Kazuya Shimizu1, Takaaki Nishiyama, Yuichi Hori. 1. From the *Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe Medical Center; and †Division of Medical Chemistry, Department of Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is resistant to systemic chemotherapy, resulting in a poor prognosis. We previously isolated a human pancreatic tumor-initiating cell line, KMC07, from a patient with acquired resistance to gemcitabine chemotherapy. To improve the anticancer effects of gemcitabine, we investigated the molecular mechanism of KMC07 cells' resistance to gemcitabine. METHODS: KMC07 cells were treated with gemcitabine, then gene expression and functional analyses performed using microarray, the quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and cell transplantation into nude mice. RESULTS: KMC07 cells, but not BxPC-3, PANC-1, MIA PaCa-2, or AsPC-1 cells, expressed matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA, the expression level of which was enhanced by gemcitabine. KMC07 cells were shown to carry a constitutively active Kras mutation, and a MEK inhibitor suppressed matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA expression. Gemcitabine enhanced histone H3 acetylation at the matrix metalloproteinase-10 promoter, and a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor reduced gemcitabine-enhanced matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA expression. Gemcitabine induced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10 protein in KMC07-derived pancreatic tumors in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated constitutive activation of the Kras-MEK matrix metalloproteinase-10 signaling pathway in KMC07 cells that was enhanced by gemcitabine through histone acetylation. Our results may provide novel insights into gemcitabine-based treatment for gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
OBJECTIVES: Advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is resistant to systemic chemotherapy, resulting in a poor prognosis. We previously isolated a humanpancreatic tumor-initiating cell line, KMC07, from a patient with acquired resistance to gemcitabine chemotherapy. To improve the anticancer effects of gemcitabine, we investigated the molecular mechanism of KMC07 cells' resistance to gemcitabine. METHODS: KMC07 cells were treated with gemcitabine, then gene expression and functional analyses performed using microarray, the quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and cell transplantation into nude mice. RESULTS: KMC07 cells, but not BxPC-3, PANC-1, MIA PaCa-2, or AsPC-1 cells, expressed matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA, the expression level of which was enhanced by gemcitabine. KMC07 cells were shown to carry a constitutively active Kras mutation, and a MEK inhibitor suppressed matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA expression. Gemcitabine enhanced histone H3 acetylation at the matrix metalloproteinase-10 promoter, and a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor reduced gemcitabine-enhanced matrix metalloproteinase-10 mRNA expression. Gemcitabine induced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10 protein in KMC07-derived pancreatic tumors in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated constitutive activation of the Kras-MEKmatrix metalloproteinase-10 signaling pathway in KMC07 cells that was enhanced by gemcitabine through histone acetylation. Our results may provide novel insights into gemcitabine-based treatment for gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Authors: Hwaida M Mokhtar; Amira Youssef; Tamer M Naguib; Amr A Magdy; Samir A Salama; Ahmed M Kabel; Nesreen M Sabry Journal: Medicina (Kaunas) Date: 2022-08-01 Impact factor: 2.948