Abstract:
:Deregulation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling is now increasingly reported in a variety of human malignancies. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is among such human malignancies with aberrant JNK activation; yet the exact role(s) of JNK deregulation in NSCLC biology, in particular in vivo, remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated a specific role of JNK in the control of the tumor-initiating capacity of A549 cells derived from human lung adenocarcinoma, a major subtype of NSCLC. Despite its potent inhibitory activity on A549 cell growth in vitro, SP600125, a reversible JNK inhibitor, failed to inhibit the growth of pre-established A549 xenografts in vivo when systemically administered. Nevertheless, the same SP600125 treatment caused a marked reduction in the tumor-initiating population within the A549 tumors, suggesting that JNK may be specifically required in vivo for the maintenance of the tumor-initiating population of tumor cells rather than for proliferation and survival of the entire cell population. Furthermore, A549 cells either pre-treated with SP600125 or transiently transfected with siRNAs against the JNK genes in vitro showed substantially reduced ability to initiate tumor formation upon implantation into nude mice, implying that the cell intrinsic JNK activity of A549 cells is essential for the maintenance of their tumor-initiating capacity. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that JNK is involved in the control of the tumor-initiating capacity of NSCLC cells. Our findings also give rise to an intriguing possibility that therapies targeting JNK could contribute to prevention of relapse and/or metastasis of NSCLC through elimination of tumor-initiating cells.
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Oncol Repjournal_title
Oncology reportsauthors
Okada M,Shibuya K,Sato A,Seino S,Watanabe E,Suzuki S,Seino M,Kitanaka Cdoi
10.3892/or.2013.2655subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-10-01 00:00:00pages
1957-64issue
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1021-335Xissn
1791-2431journal_volume
30pub_type
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