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  2. Heme oxygenase-1 induction mediates chemoresistance of breast cancer cells to pharmorubicin by promoting autophagy via PI3K/Akt pathway

Heme oxygenase-1 induction mediates chemoresistance of breast cancer cells to pharmorubicin by promoting autophagy via PI3K/Akt pathway

  • J Cell Mol Med. 2018 Nov;22(11):5311-5321. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.13800.
Lei Pei 1 Yirong Kong 2 Changfeng Shao 3 Xiao Yue 1 Zongling Wang 4 Na Zhang 1
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of General Surgery, The People's Hospital of Pingyi County, Pingyi, Shangdong, China.
  • 2 Department of the Clinical Laboratory, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
  • 3 Department of Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
  • 4 Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Abstract

Background: Concerns about breast Cancer had become the most dangerous Cancer to women over the world, more and more anti-cancer agents are developed to treat this malignancy. Pharmorubicin is a cytotoxic drug, widely used in the treatment of breast Cancer, but its role is limited because of chemoresistance produced by cells. This study focused on exploring the influence of Autophagy on the resistance of pharmorubicin in breast Cancer cells.

Methods: The cell survival of breast Cancer cells was detected by MTT. The mRNA expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) was tested by qRT-PCR. The protein expression of HO-1, autophagic proteins (LC3-I,LC3-II and Beclin-1), PI3K and Akt was detected by Western blot. Cell Autophagy was examined by Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit.

Results: After being treated with pharmorubicin, the expression of HO-1 and Autophagy related proteins was significantly enhanced, but the cell survival ratio in the two cell lines decreased. After Autophagy was inhibited, HO-1 expression in two cells was down-regulated. When pharmorubicin-resistant cells were transfected with si-HO-1, the cell survival decreased and the protein expression of HO-1, autophagic proteins (LC3-II/LC3-I and Beclin-1) as well as Autophagy were all down-regulated, while in pharmorubicin-resistant cells transfected with pcDNA3.1-HO-1, the results were reverse. When the PI3K or Akt was inhibited, PI3K, p-Akt, HO-1, autophagic proteins and Autophagy were decreased remarkably.

Conclusion: It was proved that HO-1 induction mediated chemoresistance of pharmorubicin in breast Cancer cells by promoting Autophagy via PI3K/Akt pathway.

Keywords

autophagy; breast cancer cells; drug resistance; pharmorubicin.

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