Qilong Wang1, Min Li1, Chengping Hu1. 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nowadays the secondary resistance of gefitinib in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma is an outstanding problem. This research is to explore whether the gefitinib secondary resistance can be induced by gefitinib, to explore whether epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) promotor methylation correlate with the gefitinib-resistance in PC9/GR cell lines and to find a new therapeutic target to overcome the gefitinib secondary resistance in lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS: In vitro cultivation of lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, apply gefitinib on lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, and improve drug concentration. MTT for test of gefitinib resistance index in PC9 cell and PC9/GR cell. Bisulfite sequencing polymerase chain reaction (BSP) and Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of EGFR promoter methylation status and mRNA expression. In vitro cultivation of lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, apply 1 μmol/L 5-Aza-dc on lung adenocarcinoma PC9/GR cell lines for 72 h. MTT method for test of gefitinib resistance index in PC9/GR cell. RESULTS: After improving the gefitinib concentration, MTT results showed that half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of PC9 cell lines increase from (0.01 ± 0.002) μmol/L to (3.95 ± 0.23) μmol/L (P<0.05). BSP results showed that abnormal methylation sites compared the degree of methylation change: PC9: 59%; PC9/GR: 74% (P<0.05). RT-PCR results showed in PC9/GR cell lines, EGFR mRNA expression quantity increased (P<0.05). After applying 5-Aza-dc on PC9 cell lines, IC50 of PC9/GR decrease from (3.87 ± 0.034) μmol/L to (2.55 ± 0.14) μmol/L. CONCLUSIONS: The PC9 cell line which is induced by improving gefitinib concentration will be resistant to gefitinib, and the gefitinib-resistant cell line PC9/GR could be built. EGFR gene promoter methylation may be one of the mechanisms for the secondary resistance to gefitinib.
BACKGROUND: Nowadays the secondary resistance of gefitinib in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma is an outstanding problem. This research is to explore whether the gefitinib secondary resistance can be induced by gefitinib, to explore whether epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) promotor methylation correlate with the gefitinib-resistance in PC9/GR cell lines and to find a new therapeutic target to overcome the gefitinib secondary resistance in lung adenocarcinoma. METHODS: In vitro cultivation of lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, apply gefitinib on lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, and improve drug concentration. MTT for test of gefitinib resistance index in PC9 cell and PC9/GR cell. Bisulfite sequencing polymerase chain reaction (BSP) and Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of EGFR promoter methylation status and mRNA expression. In vitro cultivation of lung adenocarcinoma PC9 cell lines, apply 1 μmol/L 5-Aza-dc on lung adenocarcinoma PC9/GR cell lines for 72 h. MTT method for test of gefitinib resistance index in PC9/GR cell. RESULTS: After improving the gefitinib concentration, MTT results showed that half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of PC9 cell lines increase from (0.01 ± 0.002) μmol/L to (3.95 ± 0.23) μmol/L (P<0.05). BSP results showed that abnormal methylation sites compared the degree of methylation change: PC9: 59%; PC9/GR: 74% (P<0.05). RT-PCR results showed in PC9/GR cell lines, EGFR mRNA expression quantity increased (P<0.05). After applying 5-Aza-dc on PC9 cell lines, IC50 of PC9/GR decrease from (3.87 ± 0.034) μmol/L to (2.55 ± 0.14) μmol/L. CONCLUSIONS: The PC9 cell line which is induced by improving gefitinib concentration will be resistant to gefitinib, and the gefitinib-resistant cell line PC9/GR could be built. EGFR gene promoter methylation may be one of the mechanisms for the secondary resistance to gefitinib.
The methylation of EGFR promoter in PC9 cells (A) and the methylation of EGFR promoter in PC9/GR cells (B)
PC9细胞株EGFR启动子区域甲基化水平(A)及PC9/GR细胞株EGFR启动子区域甲基化水平(B)The methylation of EGFR promoter in PC9 cells (A) and the methylation of EGFR promoter in PC9/GR cells (B)
Human lung adenocarcinoma cell PC9/GR (A) and human lung adenocarcinoma cell PC9/GR after treated with 5-Aza-dc (B)
人肺腺癌耐药细胞PC9/GR细胞(A)和5-Aza-dc处理后人肺腺癌耐药细胞PC9/GR细胞(B)Humanlung adenocarcinoma cell PC9/GR (A) and humanlung adenocarcinoma cell PC9/GR after treated with 5-Aza-dc (B)
Influence of gefitinib to PC9/GR's proliferation in experiment group
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0.69±0.09
0.65±0.11
0.56±0.05
0.48±0.06
0.44±0.08
0.14±0.02
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4.82±0.03
22.13±0.05
37.51±0.03
46.23±0.04
93.78±0.06
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吉非替尼对对照组PC9/GR细胞增殖的影响
Influence of gefitinib to PC9/GR's proliferation in control group
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0.66±0.15
0.65±0.12
0.55±0.04
0.46±0.03
0.42±0.05
0.12±0.01
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0
4.52±0.03
21.39±0.06
35.52±0.04
42.19±0.04
88.22±0.09
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