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Title: CUL4A overexpression enhances lung tumor growth and sensitizes lung cancer cells to Erlotinib via transcriptional regulation of EGFR

Abstract

CUL4A has been proposed as oncogene in several types of human cancer, but its clinical significance and functional role in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unclear. Expression level of CUL4A was examined by RT-PCR and Western blot. Forced expression of CUL4A was mediated by retroviruses, and CUL4A silencing by shRNAs expressing lentiviruses. Growth capacity of lung cancer cells was measured by MTT in vitro and tumorigenesis in vivo, respectively. We found that CUL4A was highly expressed in human lung cancer tissues and lung cancer cell lines, and this elevated expression positively correlated with disease progression and prognosis. Overexpression of CUL4A in human lung cancer cell lines increased cell proliferation, inhibited apoptosis, and subsequently conferred resistance to chemotherapy. On other hand, silencing CUL4A expression in NSCLC cells reduced proliferation, promoted apoptosis and resulted in tumor growth inhibition in cancer xenograft model. Mechanistically, we revealed CUL4A regulated EGFR transcriptional expression and activation, and subsequently activated AKT. Targeted inhibition of EGFR activity blocked these CUL4A induced oncogenic activities. In conclusion, our results highlight the significance of CUL4A in NSCLC and suggest that CUL4A could be a promising therapy target and a potential biomarker for prognosis and EGFR target therapy in NSCLCmore » patients.« less

Authors:
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  1. Shandong Univ., Jinan (China)
  2. The Fifth People's Hospital (China)
  3. Shandong Cancer and Hospital Inst. (China)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1257383
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Molecular Cancer
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-4598
Publisher:
BioMed Central
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Erlotinib; EGFR; Lung cancer; CUL4A

Citation Formats

Wang, Yunshan, Zhang, Pengju, Liu, Ziming, Wang, Qin, Wen, Mingxin, Wang, Yuli, Yuan, Hongtu, Mao, Jian-Hua, and Wei, Guangwei. CUL4A overexpression enhances lung tumor growth and sensitizes lung cancer cells to Erlotinib via transcriptional regulation of EGFR. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1186/1476-4598-13-252.
Wang, Yunshan, Zhang, Pengju, Liu, Ziming, Wang, Qin, Wen, Mingxin, Wang, Yuli, Yuan, Hongtu, Mao, Jian-Hua, & Wei, Guangwei. CUL4A overexpression enhances lung tumor growth and sensitizes lung cancer cells to Erlotinib via transcriptional regulation of EGFR. United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-13-252
Wang, Yunshan, Zhang, Pengju, Liu, Ziming, Wang, Qin, Wen, Mingxin, Wang, Yuli, Yuan, Hongtu, Mao, Jian-Hua, and Wei, Guangwei. Fri . "CUL4A overexpression enhances lung tumor growth and sensitizes lung cancer cells to Erlotinib via transcriptional regulation of EGFR". United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-13-252. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257383.
@article{osti_1257383,
title = {CUL4A overexpression enhances lung tumor growth and sensitizes lung cancer cells to Erlotinib via transcriptional regulation of EGFR},
author = {Wang, Yunshan and Zhang, Pengju and Liu, Ziming and Wang, Qin and Wen, Mingxin and Wang, Yuli and Yuan, Hongtu and Mao, Jian-Hua and Wei, Guangwei},
abstractNote = {CUL4A has been proposed as oncogene in several types of human cancer, but its clinical significance and functional role in human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unclear. Expression level of CUL4A was examined by RT-PCR and Western blot. Forced expression of CUL4A was mediated by retroviruses, and CUL4A silencing by shRNAs expressing lentiviruses. Growth capacity of lung cancer cells was measured by MTT in vitro and tumorigenesis in vivo, respectively. We found that CUL4A was highly expressed in human lung cancer tissues and lung cancer cell lines, and this elevated expression positively correlated with disease progression and prognosis. Overexpression of CUL4A in human lung cancer cell lines increased cell proliferation, inhibited apoptosis, and subsequently conferred resistance to chemotherapy. On other hand, silencing CUL4A expression in NSCLC cells reduced proliferation, promoted apoptosis and resulted in tumor growth inhibition in cancer xenograft model. Mechanistically, we revealed CUL4A regulated EGFR transcriptional expression and activation, and subsequently activated AKT. Targeted inhibition of EGFR activity blocked these CUL4A induced oncogenic activities. In conclusion, our results highlight the significance of CUL4A in NSCLC and suggest that CUL4A could be a promising therapy target and a potential biomarker for prognosis and EGFR target therapy in NSCLC patients.},
doi = {10.1186/1476-4598-13-252},
journal = {Molecular Cancer},
number = 1,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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