PRMT-1 and p120-Catenin as EMT Mediators in Osimertinib Resistance in NSCLC

Autor: Puri, Kavya Sri Racherla, Katrina Dovalovsky, Meet Patel, Emma Harper, Jacob Barnard, S M Nasifuzzaman, Mason Smith, Riya Sikand, Eva Drinka, Neelu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Cancers; Volume 15; Issue 13; Pages: 3461
ISSN: 2072-6694
DOI: 10.3390/cancers15133461
Popis: Osimertinib, an irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is a first-line therapy in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients. Prolonged treatment with Osimertinib leads to resistance due to an acquired C797S mutation in the EGFR domain and other mechanisms, such as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this study, we investigated the role of PRMT-1 and p120-catenin in mediating Osimertinib resistance (OR) through EMT. These studies found upregulation of gene and protein expression of PRMT-1, p120-catenin and Kaiso factor. Knockdown of p120-catenin using siRNA increased OR efficacy by 45% as compared to cells treated with mock siRNA and OR. After 24 h of transfection, the percentage wound closure in cells transfected with p120-catenin siRNA was 26.2%. However, in mock siRNA-treated cells the wound closure was 7.4%, showing its involvement in EMT. We also found high levels of p120-catenin expressed in 30% of smokers as compared to 5.5% and 0% of non-smokers and quit-smokers (respectively) suggesting that smoking may influence p120-catenin expression in NSCLC patients. These results suggest that biomarkers such as PRMT-1 may mediate EMT by methylating Twist-1 and increasing p120-catenin expression, which causes transcriptional activation of genes associated with Kaiso factor to promote EMT in Osimertinib-resistant cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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