Hedgehog pathway dysregulation contributes to the pathogenesis of human gastrointestinal stromal tumors via GLI-mediated activation of KIT expression
| Autor: | Tang, Chih-Min, Lee, Tracy E, Syed, Sabriya A, Burgoyne, Adam M, Leonard, Stephanie Y, Gao, Fei, Chan, Jonathan C, Shi, Eileen, Chmielecki, Juliann, Morosini, Deborah, Wang, Kai, Ross, Jeffrey S, Kendrick, Michael L, Bardsley, Michael R, Siena, Martina De, Mao, Junhao, Harismendy, Olivier, Ordog, Tamas, Sicklick, Jason K |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Drug Resistance Arsenicals Arsenic Trioxide 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors Aetiology Cancer Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Tumor Nuclear Proteins Oxides imatinib-resistant Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit Imatinib Mesylate RNA Interference Drug Biotechnology Receptor Signal Transduction GIST Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Cell Survival Oncology and Carcinogenesis Nerve Tissue Proteins Antineoplastic Agents Zinc Finger Protein Gli2 Transfection Zinc Finger Protein GLI1 Cell Line Dose-Response Relationship Promoter Regions Rare Diseases Genetic Clinical Research Zinc Finger Protein Gli3 Genetics Humans Cilia neoplasms Neoplastic Binding Sites ICC Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha Interstitial Cells of Cajal digestive system diseases Gene Expression Regulation Mutation RNA Neoplasm Digestive Diseases GLI |
| Zdroj: | Oncotarget, vol 7, iss 48 |
| Popis: | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) arise within the interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC) lineage due to activating KIT/PDGFRA mutations. Both ICC and GIST possess primary cilia (PC), which coordinate PDGFRA and Hedgehog signaling, regulators of gastrointestinal mesenchymal development. Therefore, we hypothesized that Hedgehog signaling may be altered in human GIST and controls KIT expression. Quantitative RT-PCR, microarrays, and next generation sequencing were used to describe Hedgehog/PC-related genes in purified human ICC and GIST. Genetic and pharmacologic approaches were employed to investigate the effects of GLI manipulation on KIT expression and GIST cell viability. We report that Hedgehog pathway and PC components are expressed in ICC and GIST and subject to dysregulation during GIST oncogenesis, irrespective of KIT/PDGFRA mutation status. Using genomic profiling, 10.2% of 186 GIST studied had potentially deleterious genomic alterations in 5 Hedgehog-related genes analyzed, including in the PTCH1 tumor suppressor (1.6%). Expression of the predominantly repressive GLI isoform, GLI3, was inversely correlated with KIT mRNA levels in GIST cells and non-KIT/non-PDGFRA mutant GIST. Overexpression of the 83-kDa repressive form of GLI3 or small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of the activating isoforms GLI1/2 reduced KIT mRNA. Treatment with GLI1/2 inhibitors, including arsenic trioxide, significantly increased GLI3 binding to the KIT promoter, decreased KIT expression, and reduced viability in imatinib-sensitive and imatinib-resistant GIST cells. These data offer new evidence that genes necessary for Hedgehog signaling and PC function in ICC are dysregulated in GIST. Hedgehog signaling activates KIT expression irrespective of mutation status, offering a novel approach to treat imatinib-resistant GIST. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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