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ArticleMolecular & cellular proteomics : MCP2020

Upregulation of CD73 Confers Acquired Radioresistance and is Required for Maintaining Irradiation-selected Pancreatic Cancer Cells in a Mesenchymal State.

Anna M Nguyen, Jianhong Zhou, Brihget Sicairos, Sangeetha Sonney, Yuchun Du

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Article in Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna M NguyenDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Jianhong ZhouDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Brihget SicairosDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Sangeetha SonneyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Yuchun DuDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Electronic address: ydu@uark.edu.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville · US

Funding

Identification of the molecules/pathways that confer acquired radioresistance inR03CA169692 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · PI DU, YUCHUN · 2013 to 2014
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NCI NIH HHS R03 CA169692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying exceptional radioresistance in pancreatic cancer remain elusive. In the present study, we established a stable radioresistant pancreatic cancer cell line MIA PaCa-2-R by exposing the parental MIA PaCa-2 cells to fractionated ionizing radiation (IR). Systematic proteomics and bioinformatics analysis of protein expression in MIA PaCa-2 and MIA PaCa-2-R cells revealed that several growth factor-/cytokine-mediated pathways, including the OSM/STAT3, PI3K/AKT, and MAPK/ERK pathways, were activated in the radioresistant cells, leading to inhibition of apoptosis and increased epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity. In addition, the radioresistant cells exhibited enhanced capabilities of DNA repair and antioxidant defense compared with the parental cells. We focused functional analysis on one of the most up-regulated proteins in the radioresistant cells, ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73), which is a cell surface protein that is overexpressed in different types of cancer. Ectopic overexpression of CD73 in the parental cells resulted in radioresistance and conferred resistance to IR-induced apoptosis. Knockdown of CD73 re-sensitized the radioresistant cells to IR and IR-induced apoptosis. The effect of CD73 on radioresistance and apoptosis is independent of the enzymatic activity of CD73. Further studies demonstrate that CD73 up-regulation promotes Ser-136 phosphorylation of the proapoptotic protein BAD and is required for maintaining the radioresistant cells in a mesenchymal state. Our findings suggest that expression alterations in the IR-selected pancreatic cancer cells result in hyperactivation of the growth factor/cytokine signaling that promotes epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and enhancement of DNA repair. Our results also suggest that CD73, potentially a novel downstream factor of the enhanced growth factor/cytokine signaling, confers acquired radioresistance by inactivating proapoptotic protein BAD via phosphorylation of BAD at Ser-136 and by maintaining the radioresistant pancreatic cancer cells in a mesenchymal state.

Indexed as

Radiation, IonizingRadiation Tolerance5'-Nucleotidasebcl-Associated Death ProteinCell Line, TumorGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansPancreatic NeoplasmsPhosphorylationUp-Regulation5'-NucleotidaseBAD protein, humanbcl-Associated Death ProteinGPI-Linked ProteinsNT5E protein, humanapoptosiscancer biologyCD73Pancreatic cancerradioresistanceSILACtandem mass spectrometry

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PMID31879272
PMCPMC7000112
OpenAlexW2997526573

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