PLK1 (polo like kinase 1)-dependent autophagy facilitates gefitinib-induced hepatotoxicity by degrading COX6A1 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A1)
| Autor: | Ying Jin, Zhifei Xu, Jinjin Shao, Peihua Luo, Qiaojun He, Nengming Lin, Ying Zhang, Bo Yang, Hao Yan, Jiangxia Du, Xueqin Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
hepatotoxicity Lung Neoplasms ATG5 gefitinib Apoptosis Cell Cycle Proteins Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases COX6A1 Electron Transport Complex IV Mice 03 medical and health sciences Gefitinib Carcinoma Non-Small-Cell Lung Proto-Oncogene Proteins Autophagy medicine Animals Cytochrome c oxidase Epidermal growth factor receptor Molecular Biology 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology biology Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV Cell Biology respiratory tract diseases 030104 developmental biology biology.protein Cancer research Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury Research Paper - Translational PLK1 Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Autophagy article-version (VoR) Version of Record |
| ISSN: | 1554-8635 1554-8627 |
| Popis: | Liver dysfunction is an outstanding dose-limiting toxicity of gefitinib, an EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in the treatment of EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying gefitinib-induced hepatotoxicity, and provide potentially effective intervention strategy. We discovered that gefitinib could sequentially activate macroautophagy/autophagy and apoptosis in hepatocytes. The inhibition of autophagy alleviated gefitinib-induced apoptosis, whereas the suppression of apoptosis failed to lessen gefitinib-induced autophagy. Moreover, liver-specific Atg7+/− heterozygous mice showed less severe liver injury than vehicle, suggesting that autophagy is involved in the gefitinib-promoted hepatotoxicity. Mechanistically, gefitinib selectively degrades the important anti-apoptosis factor COX6A1 (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A1) in the autophagy-lysosome pathway. The gefitinib-induced COX6A1 reduction impairs mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV (RCC IV) function, which in turn activates apoptosis, hence causing liver injury. Notably, this autophagy-promoted apoptosis is dependent on PLK1 (polo like kinase 1). Both AAV8-mediated Plk1 knockdown and PLK1 inhibitor BI-2536 could mitigate the gefitinib-induced hepatotoxicity in vivo by abrogating the autophagic degradation of the COX6A1 protein. In addition, PLK1 inhibition could not compromise the anti-cancer activity of gefitinib. In conclusion, our findings reveal the gefitinib-hepatotoxicity pathway, wherein autophagy promotes apoptosis through COX6A1 degradation, and highlight pharmacological inhibition of PLK1 as an attractive therapeutic approach toward improving the safety of gefitinib-based cancer therapy. Abbreviations: 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AAV8: adeno-associated virus serotype 8; ATG5: autophagy related 5; ATG7: autophagy related 7; B2M: beta-2-microglobulin; CCCP: carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone; CHX: cycloheximide; COX6A1: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A1; c-PARP: cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; CQ: chloroquine; GOT1/AST: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase 1, soluble; GPT/ALT: glutamic pyruvic transaminase, soluble; HBSS: Hanks´ balanced salt solution; H&E: hematoxylin and eosin; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated proteins 1 light chain 3; PLK1: polo like kinase 1; RCC IV: respiratory chain complex IV; ROS: reactive oxygen species; TUBB8: tubulin beta 8 class VIII |
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