期刊
GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 140, 期 1, 页码 344-+出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.049
关键词
P-glycoprotein; Multiple Drug Resistance; MDR1; MRP1
资金
- Pfizer
- Sun C. Y. Research Foundation for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council [N_HKU 709/07, HKU 7560/06M, HKU 1/06C, HKU 7/CRG/09]
- Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society
- University of Hong Kong
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Chemotherapy is used to treat unresectable liver cancer with marginal efficacy; this might result from hepatic cancer cells with stem cell and chemoresistant features. Gene expression profiling studies have shown that hepatic cancer cells express granulin-epithelin precursor (GEP); we investigated its role in hepatic cancer stem cell functions and chemoresistance. METHODS: The effects of GEP and drug transporter signaling on chemoresistance were investigated in hepatic cancer stem cells. We analyzed the expression patterns of 142 clinical samples from liver tumors, adjacent nontumorous liver tissue, and liver tissue from patients who did not have cancer. RESULTS: GEP regulated the expression of the adenosine triphosphate-dependent binding cassette (ABC)B5 drug transporter in liver cancer cells. Chemoresistant cells that expressed GEP had increased levels of ABCB5; suppression of ABCB5 sensitized the cells to doxorubicin uptake and apoptosis. Most cells that expressed GEP and ABCB5 also expressed the hepatic cancer stem cell markers CD133 and EpCAM; blocking ABCB5 reduced their expression. Expression levels of GEP and ABCB5 were correlated in human liver tumor samples. ABCB5 levels were increased in liver cancer cells compared with nontumor liver tissue from patients with cirrhosis or hepatitis, or normal liver tissue. ABCB5 expression was associated with the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after partial hepatectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Expression of GEP and ABCB5 in liver cancer stem cells is associated with chemoresistance and reduced survival times of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Reagents designed to target these proteins might be developed as therapeutics and given in combination with chemotherapy to patients with liver cancer.
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