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1. 연 자 : 현 진 원 교수 (제주대학교)
2. 일 시 : 2014년 11월 27일 (목) 오후 4시
3. 연 제 : Involvement of DNA demethylase, ten-eleven translocation, in 5-fluorouracil resistant
colorectal cancer cells.
4. 장 소 : 종양연구소 세미나실 104호
5. 발 표 내 용
An anticancer drug, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is widely used for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, resistance to 5-FU often prevents the success of chemotherapy. Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcriptional regulator and a possible target to overcome 5-FU resistance. The present study examined epigenetic changes associated with Nrf2 induction in a human CRC cell line (SNUC5) resistant to 5-FU (SNUC5/5-FUR). The mRNA and protein expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), an Nrf2-regulated gene, were higher in SNUC5/5-FUR cells than in SNUC5 cells. Furthermore, Nrf2 expression, nuclear translocation, and binding to HO-1 promoter were higher in SNUC5/5-FUR cells than in SNUC5 cells. SNUC5/5-FUR cells produced a larger amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) than SNUC5 cells. siRNA- or shRNA-mediated knockdown of Nrf2 or HO-1 significantly suppressed cancer cell viability and tumor growth in vitro and in vivo, resulting in enhanced 5-FU sensitivity. Methylation-specific or quantitative PCR showed hypomethylation of the Nrf2 promoter CpG islands in SNUC5/5-FUR cells compared to SNUC5 cells. Expression of the DNA demethylase ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) was upregulated in SNUC5/5-FUR cells. The enhanced interaction between TET1 and O-GlcNAc transferase, a regulator of TET1, increased the affinity of TET1 for the Nrf2 promoter and promoted TET1 function in SNUC5/5-FUR cells. ROS generated by 5-FU upregulated TET1 expression and function in SNUC5 cells, whereas antioxidant had the opposite effect. These results suggested that the mechanism underlying the acquisition of 5-FU resistance in CRC involves the upregulation of Nrf2 and HO-1 expression via epigenetic modifications including DNA demethylation.