Department of Biological Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, USA; Purdue Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Program (PULSe), West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2021 Jul;189:114154. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114154. Epub 2020 Jul 16.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, demanding improvement in current treatment modalities to reduce the mortality rates. Lung cancer is divided into two major classes with non-small cell lung cancer representing ~84% of lung cancer cases. One strategy widely used to treat non-small cell lung cancer patients includes targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) using EGFR-inhibitors, such as erlotinib, gefitinib, and afatinib. However, most patients develop resistance to EGFR-inhibitors within a year post-treatment. Although some mechanisms that drive resistance to EGFR-inhibitors have been identified, there are many cases in which the mechanisms are unknown. Thus, in this study, we examined the role of microRNAs in driving EGFR-inhibitor resistance. As mediators of critical pro-growth pathways, microRNAs are severely dysregulated in multiple diseases, including non-small cell lung cancer where microRNA dysregulation also contributes to drug resistance. In this work, through screening of 2019 mature microRNAs, multiple microRNAs were identified that drive EGFR-inhibitor resistance in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines, including miR-432-5p.
肺癌是癌症相关死亡的主要原因,需要改进当前的治疗方式以降低死亡率。肺癌分为两大主要类型,其中非小细胞肺癌占肺癌病例的~84%。一种广泛用于治疗非小细胞肺癌患者的策略包括使用表皮生长因子受体 (EGFR) 抑制剂靶向 EGFR,如厄洛替尼、吉非替尼和阿法替尼。然而,大多数患者在治疗后一年内会对 EGFR 抑制剂产生耐药性。尽管已经确定了一些导致 EGFR 抑制剂耐药的机制,但仍有许多情况下机制尚不清楚。因此,在这项研究中,我们研究了 microRNAs 在驱动 EGFR 抑制剂耐药性中的作用。作为关键促生长途径的调节剂,microRNAs 在多种疾病中严重失调,包括非小细胞肺癌,其中 microRNA 失调也导致了耐药性。在这项工作中,通过对 2019 个成熟 microRNAs 的筛选,鉴定出多个驱动非小细胞肺癌细胞系中 EGFR 抑制剂耐药的 microRNAs,包括 miR-432-5p。