Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play vital roles not only in tumor initiation and metastasis, but also in cancer therapy resistance and recurrence. While the mechanism underlying CSCs self-renew is still a central question in cancer research. Our latest preliminary data indicates that overexpression of MUC1 enhances self-renew of CSCs. Further investigation found that MUC1, which was upregulated in mitosis, related to symmetric division of CSCs. These data suggest that MUC1 may promote CSCs self-renew by regulating the metaphase proteins. The proposed work will extend our study 1) to elucidate the role of MUC1 in regulation of CSCs self-renew; 2) to figure out the mechanism of how MUC1 induced CSCs symmetric division; 3) to dissect the biological function of MUC1 in CSCs self-renew, and thereby inducing chemoresistance and recurrence of cancer. These research findings will offer new insight into CSCs self-renew and MUC1 mediated tumor initiation as well as enable the development of strategies to target MUC1 positive CSCs for cancer therapy.
肿瘤干细胞(cancer stem cell, CSCs)不仅是肿瘤发生和转移的根源,也是导致肿瘤放、化疗失败及复发的根本原因。虽然关于CSCs的研究已有较多报道,但是CSCs如何进行自我更新仍是肿瘤研究领域尚未解决的核心问题。我们新近研究发现黏蛋白1(MUC1)高表达导致CSCs自我更新能力增强,进一步研究发现MUC1在细胞分裂中期表达并促进CSCs对称分裂,提示MUC1可能调控CSCs分裂模式进而增强CSCs自我更新能力。本项目拟在上述创新性发现的基础上,深入研究MUC1对CSCs自我更新调控的作用;揭示MUC1诱导CSCs对称分裂模式的分子机制;阐明MUC1增强CSCs自我更新在肿瘤耐药和复发中的作用。该研究将不仅揭示CSCs自我更新的新机制、创新MUC1的致癌机理,亦可望为临床靶向MUC1阳性CSCs的治疗策略提供实验依据,为肿瘤早期诊断、预防及治疗提供新思路。
肿瘤干细胞(cancer stem cell, CSCs)不仅是肿瘤发生和转移的根源,也是导致肿瘤放、化疗抵抗及复发的根本原因。CSCs如何进行自我更新(self-renew)的调控是肿瘤研究领域尚未解决的核心问题,也是肿瘤治疗的关键突破口。黏蛋白1(MUC1)是约120-225KDa大小的高分子量跨膜糖蛋白,在60%的实体瘤中去极化高表达,尤其是高表达于90%以上的乳腺癌。本项目围绕CSCs自我更新的调控机理进行研究,获得多项创新发现,主要包括3个部分:①发现调控线粒体自噬的生物学新功能,阐明了MUC1调控ATAD3A-Pink1介导线粒体自噬的分子机制;而且揭示了MUC1通过诱导线粒体自噬,促进肿瘤发生发展的重要作用;同时,探讨了上述原创性发现的临床转化意义,提出了以MUC1-线粒体自噬为靶点用于乳腺癌联合治疗的新策略;②揭示了化疗药物作用下 MUC1 促进 TICs 富集的作用,而且阐明了MUC1通过EGFR-CREB/GRβ-IL-6 信号通路调节 TICs 增殖的分子机制,为肿瘤的治疗及预防复发提供了新思路;③发现MUC1促进肿瘤细胞HER2/EGFR二聚化,并通过激活HER2下游信号通路、调控细胞代谢模式导致乳腺干细胞富集,进而促进乳腺癌发生,提示MUC1可作为HER2阳性乳腺癌治疗预后的指标。
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