FOXM1 Variant Contributes to Gefitinib Resistance via Activating Wnt/β-Catenin Signal Pathway in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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PURPOSE: Although gefitinib prolonged the progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), unpredictable resistance limited its clinical efficacy. Novel predictive biomarkers with explicit mechanisms are urgently needed.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A total of 282 patients with NSCLC with gefitinib treatment were randomly assigned in a 7:3 ratio to exploratory (n = 192) and validation (n = 90) cohorts. The candidate polymorphisms were selected with Haploview4.2 in Hapmap and genotyped by a MassARRAY system, and the feature variables were identified through Randomforest Survival analysis. Tanswell and clonogenic assays, base editing and cell-derived tumor xenograft model were performed to uncover the underlying mechanism.

RESULTS: We found that the germline missense polymorphism rs3742076 (A>G, S628P), located in transactivation domain of FOXM1, was associated with PFS in exploratory (median PFS: GG vs. GA&AA, 9.20 vs. 13.37 months, P = 0.00039, HR = 2.399) and validation (median PFS: GG vs. GA&AA, 8.13 vs. 13.80 months, P = 0.048, HR = 2.628) cohorts. We elucidated that rs3742076_G conferred resistance to gefitinib by increasing protein stability of FOXM1 and facilitating an aggressive phenotype in vitro and in vivo through activating wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Meanwhile, FOXM1 level was highly associated with prognosis in patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC. Mechanistically, FOXM1 rs3742076_G upregulated wnt/β-catenin activity by directly binding to β-catenin in cytoplasm and promoting transcription of β-catenin in nucleus. Remarkably, inhibition of β-catenin markedly reversed rs3742076_G-induced gefitinib resistance and aggressive phenotypes.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings characterized rs3742076_G as a gain-of-function polymorphism in mediating gefitinib resistance and tumor aggressiveness, and highlighted the variant as a predictive biomarker in guiding gefitinib treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 28(2022), 17 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 3770-3784

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guan, Shaoxing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Youhao [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Heng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yunpeng [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Wenfeng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Hongyun [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xueding [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Beta Catenin
FOXM1 protein, human
Forkhead Box Protein M1
Gefitinib
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
S65743JHBS

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Date Completed 08.09.2022

Date Revised 10.06.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-0791

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342174886