Dicer-mediated upregulation of BCRP confers tamoxifen resistance in human breast cancer cells

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PURPOSE: Tamoxifen (Tam) is the most prescribed hormonal agent for treatment of estrogen receptor α (ERα)-positive breast cancer patients. Using microarray analysis, we observed that metastatic breast tumors resistant to Tam therapy had elevated levels of Dicer.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We overexpressed Dicer in ERα-positive MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and observed a concomitant increase in expression of the breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP). We thus hypothesized that Tam resistance associated with Dicer overexpression in ERα-positive breast cancer cells may involve BCRP. We analyzed BCRP function in Dicer-overexpressing cells using growth in soft agar and mammosphere formation and evaluated intracellular Tam efflux.

RESULTS: In the presence of Tam, Dicer-overexpressing cells formed resistant colonies in soft agar, and treatment with BCRP inhibitors restored Tam sensitivity. Tumor xenograft studies confirmed that Dicer-overexpressing cells were resistant to Tam in vivo. Tumors and distant metastases could be initiated with as few as five mammosphere cells from both vector and Dicer-overexpressing cells, indicating that the mammosphere assay selected for cells with enhanced tumor-initiating and metastatic capacity. Dicer-overexpressing cells with elevated levels of BCRP effluxed Tam more efficiently than control cells, and BCRP inhibitors were able to inhibit efflux.

CONCLUSION: Dicer-overexpressing breast cancer cells enriched for cells with enhanced BCRP function. We hypothesize that it is this population which may be involved in the emergence of Tam-resistant growth. BCRP may be a novel clinical target to restore Tam sensitivity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 17(2011), 20 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 6510-21

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Selever, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Guowei [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Michael T [VerfasserIn]
Beyer, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Herynk, Matthew H [VerfasserIn]
Covington, Kyle R [VerfasserIn]
Tsimelzon, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Dontu, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Provost, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Di Pietro, Attilio [VerfasserIn]
Boumendjel, Ahcène [VerfasserIn]
Albain, Kathy [VerfasserIn]
Miele, Lucio [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Heidi [VerfasserIn]
Barone, Ines [VerfasserIn]
Ando, Sebastiano [VerfasserIn]
Fuqua, Suzanne A W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

094ZI81Y45
ABCG2 protein, human
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
DEAD-box RNA Helicases
DICER1 protein, human
EC 3.1.26.3
EC 3.6.4.13
ESR1 protein, human
Estrogen Antagonists
Estrogen Receptor alpha
Journal Article
Neoplasm Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ribonuclease III
Tamoxifen

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Date Completed 03.02.2012

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-1403

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM21110454X