FOXC2 promotes chemoresistance in nasopharyngeal carcinomas via induction of epithelial mesenchymal transition.

Abstract:

:Paclitaxel (Taxol) is currently used as the front-line chemotherapeutic drug for many types of human cancers. However, the emergence of drug resistance has been a major obstacle to the effective treatment of cancers in clinical settings. The transcription factor Forkhead box protein C2 (FOXC2) was recently demonstrated to activate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this article, we present a novel role of FOXC2 in regulating chemoresistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) through the EMT. Using an EMT PCR array based on the screening of 84 genes, the expression of FOXC2 was notably upregulated in paclitaxel-resistant NPC cells (CNE2/t). We observed that the paclitaxel-resistant cells exhibited characteristic EMT phenotypes. The silencing of FOXC2 expression in the resistant cells can reverse the EMT molecular markers and chemoresistant phenotypes, such as cellular morphology, proliferation and anoikis. In an NPC xenograft mouse model, the downregulation of FOXC2 expression in the resistant NPC cells increased their sensitivity to paclitaxel treatment, resulting in reduced tumor growth. Taken together, our results suggest that FOXC2-mediated EMT may be an alternative mechanism through which cancer cells can initiate and maintain drug resistance. Thus, targeting FOXC2 may provide a novel strategy for overcoming chemoresistance in NPC therapy.

journal_name

Cancer Lett

journal_title

Cancer letters

authors

Zhou Z,Zhang L,Xie B,Wang X,Yang X,Ding N,Zhang J,Liu Q,Tan G,Feng D,Sun LQ

doi

10.1016/j.canlet.2015.04.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-07-28 00:00:00

pages

137-45

issue

2

eissn

0304-3835

issn

1872-7980

pii

S0304-3835(15)00266-9

journal_volume

363

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