机构:[1]Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China四川省人民医院[2]Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China外科中心乳腺外科中心四川省人民医院四川省肿瘤医院乳腺科
Purpose: MORC4 has recently been characterized as a breast cancer-associated antiapoptotic oncoprotein. In the current study, we explored its downstream regulation in luminal A/B breast tumors. Materials and Methods: Bioinformatic prediction was performed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)-breast cancer (BRCA). Cellular and molecular studies were conducted using luminal A/B representative MCF-7 and BT-474 cell lines. Results: ENST00000355610.8 (encoding MORC4a isoform) was the dominant transcript in breast cancer. ChIP-qPCR and dual-luciferase assay confirmed two STAT3-binding sites in the MID2 promoter in both MCF-7 and BT-474 cells. Co-IP confirmed an interaction between MORC4 and STAT3. ChIP-qPCR data indicated that MORC4 inhibition led to remarkably decreased enrichment of the STAT3-binding MID2 promoter segments. MORC4 overexpression significantly elevated BCL-2 expression in MCF-7 cells and increased their resistance to adriamycin (ADM), 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and cisplatin (DDP). MID2 inhibition largely abrogated MORC4-induced drug-resistance. However, the drug-resistant phenotype was rescued by overexpressing MID2-MT that was resistant to MID2 siRNA. Conclusion: This study revealed a novel regulatory mechanism of MORC4 on MID2 expression via STAT3-mediated transcriptional activation. This regulatory axis might confer increased chemoresistance to breast cancer cells.
基金:
This study was funded by the Project of Science and
Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China (No.
2018JZ0051).
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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通讯机构:[2]Department of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China[*1]Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center,School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Jing Luo,Shiyan Zeng,Chao Tian.MORC4 Promotes Chemoresistance of Luminal A/B Breast Cancer via STAT3-Mediated MID2 Upregulation[J].ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY.2020,13:6795-6803.doi:10.2147/OTT.S260509.
APA:
Jing Luo,Shiyan Zeng&Chao Tian.(2020).MORC4 Promotes Chemoresistance of Luminal A/B Breast Cancer via STAT3-Mediated MID2 Upregulation.ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY,13,
MLA:
Jing Luo,et al."MORC4 Promotes Chemoresistance of Luminal A/B Breast Cancer via STAT3-Mediated MID2 Upregulation".ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY 13.(2020):6795-6803