CREB3 facilitates Donafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the LSD1/CoREST/p65 axis by transcriptionally activating long noncoding RNA ZFAS1
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Abstract
Objective
Drug resistance greatly limits the therapeutic effect of a drug. This study aimed to explore the role of long noncoding RNA ZFAS1 in Donafenib resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells.
Methods
The expression of CREB3, ZFAS1, and p65 in HCC cell lines was measured by RT-qPCR and western blotting. After transfection with sh-ZFAS1, sh-CREB3, or sh-CREB3 + oe-p65 in Donafenib-resistent (DR) HCC cell lines, the transfection efficiency was evaluated by RT-qPCR and western blotting. The proliferation and IC50 to Donafenib of HCC cell lines was examined by MTT assay. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were examined by colony formation and flow cytometry assays. Then, the correlation amongst CREB3, ZFAS1, LSD1/CoREST, and p65 was analysed by ChIP, dual-luciferase reporter gene, and RIP assays.
Results
ZFAS1, CREB3, and p65 were upregulated in HepG2-DR and Huh7-DR cells. Silencing of ZFAS1 or CREB3 enhanced the sensitivity of HCC cells to Donafenib, inhibited cell proliferation and IC50, and increased cell apoptosis, which were reversed by p65 overexpression. Mechanistically, CREB3 bound to ZFAS1 promoter to augment ZFAS1 transcriptional expression, and ZFAS1 recruited LSD1/CoREST to the p65 promoter region to decrease H3K4 methylation and elevate p65 transcriptional expression.
Conclusion
CREB3 overexpression contributed to Donafenib resistance in HCC cells by activating the ZFAS1/p65 axis.
期刊介绍:
Translational Oncology publishes the results of novel research investigations which bridge the laboratory and clinical settings including risk assessment, cellular and molecular characterization, prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of human cancers with the overall goal of improving the clinical care of oncology patients. Translational Oncology will publish laboratory studies of novel therapeutic interventions as well as clinical trials which evaluate new treatment paradigms for cancer. Peer reviewed manuscript types include Original Reports, Reviews and Editorials.