RRC ID 48798
著者 Tanaka N, Mashima T, Mizutani A, Sato A, Aoyama A, Gong B, Yoshida H, Muramatsu Y, Nakata K, Matsuura M, Katayama R, Nagayama S, Fujita N, Sugimoto Y, Seimiya H.
タイトル APC Mutations as a Potential Biomarker for Sensitivity to Tankyrase Inhibitors in Colorectal Cancer.
ジャーナル Mol Cancer Ther
Abstract In most colorectal cancers, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is activated by loss-of-function mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene and plays a critical role in tumorigenesis. Tankyrases poly(ADP-ribosyl)ate and destabilize Axins, a negative regulator of β-catenin, and upregulate β-catenin signaling. Tankyrase inhibitors downregulate β-catenin and are expected to be promising therapeutics for colorectal cancer. However, colorectal cancer cells are not always sensitive to tankyrase inhibitors, and predictive biomarkers for the drug sensitivity remain elusive. Here we demonstrate that the short-form APC mutations predict the sensitivity of colorectal cancer cells to tankyrase inhibitors. By using well-established colorectal cancer cell lines, we found that tankyrase inhibitors downregulated β-catenin in the drug-sensitive, but not resistant, colorectal cancer cells. The drug-sensitive cells showed higher Tcf/LEF transcriptional activity than the resistant cells and possessed "short" truncated APCs lacking all seven β-catenin-binding 20-amino acid repeats (20-AARs). In contrast, the drug-resistant cells possessed "long" APC retaining two or more 20-AARs. Knockdown of the long APCs with two 20-AARs increased β-catenin, Tcf/LEF transcriptional activity and its target gene AXIN2 expression. Under these conditions, tankyrase inhibitors were able to downregulate β-catenin in the resistant cells. These results indicate that the long APCs are hypomorphic mutants, whereas they exert a dominant-negative effect on Axin-dependent β-catenin degradation caused by tankyrase inhibitors. Finally, we established 16 patient-derived colorectal cancer cells and confirmed that the tankyrase inhibitor-responsive cells harbor the short-form APC mutations. These observations exemplify the predictive importance of APC mutations, the most common genetic alteration in colorectal cancers, for molecular targeted therapeutics. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(4); 752-62. ©2017 AACR.
巻・号 16(4)
ページ 752-762
公開日 2017-4-1
DOI 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-16-0578
PII 1535-7163.MCT-16-0578
PMID 28179481
MeSH Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / genetics* Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / metabolism Binding Sites Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics* Cell Line, Tumor Cell Proliferation / drug effects Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy Colorectal Neoplasms / enzymology Colorectal Neoplasms / genetics* Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology* HCT116 Cells HT29 Cells Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / pharmacology Humans Imides / pharmacology Protein Binding Quinolines / pharmacology Sulfones / pharmacology Tankyrases / antagonists & inhibitors* Triazoles / pharmacology Wnt Signaling Pathway / drug effects*
IF 5.615
引用数 27
WOS 分野 ONCOLOGY
リソース情報
遺伝子材料 pTcf7wtluc (RDB02968) pTcf7mtluc (RDB02969).