Affiliation:
1. Biobank, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
2. Department of Occupational Health, Shenzhen Nanshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Abstract
Background:
ATP-Binding Cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) is a semi-transport
protein that plays a key role in human diseases, including bladder cancer and lung cancer, and
maybe resistant to chemotherapy drugs.
Objective:
The present study aimed to determine the role and underlying mechanisms of breast cancer
resistance protein (ABCG2) in breast cancer and to study the reversal effect of inhibiting
ABCG2 expression on the drug resistance of breast cancer cells and provide new ideas for gene-targeted
therapy of breast cancer.
Methods:
The structure and genomic alterations of ABCG2 were systematically investigated using
GeneCards and cBioPortal to reveal the genetic alterations (including amplification and deep deletions)
of ABCG2. We performed the correlation between ABCG2 expression and clinicopathological
parameters using the data in bc-GenExMiner 4.4. Then, the protein-protein interaction and functional
enrichment analysis of ABCG2 were performed based on the STRING, bc-GenExMiner 4.4,
and Enrichr databases. Besides, we analyzed the pathway activity of genes that interact with
ABCG2 using GSCALite and PharmGKB. Using magnetic nanoparticles polyMAG as the carrier
of ABCG2-siRNA, polyMAG-ABCG2-siRNA was transfected into the Doxorubicin (DOX)-resistant
breast cancer cell line MCF-7/ADR and directly into the tumors in nude mice. Patent
US20150328485 points out that magnetic nanoparticles can be attached to an anti-cancer drug,
such as an antibody-based anti-cancer drug.
Results:
We found a statistically significant correlation between ABCG2 expression and clinicopathological
parameters, such as Estrogen Receptor (ER), Progesterone Receptor (PR), and human
epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2), and nodal status in breast cancer patients. ABCG2 is
closely related to SLC2A9, KIT, ABCG1, and MRPS7, which suggests that these proteins may be
functional partners of breast cancer. The expression of ABCG2 is correlated with the activation or
inhibition of multiple oncogenic pathways. Moreover, we found that ABCG2 is involved in the
DOX signaling pathway. The small interfering RNA (siRNA) carried by magnetic nanoparticles
can reduce the expression of ABCG2, thereby significantly improving the therapeutic effect of
DOX on tumors.
Conclusion:
Our findings provide a more in-depth understanding of ABCG2 as a biomarker for
predicting DOX-resistance and insights into the development of related therapeutic targets in breast
cancer.
Funder
Shenzhen Municipal Government of China
Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen, China
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, China
National Natural Scientific Foundation of China
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Cancer Research,Drug Discovery,Oncology,General Medicine
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