GLUT1 participates in tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells through autophagy regulation

Tamoxifen is an estrogen modulator widely used in the treatment of patients with ESR/ER-positive breast cancer; however, resistance limits its clinical application. Autophagy alterations have recently been suggested as a new mechanism for tamoxifen resistance. Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) has been reported to be associated with the development and metastasis of breast cancer, but the relationship among GLUT1, autophagy, and endocrine resistance remains unclear. Our present study found that GLUT1 expression and autophagy flux were upregulated in the tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cell line MCF-7/TAMR-1 and that knockdown of GLUT1 promoted sensitization to tamoxifen. Moreover, knockdown of GLUT1 significantly decreased the enhancement of autophagy flux in tamoxifen-resistant cell lines. Furthermore, inhibiting autophagy in tamoxifen-resistant cells resulted in sensitization to tamoxifen. We conclude that GLUT1 contributes to tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer and that tamoxifen-resistant cells become resensitized to tamoxifen after GLUT1 silencing. These findings suggest GLUT1 as a new factor clinically associated with resistance to tamoxifen.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:394

Enthalten in:

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology - 394(2021), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 205-216

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Mengqi [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Yuchen [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Yumeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yicheng [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Hongfei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingyuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

094ZI81Y45
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Autophagy
Breast cancer
Estrogen Antagonists
GLUT1
Glucose Transporter Type 1
Journal Article
RNA, Small Interfering
SLC2A1 protein, human
Tamoxifen
Tamoxifen resistance

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Date Completed 19.10.2021

Date Revised 19.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00210-020-01893-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310797624