolved during SCLC treatment. Here, we found p62/SQSTM1 was enriched in SCLC spheroids, a subpopulation possessing cancer stem-like properties, which is responsible for cancer relapse and metastasis. Subsequent functional assays in vitro showed that short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated p62 knockdown increased sensitivity of SCLC cell lines to cisplatin (DDP), whereas lentivirus-mediated p62 ectopic overexpression diminished DDP-induced cytotoxicity in both NCI-H446 and NCI-H1688 cell lines. Moreover, ectopic p62 overexpression promoted DDP resistance of NCI-H446 cells-derived tumor xenografts in immunodeficient mice in vivo, as indicated by accelerated tumor growth rate and reduced fluorescent activity of cleaved caspase-3. Gene expression profiling analysis revealed that p62 was positively correlated with neuronal precursor cell-expressed, developmentally downregulated gene 9 (NEDD9) expression level. Consistently, NEDD9 messenger RNA (mRNA) level was decreased upon p62 suppression by small interfering RNA (siRNA) and increased with p62 transient overexpression in SCLC cell lines, suggesting that p62 positively regulated NEDD9 mRNA. Depletion of NEDD9 by siRNA, to a large extent, reversed p62-overexpressed SCLC cells to DDP-induced cytotoxicity, implying NEDD9 might act as a downstream target which was in charge of p62-mediated DDP resistance. Taken together, our findings uncovered a previously unknown role of p62 in the regulation of SCLC drug resistance, assigning p62 as an attractive target for SCLC treatment.     

An inhibition of p62/SQSTM1 caused autophagic cell death of several human carcinoma cells

p62/SQSTM1 (p62) is a multifunctional protein implicated in several signal transduction pathways and selectively degraded by autophagy, a process for lysosomal degradation of both protein and organelle. p62 was also recently reported to be overexpressed in various malignancies and its inhibition to suppress carcinoma cell proliferation. However, its correlation with autophagy in carcinoma cells has remained largely unknown. Therefore, in this study, we examined the effects of p62 inhibition on the regulation of autophagy and cell survival in p62‐positive carcinoma cells. p62‐silencing dramatically suppressed cell proliferation and induced autophagy in p62 expressing PC9 and A549 cells. Electron microscopical analysis revealed the formation of autophagosomes with multilayer membranes caused by p62‐silencing. p62 silencing‐mediated reduced cell viability was restored by both genomic and pharmacological inhibition of autophagy but not that of apoptosis. These findings were also detected in several types of carcinoma cell lines including adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas. Results of our present study revealed that an inhibition of p62 resulted in the formation of mis‐regulated autophagosomes with multilayer membranes and an autophagic cell death, and p62 can therefore be an attractive target for the development of anti‐neoplastic agents.     

外源性p53基因增加卵巢癌细胞对顺铂的敏感性

 目的 探讨外源性ｐ５３基因转染对人卵巢癌细胞株的化疗敏感性的影响。方法用脂质体介导的转染技术，将人野生型ｐ５３基因的真核表达载体导入不表达ｐ５３的卵巢癌ＳＫＯＶ－３细胞中，经Ｇ４１８筛选，Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ及Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ鉴定后，观察其对顺铂作用后的 ＳＫＯＶ－３细胞的集落形成及凋亡的影响。结果 外源性Ｐ５３基因在转染细胞中有效表达，并增强了顺铂对ＳＫＯＶ－３细胞集落形成的抑制作用及促进了顺铂诱导的细胞凋亡。结论 外源性ｐ５３基因能增加卵巢癌细胞对顺铂的敏感性，两者联合作用能更大程度地杀灭肿瘤细胞。     

Immunoexpression of p62/SQSTM1/Sequestosome-1 in human primary and recurrent IDH1/2 wild-type glioblastoma: A pilot study

p62/SQSTM1/Sequestosome-1 is an autophagic protein that serves a crucial role in cellular metabolism, proliferation and malignant growth. Notably, autophagy may influence the development and resistance to therapy of numerous types of human cancer. In the present pilot study, the immunohistochemical pattern of p62 was analyzed in a cohort of patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)1/2 wild-type glioblastoma (GBM), in primary and recurrent samples, in order to verify the concordance or discordance between the primary and recurrent tumors. In addition, the association between p62, and patient outcome and O⁶-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) status was assessed. The results revealed p62 immunoexpression in the nucleus and cytoplasm of neoplastic elements in 45% of primary and 55% of recurrent cases of GBM. A discordant p62 immunoreactivity was detected in 35% of cases, with a variation either with positive or negative conversion of p62 status. Statistically, p62 expression and MGMT status exhibited a significant prognostic value by univariate analysis, whereas only MGMT promoter methylation status emerged as an independent prognostic factor by multivariate analysis. Finally, the most favorable prognosis was documented when the same GBM case was positively concordant for both p62 expression and MGMT methylated status. Since little data are available regarding the association between p62 expression and MGMT in GBM, further investigations may be required to determine if new targeted therapies may be addressed against autophagy-related proteins, such as p62.     

Induction of p53 and drug resistance following treatment with cisplatin or paclitaxel in ovarian cancer cell lines

Treatment failures result from resistance to chemotherapy in ovarian cancer. The effect of cisplatin and paclitaxel treatments on chemosensitivity was studied in ovarian cancer cells developed from a patient with stage IIIC disease. Cells (UL-3A, UL-3B) that recovered from cisplatin (Cis) and paclitaxel (Tax) treatments showed higher levels of p53, mdr-1 and chemoresistance than untreated controls. EC50 values of Cis and Tax for UL-3A clones were 7.2-34.6, average 20.9 microg/ml, while UL-3B clones ranged from 11.8-252.0 microg/ml, with a mean value of 73.2 microg/ml for Cis, and 260.0-4400.0 nM (mean 2555.0 nM) for Tax. Selection pressures during treatment may contribute to drug resistance.     

miR-483-5p在上皮性卵巢癌中的表达及其对顺铂敏感性的影响

背景与目的：顺铂是目前临床上治疗上皮性卵巢癌的一线化疗药物之一,但许多患者对铂类药物耐药。miR-483-5p在肺癌中过表达,然而目前尚未见miR-483-5p在上皮性卵巢癌中的研究。该研究检测miR-483-5p在上皮性卵巢癌组织和上皮性卵巢癌细胞系中的表达并探讨其对上皮性卵巢癌细胞对顺铂敏感性的影响。方法：采用实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应(real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction,RTFQ-PCR)检测43例上皮性卵巢癌患者的肿瘤组织、8例正常卵巢组织和5种上皮性卵巢癌细胞系中miR-483-5p的表达情况;通过慢病毒上调或敲低卵巢癌细胞miR-483-5p表达,应用CCK-8实验检测miR-483-5p对上皮性卵巢癌细胞系顺铂敏感性的影响。结果：上皮性卵巢癌组织中miR-483-5p表达明显高于正常卵巢组织(P<0.01)。此外,miR-483-5p在晚期上皮性卵巢癌组织中的表达水平显著高于早期肿瘤组织(P<0.05)。5种上皮性卵巢癌细胞系中SKOV3细胞表达miR-483-5p的量最低;miR-483-5p在上皮性卵巢癌顺铂耐药A2780/CP细胞中表达量最高。上调SKOV3细胞中miR-483-5p的表达能够降低上皮性卵巢癌细胞对顺铂的敏感性,并下调p21及Bcl-2的表达;下调A2780/CP细胞miR-483-5p的表达能够增加细胞对顺铂的敏感性,并上调p21及Bcl-2的表达。结论：miR-483-5p在上皮性卵巢癌组织中高表达并对顺铂耐药,可以作为临床预测上皮性卵巢癌对顺铂敏感性的生物标志物之一。     

Targeting superoxide dismutase 1 to overcome cisplatin resistance in human ovarian cancer

Purpose  Clinical drug resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy is considered a major impediment in the treatment of human ovarian cancer. Multiple pathways associated with drug resistance have been suggested by many previous studies. Over expression of several key proteins involved in DNA repair, drug transport, redox regulation, and apoptosis has been recently reported by our group using a global quantitative proteomic profiling approach. Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is one of these proteins consistently over-expressed in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells as compared to their sensitive counterparts, but its precise role in drug resistance is yet to be defined. Method  In the current study, we examined the role of SOD1 in drug resistance by inhibiting its redox activity in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells using a small-molecule inhibitor, triethylenetetramine (TETA). The effect of TETA was determined by the cell proliferation assay, clonogenic cell survival assay, and SOD1 activity assay. Results  The inhibition of the SOD1 activity enhanced the cisplatin sensitivity in the resistant cells supporting the hypothesis that SOD1 is a key determinant of cisplatin resistance and is an exploitable target to overcome cisplatin drug resistance. Conclusion  SOD1 plays an important role in cisplatin resistance and modulation of its activity may overcome this resistance and ultimately lead to improved clinical outcomes.     

卵巢癌细胞对顺铂耐药机制的研究

目的：探明卵巢癌对顺铂产生耐药的机理。方法：采用顺铂体外诱导法建立卵巢癌耐药细胞株ＨＯ－８９１０/２。ＭＴＴ法测定其耐药倍数和交叉耐药性,原子收法测定细胞内Ｐt浓度,分光光度法测定ＧＳＨ、ＧＳＴ,流式细胞仪分析细胞周期,检测bcl-2和Ｐ－ＧＰ的表达,结果：ＨＯ－８９１０/２耐顺铂是亲代细胞ＨＯ－８９１０的６．６倍,与５－Ｆ Ｕ,ＡＤＲ有交叉耐药性。对照亲代细胞,耐药细胞中ＧＳＨ含量与ＧＳＴ活性明显增高,     

卵巢癌顺铂耐药分子生物学研究进展

 化疗耐药是有效治疗卵巢癌的重大障碍。卵巢癌耐药是多因素、多因子共同作用的结果,耐药相关基因的深入研究为从根本上逆转肿瘤耐药提供了新的思路。     

p62/SQSTM1 Fuels Melanoma Progression by Opposing mRNA Decay of a Selective Set of Pro-metastatic Factors

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Selenium compounds prevent the induction of drug resistance by cisplatin in human ovarian tumor xenografts in vivo

Purpose: The development of drug resistance is a major cause for the failure of chemotherapy, particularly in ovarian cancer. Most previous research has focused on approaches to reverse drug resistance once it has arisen, that is, on the use of agents which can make drug-resistant tumors more sensitive to chemotherapy. We have suggested the feasibility of an alternative approach: the use of specific agents to prevent the development of resistance. Methods: We designed an in vivo system to assay for the ability of compounds to prevent the induction of resistance by cisplatin. In this system, mice bearing tumors (which originated from A2780 human ovarian tumor cells) were treated with a low dose (2.6 mg/kg) of cisplatin and the tumors rapidly developed resistance to subsequent cisplatin treatment. Cell lines initiated from these tumors retained the resistant phenotype even after several months in culture. Results: When either selenite or selenomethionine were administered (i.p., 1.5 mg/kg) close to the time of the initial cisplatin treatment, the induction of resistance was prevented. Similar treatments with sulfite or methionine had no effect on the induction of resistance by cisplatin. Studies in cells from treated tumors have indicated that the selenium compounds may prevent the induction of resistance by preventing a cisplatin-induced increase in glutathione level. Conclusions: Selenium compounds specifically prevent the induction by cisplatin of drug resistance in human ovarian tumors in vivo. Received: 20 October 1999 / Accepted: 14 February 2000     

Plasmid DNA-coding p62 as a bone effective anti-inflammatory/anabolic agent

We recently reported that a DNA plasmid coding p62-SQSTM1 acts as an effective anti tumor vaccine against both transplantable mouse tumors and canine spontaneous mammary neoplasms. Here we report the unexpected finding that intramuscular delivery of p62 DNA exerts a powerful anti-osteoporotic activity in a mouse model of inflammatory bone loss (i.e, ovariectomy) by combining bone-sparing and osteo-synthetic effects. Notably, the suppression of osteoporosis by p62DNA was associated with a sharp down-regulation of master inflammatory cytokines, and up-regulation of endogenous p62 protein by bone-marrow stromal cells. The present data provide a solid rational to apply p62 DNA vaccine as a safe, new therapeutic for treatment of inflammatory related bone loss diseases.     

Multicellular-mediated resistance to cisplatin and taxol in human ovarian cancer SK-OV-3IP1 multicellular aggregates

Chemotherapy is playing an increasingly important role in treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer. However, multidrug resistance (MDR) whether intrinsic or acquired- remains one of the most significant obstacles to survival improvement. A number of possible mechanisms have been put forward to account for drug resistance[1]. However, most of these proposed mechanisms are based largely on the study of drug- resistant variants isolated from tumor cell lines exposed to various classes …     

MicroRNA-mRNA functional pairs for cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer cells

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in women worldwide. Cisplatin is the core of first-line chemotherapy for patients with advanced ovarian cancer. Many patients eventually become resistant to cisplatin, diminishing its therapeutic effect. MicroRNAs （miRNAs） have critical functions in diverse biological processes. Using miRNA profiling and polymerase chain reaction validation, we identified a panel of differentially expressed miRNAs and their potential targets in cisplatin-resistant SKOV3/DDP ovarian cancer cells relative to cisplatin-sensitive SKOV3 parental cells. More specifically, our results revealed significant changes in the expression of 13 of 663 miRNAs analyzed, including 11 that were up-regulated and 2 that were down-regulated in SKOV3/DDP cells with or without cisplatin treatment compared with SKOV3 cells with or without cisplatin treatment. miRNA array and mRNA array data were further analyzed using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software. Bioinformatics analysis suggests that the genes ANKRD17, SMC1A, SUMO1, GTF2H1, and TP73, which are involved in DNA damage signaling pathways, are potential targets of miRNAs in promoting cisplatin resistance. This study highlights candidate miRNA-mRNA interactions that may contribute to cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer.     

Prognostic significance of p62/SQSTM1 subcellular localization and LC3B in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Background:

Autophagy is a programmed cell survival mechanism that has a key role in both physiologic and pathologic conditions. The relationship between autophagy and cancer is complex because autophagy can act as either a tumour suppressor or as a tumour promoter. The role of autophagy in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is controversial. Several studies have claimed that either a high or low expression of autophagy-related proteins was associated with poor prognosis of OSCCs. The aims of the study were to compare autophagy in OSCCs, verrucous hyperplasias, and normal oral mucosas, and to inspect the prognostic role of autophagy in OSCCs.

Methods:

We used the autophagosome marker, LC3B, and autophagy flux marker, p62/SQSTM1 (p62), by using immunohistochemistry, and examined p62 mRNA by RNA in situ hybridization, to evaluate autophagy in 195 OSCCs, 47 verrucous hyperplasias, and 37 normal oral mucosas. The prognostic roles of LC3B and p62 protein expressions in OSCCs were investigated.

Results:

We discovered that the normal oral mucosa exhibited limited LC3B punctae and weak cytoplasmic p62 staining, whereas the OSCCs exhibited a marked increase in LC3B punctae and cytoplasmic p62 expression. The expression pattern of LC3B and cytoplasmic p62 of the verrucous hyperplasias were between normal oral mucosas and OSCCs. The normal oral mucosas, verrucous hyperplasias, and OSCCs presented no differences in nuclear p62 expression and the p62 mRNA level. p62 mRNA expression was elevated in a minority of cases. High p62 mRNA expression was associated with high p62 protein expression in the cytoplasm. Increased LC3B punctae, high cytoplasmic p62, and low nuclear p62 expressions in OSCCs were associated with aggressive clinicopathologic features and unfavourable prognosis. In addition, low nuclear p62 expression was an independent prognostic factor for overall and disease-specific survival rates. Furthermore, we disclosed that high cytoplasmic p62 expression accompanied with either a low or high LC3B expression, which indicated autophagy impairment under basal or activated autophagic activity, was associated with aggressive behaviour in advanced OSCCs.

Conclusions:

We suggested that autophagy was altered during cancer initiation and progression. Autophagy impairment contributed to cancer progression in advanced OSCCs.     

Role of metallothionein1h in cisplatin resistance of non-small cell lung cancer cells

Objective  

Despite platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy has improved greatly patients’ outcomes, drug resistance poses a major impediment to the successful use of such an effective agent. Metallothioneins(MTs) are known to play putative roles in cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, drug resistance and prognosis. The present studiy was to investigte the role of metallethioein1H(MT1H) in cisplatin resistance of human non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) cell lines in vitro or its possible molecular mechanisms.     

Identification of genes whose expression is associated with cisplatin resistance in human ovarian carcinoma cells

The goal of this study was to identify genes consistently differentially expressed in multiple pairs of isogenic cisplatin (DDP)-sensitive and resistant human ovarian carcinoma cell lines using microarray-based expression profiling. Expression profiling was carried out on six pairs of ovarian carcinoma cells lines growing under identical conditions; each cell expression profile was independently replicated six times. No genes were differentially expressed in all six pairs of cells or even in even in any five of the six pairs. Eighteen genes and 1 EST were upregulated, and four genes and 1 EST were downregulated, in at least four cell pairs. Of these, only metallothionein 2A has previously been implicated in DDP resistance. Among the genes identified on the basis of six replicates, an average of 24.8% would have been missed if only five replicates had been performed, and 38.3% would have been missed with only four replicates. The genes did not identify a dominant biochemical pathway or ontology category as being linked to DDP resistance; however, hierarchical clustering provided evidence for two classes DDP-resistant phenotypes within which there are additional cell pair-specific alterations. Many of the genes identified in this study play important roles in cell surface interactions and trafficking pathways not previously linked to DDP resistance. The genes discovered by this extensively replicated analysis are candidates for prediction of DDP responsiveness in ovarian cancer patients.     

Autocrine production of interleukin-6 confers cisplatin and paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer cells

It has been shown that IL-6 is elevated in the serum and ascites of ovarian cancer patients, and increased IL-6 concentration correlates with poor prognosis and chemoresistance. However, the role of IL-6 expression in the acquisition of the chemoresistance phenotype and the underlining mechanisms of drug resistance in ovarian cancer cells remain unclear. Here we demonstrate that both exogenous (a relatively short period of treatment with recombination IL-6) and endogenous IL-6 (by transfecting with plasmid encoding for sense IL-6) induce cisplatin and paclitaxel resistance in non-IL-6-expressing A2780 cells, while deleting of endogenous IL-6 expression in IL-6-overexpressing SKOV3 cells (by transfecting with plasmid encoding for antisense IL-6) promotes the sensitivity of these cells to anticancer drugs. IL-6-mediated resistance of ovarian cancer cells exhibits decreased proteolytic activation of caspase-3. Meanwhile, the further study demonstrates that the chemoresistance caused by IL-6 is associated with increased expression of both multidrug resistance-related genes (MDR1 and GSTpi) and apoptosis inhibitory proteins (Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and XIAP), as well as activation of Ras/MEK/ERK and PI3K/Akt signaling. Therefore, modulation of IL-6 expression or its related signaling pathway may be a promising strategy of treatment for drug-resistant ovarian cancer.     

MiR-497 decreases cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer cells by targeting mTOR/P70S6K1

The mechanism of cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer is not clearly understood. In the present investigation, we found that the expression levels of miR-497 were reduced in chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cells and tumor tissues due to hypermethylation of miR-497 promoter. Low miR-497 expression levels were associated with chemo-resistant phonotype of ovarian cancer. By analyzing the expression levels of miR-497, mTOR and p70S6K1 in a clinical gene-expression array dataset, we found that mTOR and p70S6K1, two proteins correlated to chemotherapy-resistance in multiple types of human cancers, were inversely correlated with miR-497 levels in ovarian cancer tissues. By using an orthotopic ovarian tumor model and a Tet-On inducible miR-497 expression system, our results demonstrated that overexpression of miR-497 sensitizes the resistant ovarian tumor to cisplatin treatment. Therefore, we suggest that miR-497 might be used as a therapeutic supplement to increase ovarian cancer treatment response to cisplatin.