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ArticleBMC medical genomics2010

The NRF2-mediated oxidative stress response pathway is associated with tumor cell resistance to arsenic trioxide across the NCI-60 panel.

Qian Liu, Hao Zhang, Lisa Smeester, Fei Zou, Matt Kesic, Ilona Jaspers, Jingbo Pi, Rebecca C Fry

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Article in BMC medical genomics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Qian LiuDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Hao Zhang
Lisa Smeester
Fei Zou
Matt Kesic
Ilona Jaspers
Jingbo Pi
Rebecca C Fry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USThe Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences · US

Funding

STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF FLOW AND TRANSPORT PHENOMENAP42ES005948 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FRY, REBECCA · 1992 to 2017
$45.4M
UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Melissa A. Troester · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Paradoxical roles of Nrf2 activation in arsenic-induced beta-cell dysfunctionR01ES016005 · NIEHS · THE HAMNER INSTITUTES · PI PI, JINGBO · 2008 to 2012
$2.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES016005NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126NIEHS NIH HHS P30-ES10126NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES005948NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDrinking water contaminated with inorganic arsenic is associated with increased risk for different types of cancer. Paradoxically, arsenic trioxide can also be used to induce remission in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with a success rate of approximately 80%. A comprehensive study examining the mechanisms and potential signaling pathways contributing to the anti-tumor properties of arsenic trioxide has not been carried out.

methodsHere we applied a systems biology approach to identify gene biomarkers that underlie tumor cell responses to arsenic-induced cytotoxicity. The baseline gene expression levels of 14,500 well characterized human genes were associated with the GI50 data of the NCI-60 tumor cell line panel from the developmental therapeutics program (DTP) database. Selected biomarkers were tested in vitro for the ability to influence tumor susceptibility to arsenic trioxide.

resultsA significant association was found between the baseline expression levels of 209 human genes and the sensitivity of the tumor cell line panel upon exposure to arsenic trioxide. These genes were overlayed onto protein-protein network maps to identify transcriptional networks that modulate tumor cell responses to arsenic trioxide. The analysis revealed a significant enrichment for the oxidative stress response pathway mediated by nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) with high expression in arsenic resistant tumor cell lines. The role of the NRF2 pathway in protecting cells against arsenic-induced cell killing was validated in tumor cells using shRNA-mediated knock-down.

conclusionsIn this study, we show that the expression level of genes in the NRF2 pathway serve as potential gene biomarkers of tumor cell responses to arsenic trioxide. Importantly, we demonstrate that tumor cells that are deficient for NRF2 display increased sensitivity to arsenic trioxide. The results of our study will be useful in understanding the mechanism of arsenic-induced cytotoxicity in cells, as well as the increased applicability of arsenic trioxide as a chemotherapeutic agent in cancer treatment.

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Oxidative StressAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorHumansLeukemia, Promyelocytic, AcuteNational Cancer Institute (U.S.)NF-E2-Related Factor 2OxidesRNA InterferenceUnited StatesAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideBiomarkers, TumorNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxides

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PMID20707922
PMCPMC2939609
OpenAlexW1969070309

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