期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 135, 期 6, 页码 1356-1368出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28782
关键词
miR-200c; TGF-beta; ZNF217; ZEB1; trastuzumab resistance
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资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB529905]
- National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [81030045, 81272646]
Resistance to trastuzumab and concomitantly distal metastasis are leading causes of mortality in HER2-positive breast cancers, the molecular basis of which remains largely unknown. Here, we generated trastuzumab-resistant breast cancer cells with increased tumorigenicity and invasiveness compared with parental cells, and observed robust epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and consistently elevated TGF-beta signaling in these cells. MiR-200c, which was the most significantly downregulated miRNA in trastuzumab-resistant cells, restored trastuzumab sensitivity and suppressed invasion of breast cancer cells by concurrently targeting ZNF217, a transcriptional activator of TGF-beta, and ZEB1, a known mediator of TGF-beta signaling. Given the reported backward inhibition of miR-200c by ZEB1, ZNF217 also exerts a feedback suppression of miR-200c via TGF-beta/ZEB1 signaling. Restoration of miR-200c, silencing of ZEB1 or ZNF217 or blockade of TGF-beta signaling increased trastuzumab sensitivity and suppressed invasiveness of breast cancer cells. Therefore, our study unraveled nested regulatory circuits of miR-200c/ZEB1 and miR-200c/ZNF217/TGF-beta/ZEB1 in synergistically promoting trastuzumab resistance and metastasis of breast cancer cells. These findings provide novel insights into the common role of EMT and related molecular machinery in mediating the malignant phenotypes of breast cancers.
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