EGFR Inhibition Induces Proinflammatory Cytokines via NOX4 in HNSCC
Autor: | Arya Sobhakumari, Laurie Love-Homan, Elise V.M. Fletcher, Andrean L. Simons, Apollina Goel, Adam T. Koch, Charlotte R. Feddersen |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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MAPK/ERK pathway
Cancer Research p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases Biology Lapatinib medicine.disease Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma Proinflammatory cytokine Oncology medicine Cancer research biology.protein Epidermal growth factor receptor Erlotinib neoplasms Molecular Biology EGFR inhibitors medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Molecular Cancer Research. 11:1574-1584 |
ISSN: | 1557-3125 1541-7786 |
Popis: | Chronic inflammation plays a fundamental role in tumor promotion, migration, and invasion. With the use of microarray profiling, a profound increase was observed for those transcripts involved in proinflammatory signaling in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor–treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells as compared with their respective controls. As such, it was hypothesized that EGFR inhibitor efficacy is offset by the proinflammatory response that these therapeutics conjure in HNSCC. Systematic evaluation of the clinical EGFR inhibitors—erlotinib, cetuximab, lapatinib, and panitumumab—revealed increased secretion of proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukins (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, TNF-α, and IFN-γ. Mechanistic focus on IL-6 revealed that erlotinib induced a time-dependent increase in IL-6 mRNA and protein expression. Importantly, exogenous IL-6 protected HNSCC cells from erlotinib-induced cytotoxicity, whereas tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor antagonist, sensitized cells to erlotinib in vitro and in vivo. Inhibitors of NF-κB, p38, and JNK suppressed erlotinib-induced IL-6 expression, suggesting critical roles for NF-κB and MAPK in IL-6 regulation. Furthermore, knockdown of NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) suppressed erlotinib-induced proinflammatory cytokine expression. Taken together, these results demonstrate that clinical EGFR inhibitors induce the expression of proinflammatory cytokines via NOX4. Implications: The antitumor activity of EGFR inhibitors is reduced by activation of NOX4-mediated proinflammatory pathways in HNSCC. Mol Cancer Res; 11(12); 1574–84. ©2013 AACR. |
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