The WNT10B Network Is Associated with Survival and Metastases in Chemoresistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Autor: Lisa D. Yee, Stephan Lehr, Jackelyn A. Alva-Ornelas, Ruth O'Regan, Peter Wend, C Hilaire, Tiffany N. Seagroves, Lily Yang, Robert D. Cardiff, Julio Silva, Ikbale El Ayachi, Raisa I. Krutilina, Gustavo A. Miranda-Carboni, Wendy Silva, Iram Fatima, Andrew C. White, William E. Lowry, Joseph Kerby Gray, Stephanie Runke, Victoria L. Seewaldt, William L. Kuenzinger, Susan A. Krum
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research
Drug Resistance
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
Transgenic
Metastasis
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Transcription Factor 4
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Neoplasm Metastasis
Triple-negative breast cancer
beta Catenin
Cancer
Tumor
biology
EZH2
Heterocyclic
Wnt signaling pathway
Acetylation
Drug Synergism
Middle Aged
Survival Rate
Oncology
5.1 Pharmaceuticals
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Development of treatments and therapeutic interventions
medicine.drug
Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Mice
Transgenic

macromolecular substances
Pyrimidinones
Article
Cell Line
03 medical and health sciences
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
Breast cancer
HMGA2
Cell Line
Tumor

Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Breast Cancer
Biomarkers
Tumor

medicine
AXIN2
Animals
Humans
Doxorubicin
Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein
Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Alleles
business.industry
HMGA2 Protein
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
Heterocyclic

medicine.disease
Wnt Proteins
030104 developmental biology
Drug Resistance
Neoplasm

biology.protein
Cancer research
Neoplasm
business
Biomarkers
Zdroj: Cancer research, vol 79, iss 5
Popis: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) commonly develops resistance to chemotherapy, yet markers predictive of chemoresistance in this disease are lacking. Here, we define WNT10B-dependent biomarkers for β-CATENIN/HMGA2/EZH2 signaling predictive of reduced relapse-free survival. Concordant expression of HMGA2 and EZH2 proteins is observed in MMTV-Wnt10bLacZ transgenic mice during metastasis, and Hmga2 haploinsufficiency decreased EZH2 protein expression, repressing lung metastasis. A novel autoregulatory loop interdependent on HMGA2 and EZH2 expression is essential for β-CATENIN/TCF-4/LEF-1 transcription. Mechanistically, both HMGA2 and EZH2 displaced Groucho/TLE1 from TCF-4 and served as gatekeepers for K49 acetylation on β-CATENIN, which is essential for transcription. In addition, we discovered that HMGA2-EZH2 interacts with the PRC2 complex. Absence of HMGA2 or EZH2 expression or chemical inhibition of Wnt signaling in a chemoresistant patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model of TNBC abolished visceral metastasis, repressing AXIN2, MYC, EZH2, and HMGA2 expression in vivo. Combinatorial therapy of a WNT inhibitor with doxorubicin synergistically activated apoptosis in vitro, resensitized PDX-derived cells to doxorubicin, and repressed lung metastasis in vivo. We propose that targeting the WNT10B biomarker network will provide improved outcomes for TNBC. Significance: These findings reveal targeting the WNT signaling pathway as a potential therapeutic strategy in triple-negative breast cancer.
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