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ArticleThe pharmacogenomics journal2025

Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) is under-expressed in mucinous colorectal cancer, and may mediate resistance to oxaliplatin.

William P Duggan, Mohammedreza Azimi, Lyndsey Flanagan, Graeme P Sullivan, Ian S Reynolds, Joanna Fay, Heiko Dussmann, Tríona Ní Chonghaile, Katherine M Sheehan, Karin Jirström and 2 more

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William P DugganDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-7430-9973
Mohammedreza AzimiDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Lyndsey FlanaganDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Graeme P SullivanDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Ian S ReynoldsDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Joanna FayRCSI Biobank Service, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Heiko DussmannDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Tríona Ní ChonghaileDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Katherine M SheehanDepartment of Pathology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Karin JirströmDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Oncology and Therapeutic Pathology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jochen H M PrehnDepartment of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-3479-7794
John P BurkeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. johnburke@rcsi.com.

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5-15% of all colorectal cancers (CRCs) are mucinous. Mucinous CRCs are associated with an inhibited response to standard adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies. Serine-Arginine Protein Kinase 1 (SRPK1) is an enzyme, which modulates the activity of multiple splicing factors. SRPK1 under-expression is associated with resistance to platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents in multiple tumor types. The objectives of this study were to evaluate SRPK1 expression in mucinous CRC and to explore the potential relationship between differential SRPK1 expression and oxaliplatin resistance in mucinous CRC. Rectal cancer and CRC Tissue Microarrays (TMA) were stained with SRPK1 to compare expression between mucinous and non-mucinous tumors. SRPK1 expression was analyzed in mucinous and non-mucinous CRC cell lines. Cells were treated with oxaliplatin to explore differences in treatment response. Mucinous cells were transfected with an SRPK1 CRISPR/Cas9 lentiviral activation plasmid to investigate the relationship between SRPK1 expression and oxaliplatin resistance. The TMA cohorts included 117 patients with mucinous and 441 patients with non-mucinous CRC. SRPK1 was found to be under-expressed in both the mucinous rectal cancer (P < 0.001) and CRC cohorts (P = 0.003). On univariate analysis, SRPK1 under-expression was found to be associated with worse 5-year OS (P = 0.001). Treatment of mucinous CRC cells with oxaliplatin did not result in a significant increase in cell death (P = 0.149). However overexpression of SRPK1 following transfection with a CRISPR/CAS9 activation plasmid resulted in a significant increase in sensitivity of these cells to oxaliplatin treatment (P = 0.029). SRPK1 is under-expressed in mucinous CRC, and under-expression is associated with worse OS. This may be due to the positive effects of SRPK1 on oxaliplatin sensitivity.

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Adenocarcinoma, MucinousAntineoplastic AgentsColorectal NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmOxaliplatinProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAgedCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedTissue Array AnalysisAntineoplastic AgentsOxaliplatinProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSRPK1 protein, human

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