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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Type I IFN receptor type 2 (IFNAR2) expression correlates significantly with clinical response to interferon (IFN)-alpha/5-fluorouracil (5-FU) combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, some IFNAR2-positive patients show no response to the therapy. This result suggests the possibility of other factors, which would be responsible for resistance to IFN-alpha/5-FU therapy. The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism of anti-proliferative effects of IFN-alpha/5-FU therapy and search for a biological marker of chemoresistance to such therapy. Gene expression profiling and molecular network analysis were used in the analysis of non-responders and responders with IFNAR2-positive HCC. The Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway contributed to resistance to IFN-alpha/5-FU therapy. Immunohistochemical analysis showed positive epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) expression, the target molecule of Wnt/beta-catenin signalling, only in non-responders. In vitro studies showed that activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signalling by glycogen synthesis kinase-3 inhibitor (6-bromoindirubin-3'-oxime (BIO)) induced chemoresistance to IFN-alpha/5-FU. BrdU-based cell proliferation ELISA and cell cycle analysis showed that concurrent addition of BIO and IFN-alpha/5-FU significantly to hepatoma cell cultures reduced the inhibitory effects of the latter two on DNA synthesis and accumulation of cells in the S-phase. The results indicate that activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway induces chemoresistance to IFN-alpha/5-FU therapy and suggest that Ep-CAM is a potentially useful marker for resistance to such therapy, especially in IFNAR2-positive cases.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1532-1827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1647-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-28
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