Down-regulation of Vimentin Increased Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer Cells
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ABSTRACT: Cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs are widely used in the treatment of ovarian cancer, but most patients acquire the drug resistance that greatly compromises the efficacy of drugs. Understanding the mechanism of drug resistance is important for finding new therapeutic approaches. In the present study, we found that the expression of vimentin was down-regulated in drug-resistance ovarian cancer A2780-DR and SKOV-3/DDP cells compared to the drug sensitive A2780 and SKOV-3 cells. Overexpression of vimentin in A2780-DR cells markedly increased their sensitivity to cisplatin, whereas knockdown of vimentin in A2780 cells increased the resistance to cisplatin, demonstrating that vimentin plays an important role in cisplatin resistance. Quantitative proteomic analysis identified 95 differentially expressed proteins between A2780-VIM-KN and control cells, which involved in many cellular processes. Down-regulation of endocytic proteins and the up-regulation of exocytic proteins were proposed to contribute the decreased cisplatin accumulation in A2780-VIM-KN cells. Cancer stem cell markers were found to be up-regulated in A2780-VIM-KN cells which were more facile to form spheroids as compared to control cells. Our results also showed that down-regulation of vimentin increased the 14-3-3 mediated retention of Cdc25C in the cytoplasm, leading to inactivation of Cdk1 and the prolonged G2 arrest that allows the longer period of time for cells to repair cisplatin-damaged DNA. Taken together, the down-regulation of vimentin enhances cells’ resistance to cisplatin via mediating multiple cellular processes, suggesting that vimentin is a potential target for treatment of drug resistant ovarian cancer.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell, Cell Culture
DISEASE(S): Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary
SUBMITTER: Huo Yi
LAB HEAD: Haiteng Deng
PROVIDER: PXD002825 | Pride | 2018-10-24
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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