Title
LncRNA MIR100HG-derived miR-100 and miR-125b mediate cetuximab resistance via Wnt/β-catenin signaling
Date Issued
01 November 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
data paper
Author(s)
Lu Y.
Zhao X.
Liu Q.
Li C.
Graves-Deal R.
Cao Z.
Singh B.
Franklin J.L.
Wang J.
Hu H.
Wei T.
Yang M.
Yeatman T.J.
Lee E.
Hinger S.
Patton J.G.
Chung C.H.
Emmrich S.
Klusmann J.H.
Fan D.
Coffey R.J.
Vanderbilt University
Publisher(s)
Nature Publishing Group
Abstract
De novo and acquired resistance, which are largely attributed to genetic alterations, are barriers to effective anti-epidermal-growth-factor-receptor (EGFR) therapy. To generate cetuximab-resistant cells, we exposed cetuximab-sensitive colorectal cancer cells to cetuximab in three-dimensional culture. Using whole-exome sequencing and transcriptional profiling, we found that the long non-coding RNA MIR100HG and two embedded microRNAs, miR-100 and miR-125b, were overexpressed in the absence of known genetic events linked to cetuximab resistance. MIR100HG, miR-100 and miR-125b overexpression was also observed in cetuximab-resistant colorectal cancer and head and neck squamous cell cancer cell lines and in tumors from colorectal cancer patients that progressed on cetuximab. miR-100 and miR-125b coordinately repressed five Wnt/β-catenin negative regulators, resulting in increased Wnt signaling, and Wnt inhibition in cetuximab-resistant cells restored cetuximab responsiveness. Our results describe a double-negative feedback loop between MIR100HG and the transcription factor GATA6, whereby GATA6 represses MIR100HG, but this repression is relieved by miR-125b targeting of GATA6. These findings identify a clinically actionable, epigenetic cause of cetuximab resistance.
Start page
1331
End page
1341
Volume
23
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85033240478
PubMed ID
Source
Nature Medicine
Resource of which it is part
Nature Medicine
ISSN of the container
10788956
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