Inhibition of autocrine HGF maturation overcomes cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer

© 2024. The Author(s)..

Although amplifications and mutations in receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) act as bona fide oncogenes, in most cancers, RTKs maintain moderate expression and remain wild-type. Consequently, cognate ligands control many facets of tumorigenesis, including resistance to anti-RTK therapies. Herein, we show that the ligands for the RTKs MET and RON, HGF and HGFL, respectively, are synthesized as inactive precursors that are activated by cellular proteases. Our newly generated HGF/HGFL protease inhibitors could overcome both de novo and acquired cetuximab resistance in colorectal cancer (CRC). Conversely, HGF overexpression was necessary and sufficient to induce cetuximab resistance and loss of polarity. Moreover, HGF-induced cetuximab resistance could be overcome by the downstream MET inhibitor, crizotinib, and upstream protease inhibitors. Additionally, HAI-1, an endogenous inhibitor of HGF proteases, (i) was downregulated in CRC, (ii) exhibited increased genomic methylation that correlated with poor prognosis, (iii) HAI-1 expression correlated with cetuximab response in a panel of cancer cell lines, and (iv) exogenous addition of recombinant HAI-1 overcame cetuximab resistance in CC-HGF cells. Thus, we describe a targetable, autocrine HAI-1/Protease/HGF/MET axis in cetuximab resistance in CRC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:81

Enthalten in:

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 81(2024), 1 vom: 12. Jan., Seite 28

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jones, Vivian Truong [VerfasserIn]
Graves-Deal, Ramona [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Bogatcheva, Galina [VerfasserIn]
Ramirez, Marisol A [VerfasserIn]
Harmych, Sarah J [VerfasserIn]
Higginbotham, James N [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Vineeta [VerfasserIn]
Damalanka, Vishnu C [VerfasserIn]
Wahoski, Claudia C [VerfasserIn]
Joshi, Neeraj [VerfasserIn]
Irudayam, Maria Johnson [VerfasserIn]
Roland, Joseph T [VerfasserIn]
Ayers, Gregory D [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Coffey, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Janetka, James W [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Bhuminder [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D culture
67256-21-7
Cetuximab
Colorectal cancer
Crizotinib
Drug resistance
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 3.4.-
EGFR
HAI-1
HGF
HGF protein, human
Hepatocyte Growth Factor
Journal Article
MET
PQX0D8J21J
Peptide Hydrolases
Protease Inhibitors
Protease inhibition
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00018-023-05071-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367029820