ArticleCancers2021
Targeting the IL-6/STAT3 Signalling Cascade to Reverse Tamoxifen Resistance in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer.
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Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common female cancer. About 70% of breast cancer patients are estrogen receptor α (ERα) positive (ER+) with tamoxifen being the most commonly used anti-endocrine therapy. However, up to 50% of patients who receive tamoxifen suffer recurrence. We previously identified BQ323636.1 (BQ), a novel splice variant of NCOR2, can robustly predict tamoxifen resistance in ER+ primary breast cancer. Here we show that BQ can enhance IL-6/STAT3 signalling. We demonstrated that through interfering with NCOR2 suppressive activity, BQ favours the binding of ER to IL-6 promoter and the binding of NF-ĸB to IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) promoter, leading to the up-regulation of both IL-6 and IL-6R and thus the activation of STAT3. Knockdown of IL-6R could compromise tamoxifen resistance mediated by BQ. Furthermore, Tocilizumab (TCZ), an antibody that binds to IL-6R, could effectively reverse tamoxifen resistance both in vitro and in vivo. Analysis of clinical breast cancer samples confirmed that IL-6R expression was significantly associated with BQ expression and tamoxifen resistance in primary breast cancer, with high IL-6R expression correlating with poorer survival. Multivariate Cox-regression analysis confirmed that high IL-6R expression remained significantly associated with poor overall as well as disease-specific survival in ER+ breast cancer.
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