S1PR1 predicts patient survival and promotes chemotherapy drug resistance in gastric cancer cells through STAT3 constitutive activation.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

S1PR1-STAT3 inter-regulatory loop was initially suggested to be oncogenic in several cancer cells. However, the clinical relevance of this mechanism in tumor progression, disease prognosis and drug response was not established.

METHODS:

The correlations between S1PR1 transcription, overall survival and chemotherapy response of GC patients were tested using a large clinical database. The relevance of S1PR1 expression and STAT3 activation in both tumor tissues and cancer cell lines was also tested. The effect of S1PR1 high expression achieved by persistent STAT3 activation on tumor cell drug resistance was investigated in vitro and in vivo.

FINDINGS:

An enhanced S1PR1 expression was highly related with a reduced overall survival time and a worse response to chemotherapy drug and closer correlation to STAT3 in gastric cancer patients. The issue chip analysis showed that the expressions of S1PR1 and STAT3 activation were increased in higher graded gastric cancer (GC) tissues. Cellular studies supported the notion that the high S1PR1 expression was responsible for drug resistance in GC cells through a molecular pattern derived by constitutive activation of STAT3. The disruption of S1PR1-STAT3 signaling significantly re-sensitized drug resistance in GC cells in vitro and in vivo.

INTERPRETATION:

S1PR1-STAT3 signaling may participate drug resistance in GC, thus could serve as a drug target to increase the efficacy of GC treatment. FUND: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81570775, 81471095), the grant from the research projects in traditional Chinese medicine industry of China (No. 201507004-2).

• Authors: Shiyu Song, Haiyan Min, Mengyuan Niu, Lei Wang, Yongzheng Wu, Bin Zhang, Xiufang Chen, Qiao Liang, Yanting Wen, Yong Wang, Long Yi, Hongwei Wang, Qian Gao
• Journal: EBioMedicine (EBioMedicine) Vol. 37 Pg. 168-176 (Nov 2018) ISSN: 2352-3964 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 30316864 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Neoplasm Proteins
• Receptors, Lysosphingolipid
• S1PR1 protein, human
• STAT3 Transcription Factor
• STAT3 protein, human
• Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptors

Topics

• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents (administration & dosage)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Disease-Free Survival
• Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Mice, Nude
• Neoplasm Proteins (biosynthesis, genetics)
• Receptors, Lysosphingolipid (biosynthesis, genetics)
• STAT3 Transcription Factor (biosynthesis, genetics)
• Signal Transduction
• Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptors
• Stomach Neoplasms (drug therapy, genetics, metabolism, mortality)
• Survival Rate