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Neoplasma Vol.67, No.2, p.379–388, 2020

Title: Suppression of αvβ6 downregulates P-glycoprotein and sensitizes multidrug-resistant breast cancer cells to anticancer drugs
Author: Y.H. ZHANG, Z.F. GAO, G.H. DONG, X. LI, Y. WU, G. LI, A.L. WANG, H.L. LI, D. L. YIN
Abstract: Multidrug resistance (MDR) in breast cancer treatment is the major cause leading to the failure of chemotherapy. P-glycoprotein (P-gp), the product of the human MDR1 gene, plays a key role in resistance to chemotherapy and confers cross-resistance to many structurally unrelated anticancer drugs. We have previously reported that integrin αvβ6 plays a critical role in breast cancer invasion and metastasis. However, whether and how αvβ6 is associated with P-gp and regulated by potential genetic mechanisms in breast cancer remains unclear. In the present study, we further investigated the reversal effect and underlying mechanisms of MDR in breast cancer. Two small interfering RNA constructs (pSUPER-β6shRNAs) targeting two different regions of the β6 gene have been designed to inhibit αvβ6 expression by transfecting them into adriamycin-resistant MCF-7/ADR cell lines. Suppression of αvβ6 dramatically downregulated the levels of MDR1 gene mRNA and P-gp. In particular, β6shRNA-mediated silencing of αvβ6 gene increased significantly the cellular accumulation of Rhodamine 123 and markedly decreased drug efflux ability, suggesting that β6shRNAs indeed inhibit P-gp mediated drug efflux and effectively overcome drug resistance. In addition, inhibition of integrin αvβ6 suppressed the expression of ERK1/2. Interestingly, our data demonstrate that suppression of integrin αvβ6 caused significant downregulation of Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and upregulation of caspase 3, Bad, accompanied by increasing activity of cytochrome C. A possible connection between αvβ6 and P-gp in drug resistance biology is suggested. Taken together, β6shRNA could efficiently inhibit αvβ6 and MDR1 expression in vitro and these findings may offer specifically useful means to reverse MDR in breast cancer therapy.
Keywords: multidrug resistance, αvβ6 gene, RNA interference, MDR1, P-glycoprotein, breast cancer
Published online: 21-Mar-2020
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 2 Page From: 379, Page To: 388
doi:10.4149/neo_2020_190604N486


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