miR-99b-5p与恩杂鲁胺或阿比特龙联合使用可协同抑制前列腺癌中EMT介导的转移。
Combination of miR-99b-5p and Enzalutamide or Abiraterone Synergizes the Suppression of EMT-Mediated Metastasis in Prostate Cancer.
作者信息
Waseem Mohammad, Wang Bi-Dar
机构信息
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USA.
Hormone Related Cancers Program, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
出版信息
Cancers (Basel). 2024 May 19;16(10):1933. doi: 10.3390/cancers16101933.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer deaths among American men. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been systemically applied as a first-line therapy for PCa patients. Despite the initial responses, the majority of patients under ADT eventually experienced tumor progression to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), further leading to tumor metastasis to distant organs. Therefore, identifying the key molecular mechanisms underlying PCa progression remains crucial for the development of novel therapies for metastatic PCa. Previously, we identified that tumor-suppressive miR-99b-5p is frequently downregulated in aggressive African American (AA) PCa and European American (EA) CRPC, leading to upregulation of mTOR, androgen receptor (AR), and HIF-1α signaling. Given the fact that mTOR and HIF-1α signaling are critical upstream pathways that trigger the activation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), we hypothesized that miR-99b-5p may play a critical functional role in regulating EMT-mediated PCa metastasis. To test this hypothesis, a series of cell biology, biochemical, and in vitro functional assays (wound healing, transwell migration, cell/ECM adhesion, and capillary-like tube formation assays) were performed to examine the effects of miR-99b-5p mimic on regulating EMT-mediated PCa metastasis processes. Our results have demonstrated that miR-99b-5p simultaneously targets MTOR and AR signaling, leading to upregulation of E-cadherin, downregulation of Snail/N-cadherin/Vimentin, and suppression of EMT-mediated PCa metastasis. MiR-99b-5p alone and in combination with enzalutamide or abiraterone significantly inhibits the EMT-mediated metastasis of AA PCa and EA CRPC.
前列腺癌(PCa)是美国男性中最常被诊断出的癌症,也是癌症死亡的第二大主要原因。雄激素剥夺疗法(ADT)已被系统地应用于PCa患者的一线治疗。尽管最初有反应,但接受ADT治疗的大多数患者最终经历了肿瘤进展为去势抵抗性前列腺癌(CRPC),进而导致肿瘤转移至远处器官。因此,确定PCa进展的关键分子机制对于开发转移性PCa的新疗法仍然至关重要。此前,我们发现肿瘤抑制性miR-99b-5p在侵袭性非裔美国(AA)PCa和欧美(EA)CRPC中经常下调,导致mTOR、雄激素受体(AR)和HIF-1α信号上调。鉴于mTOR和HIF-1α信号是触发上皮-间质转化(EMT)激活的关键上游途径,我们假设miR-99b-5p可能在调节EMT介导的PCa转移中发挥关键功能作用。为了验证这一假设,我们进行了一系列细胞生物学、生化和体外功能试验(伤口愈合、Transwell迁移、细胞/细胞外基质粘附和毛细血管样管形成试验),以检测miR-99b-5p模拟物对调节EMT介导的PCa转移过程的影响。我们的结果表明,miR-99b-5p同时靶向MTOR和AR信号,导致E-钙粘蛋白上调,Snail/N-钙粘蛋白/波形蛋白下调,并抑制EMT介导的PCa转移。单独使用miR-99b-5p以及与恩杂鲁胺或阿比特龙联合使用均能显著抑制AA PCa和EA CRPC的EMT介导的转移。