Loss of EGFR signaling-regulated miR-203 promotes prostate cancer bone metastasis and tyrosine kinase inhibitors resistance
Loss of EGFR signaling-regulated miR-203 promotes prostate cancer bone metastasis and tyrosine kinase inhibitors resistance
Activation of EGFR signaling pathway leads to prostate cancer bone metastasis; however, therapies targeting EGFR have demonstrated limited effectiveness and led to drug resistance. miR-203 levels are down-regulated in clinical samples of primary prostate cancer and further reduced in metastatic prostate cancer. Here we show that ectopic miR-203 expression displayed reduced bone metastasis and induced sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) treatment in a xenograft model. Our results demonstrate that the induction of bone metastasis and TKI resistance require miR-203 down regulation, activation of the EGFR pathway via altered expression of EGFR ligands (EREG and TGFA) and anti-apoptotic proteins (API5, BIRC2, and TRIAP1). Importantly, a sufficient reconstitution of invasiveness and resistance to TKIs treatment was observed in cells transfected with anti-miR-203. In prostate cancer patients, our data showed that miR-203 levels were inversely correlated with the expression of two EGFR ligands, EREG and TGFA, and an EGFR dependent gene signature. Our results support the existence of a miR-203, EGFR, TKIs resistance regulatory network in prostate cancer progression. We propose that the loss of miR-203 is a molecular link in the progression of prostate cancer metastasis and TKIs resistance characterized by high EGFR ligands output and anti-apoptotic proteins activation.
- University of California, San Francisco United States
- National Institute of Health Pakistan
- University of California, Los Angeles United States
- Department of Pathology Taiwan
- Taipei Medical University Taiwan
Male, EGF Family of Proteins, Base Sequence, Molecular Sequence Data, Down-Regulation, Mice, Nude, Prostatic Neoplasms, Bone Neoplasms, Amphiregulin, Epiregulin, ErbB Receptors, Mice, MicroRNAs, Cell Line, Tumor, Animals, Heterografts, Humans, Neoplasm Metastasis, 3' Untranslated Regions, Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Male, EGF Family of Proteins, Base Sequence, Molecular Sequence Data, Down-Regulation, Mice, Nude, Prostatic Neoplasms, Bone Neoplasms, Amphiregulin, Epiregulin, ErbB Receptors, Mice, MicroRNAs, Cell Line, Tumor, Animals, Heterografts, Humans, Neoplasm Metastasis, 3' Untranslated Regions, Protein Kinase Inhibitors
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