Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies in the world, with multiple resistance and poor prognosis. Sorafenib is the first-line treatment for advanced HCC, but drug resistance severely restrict its efficacy. By now, the molecular mechanism of Sorafenib resistance is lack of well understanding. In this study, by using CRISPR/Cas9 genome library screening, KAEP1 was discovered as a totally new unknown factor of the sensitivity of hepatoma cells to Sorafenib. KEAP1 regulates multiple signaling pathways by ubiquitinating substrate proteins, including Nrf2/ARE and IKKβ/NF-κB, which are associated with drug resistance of tumor, but the key mechanism of KEAP1 inhibits Sorafenib resistance is unclear. Based on previous reports and existing results, with ingenuity and novelty of this work,the role of KEAP1 in Sorafenib resistance of HCC was investigated in vitro and in vivo, and the underlying mechanism was also explored. Our research is expected to reveal the key genes and signal pathways of Sorafenib resistance in HCC, and provide new targets in HCC treatment.
肝癌是全球最常见恶性肿瘤之一,具有多耐药和预后差的特性。索拉非尼是中晚期肝癌的一线治疗药物,但是耐药性严重限制了其疗效。目前对肝癌耐药产生的分子机制还缺乏完整的认识。本课题组通过CRISPR/Cas9基因组文库在肝癌细胞株中筛选,首次发现KEAP1是影响肝癌细胞对索拉非尼敏感性一个全新的未知调控因子。KEAP1通过泛素化修饰底物蛋白调控多条信号通路,其中包括与肿瘤耐药性产生相关的Nrf2/ARE和IKKβ/NF-κB,但负责介导KEAP1抑制肝癌对索拉非尼耐药的关键机制并不清楚。基于现有的研究基础,本项目拟通过体外和体内实验,围绕KEAP1在肝癌对索拉非尼耐药性产生中的关键作用,以及介导其生物学效应的分子机制展开研究,是一项具有独创性和新颖性的研究工作,并有良好的研究积累。通过本项目研究有望揭示肝癌索拉非尼耐药的关键作用基因及信号通路,从而为新的药物作用靶点选择提供依据。
十多年来,多激酶抑制剂药物基于其多种作用机理已在肝细胞肝癌(HCC)治疗中占据主导地位,但耐药性严重限制了疗效。使用CRISPR/Cas9基因组库筛选,我们确定Kelch样ECH相关蛋白1(KEAP1)是肝癌中索拉非尼药敏性的关键调节剂。然后,我们验证了KEAP1敲低可稳定核因子(NRF2)蛋白水平并导致索拉非尼耐药。进一步的研究表明,NRF2抑制剂可与索拉非尼协同作用,在体内外抑制HCC的生长。除了经典的KEAP1/NRF2/抗氧化反应元件(ARE)信号途径外,通过生物信息学分析,我们预测并进一步验证了成纤维细胞生长因子21(FGF21)可能是肝癌NRF2的重要下游分子。更重要的是,我们的研究首次报道FGF21可以通过减少其泛素化来正向上调NRF2,导致维持甚至继续增强NRF2的功能。这些研究提供了维持索拉非尼耐药性的新机制,并证明靶FGF21可能是通过调节NRF2致癌途径对抗索拉非尼耐药性的有前途的策略。
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