Affiliation:
1. Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan
Abstract
Abstract
Lung cancer is the major cause of death worldwide. Activation of oncogenes or inhibition of tumour suppressors causes cancer formation. Previous studies have indicated that Pten, as a tumour suppressor, inhibits cancer formation. In this study, we studied the role of Pten in EGFRL858R-induced lung cancer in vivo. Interestingly, loss of Pten increased bronchial cell hyperplasia but decreased alveolar cell hyperplasia in EGFRL858R*Pten−/−-induced lung cancer. Syatematic analysis of gene expression by RNA-seq showed that a number of genes related to ciliogenesis were upregulated in EGFRL858R*Pten−/−-induced lung cancer and subsequently showed that bronchial ciliated cells were hyperplastic. Several critical ciliogenesis-related genes, such as mucin5a, DNAI2 and DNAI3, were found to be regulated by NR2F1. Next, NR2F1 was found to be inhibited by overexpression of Pten, indicating that Pten negatively regulates NR2F1, thereby inhibiting the expression of ciliogenesis-related genes and leading to the inhibition of bronchial cell hyperplasia during EGFRL858R-induced lung cancer progression. In addition, we also found that Pten decreased Akt phosphorylation in A549, Kras mutant, and H1299 cells but increased Akt phosphorylation in PC9, EGFRL858R, and H1299L858R cells, suggesting that Pten may function as a tumour suppressor and an oncogene in lung cancers with Kras mutation and EGFR mutation, respectively. PTEN acts as a double-edged sword that differentially regulates EGFRL858R-induced lung cancer progression in different genomic backgrounds. Understanding the Pten in lung cancer with different genetic backgrounds will be beneficial for therapy in the future.
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Research Square Platform LLC
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