Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance

Abstract Lenvatinib is the first target drug approved for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the development of drug resistance is common, and the mechanisms of lenvatinib resistance and resistant targets in HCC are poorly understood. By using CRISPR/Cas9 library screening, we screene...

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Autores principales: Yonggang Lu, Haoming Shen, Wenjie Huang, Sha He, Jianlin Chen, Di Zhang, Yongqi Shen, Yifan Sun
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3fda2f305bd648cd807dee2f0ef61d952021-11-21T12:08:49ZGenome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance10.1038/s41420-021-00747-y2058-7716https://doaj.org/article/3fda2f305bd648cd807dee2f0ef61d952021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-021-00747-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2058-7716Abstract Lenvatinib is the first target drug approved for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the development of drug resistance is common, and the mechanisms of lenvatinib resistance and resistant targets in HCC are poorly understood. By using CRISPR/Cas9 library screening, we screened out two key resistance genes, neurofibromin 1(NF1), and dual specificity phosphatase 9 (DUSP9), as critical drivers for lenvatinib resistance in HCC. With RNAi knockdown and CRISPR/Cas9 knockout models, we further clarified the mechanisms by which NF1 loss reactivates the PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways, while DUSP9 loss activates the MAPK/ERK signaling pathways, thereby inactivating FOXO3, followed by degradation of FOXO3, finally induced lenvatinib resistance. We also screened out trametinib, a small molecule pathway inhibitor for MEK, that can be used to reverse resistance induced by NF1 and DUSP9 loss in HCC cells. Trametinib was still able to halt HCC growth even when NF1 was knocked out in mice. Collectively, the findings indicate that NF1 and DUSP9 takes critical role in lenvatinib resistance and may be novel specific targets and predictive markers for lenvatinib resistance in HCC.Yonggang LuHaoming ShenWenjie HuangSha HeJianlin ChenDi ZhangYongqi ShenYifan SunNature Publishing GrouparticleNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282CytologyQH573-671ENCell Death Discovery, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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topic Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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spellingShingle Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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Cytology
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Yonggang Lu
Haoming Shen
Wenjie Huang
Sha He
Jianlin Chen
Di Zhang
Yongqi Shen
Yifan Sun
Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
description Abstract Lenvatinib is the first target drug approved for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the development of drug resistance is common, and the mechanisms of lenvatinib resistance and resistant targets in HCC are poorly understood. By using CRISPR/Cas9 library screening, we screened out two key resistance genes, neurofibromin 1(NF1), and dual specificity phosphatase 9 (DUSP9), as critical drivers for lenvatinib resistance in HCC. With RNAi knockdown and CRISPR/Cas9 knockout models, we further clarified the mechanisms by which NF1 loss reactivates the PI3K/AKT and MAPK/ERK signaling pathways, while DUSP9 loss activates the MAPK/ERK signaling pathways, thereby inactivating FOXO3, followed by degradation of FOXO3, finally induced lenvatinib resistance. We also screened out trametinib, a small molecule pathway inhibitor for MEK, that can be used to reverse resistance induced by NF1 and DUSP9 loss in HCC cells. Trametinib was still able to halt HCC growth even when NF1 was knocked out in mice. Collectively, the findings indicate that NF1 and DUSP9 takes critical role in lenvatinib resistance and may be novel specific targets and predictive markers for lenvatinib resistance in HCC.
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author Yonggang Lu
Haoming Shen
Wenjie Huang
Sha He
Jianlin Chen
Di Zhang
Yongqi Shen
Yifan Sun
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Haoming Shen
Wenjie Huang
Sha He
Jianlin Chen
Di Zhang
Yongqi Shen
Yifan Sun
author_sort Yonggang Lu
title Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
title_short Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
title_full Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
title_fullStr Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
title_full_unstemmed Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
title_sort genome-scale crispr-cas9 knockout screening in hepatocellular carcinoma with lenvatinib resistance
publisher Nature Publishing Group
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