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ArticleMelanoma research2020

Silencing of CEBPB-AS1 modulates CEBPB expression and resensitizes BRAF-inhibitor resistant melanoma cells to vemurafenib.

Linda Vidarsdottir, Rita Valador Fernandes, Vasilios Zachariadis, Ishani Das, Elin Edsbäcker, Ingibjorg Sigvaldadottir, Alireza Azimi, Veronica Höiom, Johan Hansson, Dan Grandér and 2 more

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Article in Melanoma research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Linda VidarsdottirDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Rita Valador FernandesDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Vasilios ZachariadisDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Ishani DasDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Elin EdsbäckerDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Ingibjorg SigvaldadottirDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Alireza AzimiDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Veronica HöiomDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Johan HanssonDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Dan GrandérDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Suzanne Egyházi BrageDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Katja Pokrovskaja TammDepartment of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum, Solna.
Karolinska Institutet · SEBioClinicum (Russia) · RU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction of targeted therapy in the treatment of metastatic cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) has improved clinical outcome during the last years. However, only in a subset of the CMM patients, this will lead to long-term effects. CEBPB is a transcription factor that has been implicated in various physiological and pathological processes, including cancer development. We have investigated its prognostic impact on CMM and unexpectedly found that higher CEBPB mRNA levels correlated with a longer overall survival. Furthermore, in a small cohort of patients with metastatic CMM treated with BRAF-inhibitors, higher levels of CEBPB mRNA expression in the tumor cells prior treatment correlated to a longer progression-free survival. We have characterized an overlapping antisense transcript, CEBPB-AS1, with the aim to investigate the regulation of CEBPB expression in CMM and its impact on BRAF-inhibitor sensitivity. We demonstrated that silencing of CEBPB-AS1 resulted in epigenetic modifications in the CEBPB promoter and in increased CEBPB mRNA and protein levels, inhibited proliferation and partially resensitized BRAF-inhibitor resistant CMM cells to this drug-induced apoptosis. Our data suggest that targeting CEBPB-AS1 may represent a valuable tool to sensitize CMM cells to the BRAF-inhibitor-based therapies.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCell Line, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRNA, AntisenseRNA, MessengerVemurafenibBRAF protein, humanCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCEBPB protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRNA, AntisenseRNA, MessengerVemurafenib

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PMID32467529
PMCPMC7469874
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