Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Head Neck. 2011 Jun;33(6):786-91. doi: 10.1002/hed.21540. Epub 2010 Nov 29.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential role of variable microRNA (miRNA) expression in the development of multidrug resistance (MDR) in head and neck cancer.
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines UMSCC-1 and SQ20B were treated with docetaxel at increasing concentrations to develop resistant cell lines. Parental and resistant cells were treated with cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, paclitaxel, methotrexate, and doxorubicin to confirm cross-resistance. The miRNA pattern of resistant cells was then compared with their parental cells.
Docetaxel treatment successfully induced resistance primarily and induced multidrug cross-resistance. Resistant cells showed significant downregulation of miR-100, miR-130a, and miR-197 and upregulation in miR-101, miR-181b, miR-181d, and miR-195 expression when compared with their parent cells (p < .01). Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis confirmed statistically significant downregulation in miR-100 and miR-130a and upregulation in miR-181d expression (p < .001).
Alterations in miRNA expression has direct relationship to MDR in head and neck cancer and may serve as biomolecular targets for reversal of MDR.
本研究旨在探讨可变微小 RNA(miRNA)表达在头颈部癌症多药耐药(MDR)发展中的潜在作用。
用多西紫杉醇处理头颈部鳞状细胞癌细胞系 UMSCC-1 和 SQ20B 以开发耐药细胞系。用顺铂、5-氟尿嘧啶、紫杉醇、甲氨蝶呤和阿霉素处理亲本和耐药细胞,以确认交叉耐药性。然后将耐药细胞的 miRNA 模式与其亲本细胞进行比较。
多西紫杉醇治疗成功地主要诱导了耐药性,并诱导了多药交叉耐药性。与亲本细胞相比,耐药细胞的 miR-100、miR-130a 和 miR-197 表达显著下调,而 miR-101、miR-181b、miR-181d 和 miR-195 表达上调(p<0.01)。实时聚合酶链反应(PCR)分析证实 miR-100 和 miR-130a 的表达显著下调,miR-181d 的表达上调(p<0.001)。
miRNA 表达的改变与头颈部癌症的 MDR 直接相关,可能成为逆转 MDR 的生物分子靶点。