Deregulation of the miR-222-ABCG2 regulatory module in tongue squamous cell carcinoma contributes to chemoresistance and enhanced migratory/invasive potential

Luodan Zhao; Yuexin Ren; Haikuo Tang; Wei Wang; Qianting He; Jingjing Sun; Xiaofeng Zhou; Anxun Wang

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.6253

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Deregulation of the miR-222-ABCG2 regulatory module in tongue squamous cell carcinoma contributes to chemoresistance and enhanced migratory/invasive potential

Luodan Zhao, Yuexin Ren, Haikuo Tang, Wei Wang, Qianting He, Jingjing Sun, Xiaofeng Zhou and Anxun Wang _

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Abstract

Luodan Zhao1,*, Yuexin Ren2,*, Haikuo Tang3, Wei Wang1, Qianting He1, Jingjing Sun1, Xiaofeng Zhou4 and Anxun Wang1

1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

2 Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

4 Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

* These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Anxun Wang, email:

Keywords: tongue squamous cell carcinoma, chemoresistance, cisplatin, metastasis, ABCG2

Received: May 01, 2015 Accepted: October 23, 2015 Published: October 27, 2015

Abstract

Chemoresistance is often associated with other clinical characteristics such as enhanced migratory/invasive potential. However, the correlation and underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. The aim of this study was to elucidate the function of the miR-222-ABCG2 pathway in the correlation between cisplatin (DDP) resistance and enhanced cell migration/invasion in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC). Using TSCC cell lines and primary cultures from TSCC cases, we first confirmed the correlation among DDP resistance (measured by IC50 values and ABCG2/ERCC1 expression), migratory/invasive potential (assessed by migration/invasion assays) and miR-222 expression. In TSCC cells, siRNA-mediated ABCG2 knockdown led to enhanced DDP responsiveness and reduced migratory/invasive potential, whereas ABCG2 overexpression induced DDP resistance and enhanced cell migration/invasion. Luciferase assays revealed that ABCG2 is a direct target of miR-222. In addition to reducing cell migration/invasion, functional analyses in TSCC cells indicated that miR-222 can reduce expression of the ABCG2 gene and enhance DDP responsiveness. However, co-transfection with ABCG2 cDNA restored both DDP resistance and migration/invasion. Moreover, miR-222 mimics and ABCG2 siRNA inhibited tumor growth and lung metastasis in vivo. Thus, our results verified that DDP resistance is correlated with enhanced migratory/invasive potential in TSCC. ABCG2 is a direct target of miR-222,and deregulation of the miR-222-ABCG2 regulatory module in TSCC contributes to both DDP resistance and enhanced migratory/invasive potential.

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Deregulation of the miR-222-ABCG2 regulatory module in tongue squamous cell carcinoma contributes to chemoresistance and enhanced migratory/invasive potential

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