Project description:SIPA1 is a potential transcriptional modulator of tumor metastasis and recurrence. Here we showed that the breast cancer patients with higher SIPA1 expression have a higher relapse rate and worse prognosis, especially for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. Moreover, SIPA1 expression was found positively correlated with relapse of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. In a TNBC cell line MDA-MB-231, we identified the possible tumorigenesis and metastasis processes regulated by SIPA1, and demonstrated that SIPA1 promoted cancer stem-like feature to form tumourspheres. Tumoursphere-formed MDA-MB-231 cells were shown to be resistant to epirubicin. Then we confirmed that SIPA1 could particularly activate the CD44 promoter and upregulate CD44 expression. Furthermore, SIPA1 could promote ABCB1 expression and strengthen chemoresistance of MDA-MB-231 cells to epirubicin. In conclusion, SIPA1 is a risk factor for highly-relapse in TNBC patients and a transcriptional regulator to maintain cancer stem-like features and promote chemoresistance in breast cancer cells.
Project description:To study the expression of SIPA1 in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, we obtained a subcutaneous metastatic sample from a patient with stage III triple-negative breast cancer and performed single-cell transcriptome sequencing
Project description:Chemotherapy resistance frequently drives tumor progression. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly characterized. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been shown to correlate with therapy resistance, but the functional link and signaling pathways remain to be elucidated. We report here that miR-30c, a human breast tumor prognostic marker, plays a pivotal role in chemo-resistance by a direct targeting of the actin-transporter TWF1, which promotes EMT. An IL-6 family member, IL-11 was identified as a secondary target of TWF1 in the miR-30c signaling pathway. Expression of miR-30c inversely correlated with IL-11 expression in clinical tumors and IL-11 correlated with relapse-free survival in breast cancer patients. Identification of a novel miRNA-mediated pathway that regulates chemo-resistance in breast cancer will facilitate the development of new management strategies. reference x sample
Project description:Abstract Introduction Response rates to chemotherapy remain highly variable in breast cancer patients. We set out to identify genes associated with chemotherapy resistance. We analyzed what is currently the largest single-institute set of gene expression profiles derived from breast cancers prior to a single neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen (dose-dense doxorubicine and cyclophophamide). Methods We collected, gene expression-profiled and analyzed 178 HER2-negative breast tumor biopsies (M-bM-^@M-^XNKI datasetM-bM-^@M-^Y). We employed a recently developed approach for detecting imbalanced differential signal (DIDS) in order to identify markers of resistance to treatment. In contrast to traditional methods, DIDS is able to identify markers that show aberrant expression in only a small subgroup of the non-responder samples. Results We found a number of markers of resistance to anthracycline-based chemotherapy. We validated our findings by the analysis of three external datasets, which contained 456 HER2-negative samples in total. Since these external sets included patients who received differing treatment regimens we could only validate markers of general chemotherapy resistance. There was a highly significant overlap in the markers identified in the NKI dataset and the other three datasets. Five resistance markers, SERPINA6, BEX1, AGTR1, SLC26A3, and LAPTM4B, were identified in three of the four datasets (p-value overlap <1e-6). These five genes identified resistant tumors that could not have been identified by merely taking ER-status or proliferation into account. Conclusion The identification of these genes might lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in (clinically) observed chemotherapy resistance and could possibly assist in the recognition of breast cancers in which chemotherapy does not contribute to response or survival. We collected, gene expression profiled and analyzed 178 HER2-negative breast tumor biopsies, obtained from patients scheduled to undergo neoadjuvant therapy.
Project description:Chemotherapy resistance frequently drives tumor progression. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly characterized. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been shown to correlate with therapy resistance, but the functional link and signaling pathways remain to be elucidated. We report here that miR-30c, a human breast tumor prognostic marker, plays a pivotal role in chemo-resistance by a direct targeting of the actin-transporter TWF1, which promotes EMT. An IL-6 family member, IL-11 was identified as a secondary target of TWF1 in the miR-30c signaling pathway. Expression of miR-30c inversely correlated with IL-11 expression in clinical tumors and IL-11 correlated with relapse-free survival in breast cancer patients. Identification of a novel miRNA-mediated pathway that regulates chemo-resistance in breast cancer will facilitate the development of new management strategies. MDA-MB231 30c vs. MDA-MB231 scrambled
Project description:Aggressive breast tumors are routinely treated with pre-operative chemotherapy. However, a subset of patients have recurrence despite adjuvant treatment. To identify metabolic processes involved in drug resistance, we took a mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach, and analyzed a breast cancer cohort of 113 samples comprising of breast tumors before and after chemotherapy, with matched tumor adjacent normal tissue from partial responders that underwent neoadjuvant treatment (NAT). Pattern analysis of 7180 proteins revealed more than 1000 proteins with significantly differential expression in primary tumor relative to the healthy tissue, which do not respond to treatment, in treatment resistant patients. Among those, we found significant upregulation of the proline biosynthesis pathway, primarily, PYCR1 that significantly correlated with lower recurrence free survival time in our cohort. Functional analysis showed that PYCR1 induced a pro-survival effect upon treatment with chemotherapy drugs thus emphasizing the potential role of PYCR1 in drug resistance in advanced breast cancer.
Project description:To further study the regulation of SIPA1 on cells, the transcriptome sequencing on BT549 cells, BT549/shSIPA1 cells and si-dDBR cells were performed. We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of BT549 cells, BT549/shSIPA1 cells and si-dDBR cells to find the genes regulated by SIPA1.
Project description:Hypoxia is closely linked to chemotherapy resistance and accelerates breast cancer progression. However, the underlying mechanism of resistance to hypoxic chemotherapy remains uncertain. ZNF207 was identified as a differentially expressed gene involved in hypoxia and chemotherapy resistance by RNA-sequencing array. ZNF207 expression was elevated in lung, breast, liver, colon, and ovarian cancers, and its positive expression was correlated significantly with advanced TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, and poor prognosis. ZNF207 overexpression promoted the proliferation, invasion capabilities, and stemness of breast cancer cells by activating the HIF-1alpha-PPAR-gamma-glycolysis signaling pathway. Notably, ZNF207 was directly bound to the coiled-coil domain of YWHAZ, thereby accelerating HIF-1alpha deacetylation in an HDAC4-dependent manner. Furthermore, ZNF207 might stabilize YWHAZ by inhibiting its degradation via TRIM67 through a ubiquitin-dependent mechanism. ZNF207 overexpression enhanced resistance to doxorubicin and vinorelbine. Conversely, ZNF207-DeltaGLE overexpression disrupted HIF-1alpha-PPAR-gamma-glycolysis signaling and abolished chemotherapy resistance. Additionally, ZNF207 expression was higher in patients with breast cancer who exhibited poor treatment outcomes (Miller/Payne grades 1-2) than in those with more favorable outcomes (Miller/Payne grades 3-5). Sappanchalcone, a specific ZNF207 inhibitor, impedes breast cancer progression while exerting a synergistic effect with chemotherapy. Our findings revealed that ZNF207 expression was elevated in breast cancer under hypoxic conditions, promoting proliferation and invasion by activating HIF-1alpha through accelerated deacetylation in a positive feedback loop. The interaction between ZNF207 and YWHAZ enhances HIF-1alpha stability, ultimately accelerating therapeutic resistance in breast cancer.
Project description:Hypoxia is closely linked to chemotherapy resistance and accelerates breast cancer progression. However, the underlying mechanism of resistance to hypoxic chemotherapy remains uncertain. ZNF207 was identified as a differentially expressed gene involved in hypoxia and chemotherapy resistance by RNA-sequencing array. ZNF207 expression was elevated in lung, breast, liver, colon, and ovarian cancers, and its positive expression was correlated significantly with advanced TNM stage, lymph node metastasis, and poor prognosis. ZNF207 overexpression promoted the proliferation, invasion capabilities, and stemness of breast cancer cells by activating the HIF-1alpha-PPAR-gamma-glycolysis signaling pathway. Notably, ZNF207 was directly bound to the coiled-coil domain of YWHAZ, thereby accelerating HIF-1alpha deacetylation in an HDAC4-dependent manner. Furthermore, ZNF207 might stabilize YWHAZ by inhibiting its degradation via TRIM67 through a ubiquitin-dependent mechanism. ZNF207 overexpression enhanced resistance to doxorubicin and vinorelbine. Conversely, ZNF207-DeltaGLE overexpression disrupted HIF-1alpha-PPAR-gamma-glycolysis signaling and abolished chemotherapy resistance. Additionally, ZNF207 expression was higher in patients with breast cancer who exhibited poor treatment outcomes (Miller/Payne grades 1-2) than in those with more favorable outcomes (Miller/Payne grades 3-5). Sappanchalcone, a specific ZNF207 inhibitor, impedes breast cancer progression while exerting a synergistic effect with chemotherapy. Our findings revealed that ZNF207 expression was elevated in breast cancer under hypoxic conditions, promoting proliferation and invasion by activating HIF-1alpha through accelerated deacetylation in a positive feedback loop. The interaction between ZNF207 and YWHAZ enhances HIF-1alpha stability, ultimately accelerating therapeutic resistance in breast cancer.