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Wang H, Dai YY, Zhang WQ, Hsu PC, Yang YL, Wang YC, Chan G, Au A, Xu ZD, Jiang SJ, Wang W, Jablons DM, You L. DCLK1 is correlated with MET and ERK5 expression, and associated with prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Int J Oncol 2017; 51:91-103. [PMID: 28560410 PMCID: PMC5467791 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2017.4021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer for which more effective treatments are needed. In this study, strong to moderate staining of MET and ERK5 was detected in 67.1 and 48% of the analyzed 73 human mesothelioma tumors, and significant correlation of MET and ERK5 expression was identified (P<0.05). We evaluated the doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) expression in human mesothelioma tumors. Our results showed that 50.7% of the immunohistochemistry analyzed human mesothelioma tumors have strong to moderate staining of DCLK1, and its expression is significantly correlated with MET or ERK5 expression (P<0.05). Also, the upregulation of DCLK1 is correlated with poor prognosis in MPM patients (P=0.0235). To investigate whether DCLK1 is downstream of MET/ERK5 signaling in human mesothelioma, the effect of DCLK1 expression was analyzed after treatments with either the MET inhibitor XL184 or the ERK5 inhibitor XMD8-92 in human mesothelioma cell lines. Our results showed that the MET inhibitor XL184 reduced the expression of phospho‑ERK5 and DCLK1 expression in human mesothelioma cell lines. In addition, the ERK5 inhibitor XMD8-92 reduced the expression of phospho-ERK5 and DCLK1 expression in human mesothelioma cell lines. Furthermore, XML184 and XMD8-92 treatment impaired invasion and tumor sphere formation ability of H290 mesothelioma cells. These results suggest that DCLK1 is regulated by MET/ERK5 signaling in human mesothelioma, and the MET/ERK5/DCLK1 signaling cascade could be further developed into a promising therapeutic target against mesothelioma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hui Wang
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Affiliated Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong university, Shandong, P.R. China
- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Affiliated with Capital university of Medical Science, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Affiliated Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong university, Shandong, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Varesano S, Salvi S, Boccardo S, Ravetti JL, Pistillo MP, Canessa PA, Ferro P, Fedeli F, Roncella S. MET Gene Status in Malignant Mesothelioma Using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization. J Thorac Oncol 2016; 11:e28-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2015.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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