Therapeutic targeting of pancreatic cancer stem cells by dexamethasone modulation of the MKP-1-JNK axis

© 2020 Suzuki et al..

Postoperative recurrence from microscopic residual disease must be prevented to cure intractable cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Key to this goal is the elimination of cancer stem cells (CSCs) endowed with tumor-initiating capacity and drug resistance. However, current therapeutic strategies capable of accomplishing this are insufficient. Using in vitro models of CSCs and in vivo models of tumor initiation in which CSCs give rise to xenograft tumors, we show that dexamethasone induces expression of MKP-1, a MAPK phosphatase, via glucocorticoid receptor activation, thereby inactivating JNK, which is required for self-renewal and tumor initiation by pancreatic CSCs as well as for their expression of survivin, an anti-apoptotic protein implicated in multidrug resistance. We also demonstrate that systemic administration of clinically relevant doses of dexamethasone together with gemcitabine prevents tumor formation by CSCs in a pancreatic cancer xenograft model. Our study thus provides preclinical evidence for the efficacy of dexamethasone as an adjuvant therapy to prevent postoperative recurrence in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:295

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 295(2020), 52 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 18328-18342

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suzuki, Shuhei [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Masashi [VerfasserIn]
Sanomachi, Tomomi [VerfasserIn]
Togashi, Keita [VerfasserIn]
Seino, Shizuka [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Kitanaka, Chifumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7S5I7G3JQL
Anticancer drug
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Biomarkers, Tumor
C-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)
Cancer stem cells
DUSP1 protein, human
Dexamethasone
Drug resistance
Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1
EC 2.7.12.2
EC 3.1.3.48
Glucocorticoid receptor
Journal Article
MAP Kinase Kinase 4
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.03.2021

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA120.015223

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31684358X