Niclosamide induces miR-148a to inhibit PXR and sensitize colon cancer stem cells to chemotherapy

Autor: Lucile Bansard, Océane Bouvet, Elisa Moutin, Gaétan Le Gall, Alessandro Giammona, Elodie Pothin, Marion Bacou, Cédric Hassen-Khodja, Benoit Bordignon, Jean François Bourgaux, Michel Prudhomme, Frédéric Hollande, Julie Pannequin, Jean Marc Pascussi, Chris Planque
Přispěvatelé: Guerineau, Nathalie C., Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), BioCampus (BCM), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU Nîmes), University of Melbourne
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Stem Cell Reports
Stem Cell Reports, 2022, 17 (4), pp.835-848. ⟨10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.02.005⟩
ISSN: 2213-6711
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.02.005
Popis: International audience; Tumor recurrence is often attributed to cancer stem cells (CSCs). We previously demonstrated that down-regulation of Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) decreases the chemoresistance of CSCs and prevents colorectal cancer recurrence. Currently, no PXR inhibitor is usable in clinic. Here, we identify miR-148a as a targetable element upstream of PXR signaling in CSCs, which when over-expressed decreases PXR expression and impairs tumor relapse after chemotherapy in mouse tumor xenografts. We then develop a fluorescent reporter screen for miR-148a activators and identify the anti-helminthic drug niclosamide as an inducer of miR-148a expression. Consequently, niclosamide decreased PXR expression and CSC numbers in colorectal cancer patient-derived cell lines and synergized with chemotherapeutic agents to prevent CSC chemoresistance and tumor recurrence in vivo. Our study suggests that endogenous miRNA inducers is a viable strategy to down-regulate PXR and illuminates niclosamide as a neoadjuvant repurposing strategy to prevent tumor relapse in colon cancer.
Databáze: OpenAIRE