PMID- 30905815 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200325 LR - 20200325 IS - 1872-7980 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3835 (Linking) VI - 453 DP - 2019 Jul 1 TI - Targeting of TMPRSS4 sensitizes lung cancer cells to chemotherapy by impairing the proliferation machinery. PG - 21-33 LID - S0304-3835(19)30169-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.03.013 [doi] AB - High mortality rates caused by NSCLC show the need for the identification of novel therapeutic targets. In this study we have investigated the biological effects and molecular mechanisms elicited by TMPRSS4 in NSCLC. Overexpression of TMPRSS4 in LKR13 cells increased malignancy, subcutaneous tumor growth and multiorganic metastasis. In conditional knock-down (KD) experiments, abrogation of TMPRSS4 in H358 and H2170 cells altered proliferation, clonogenicity, tumor engraftment and tumor growth. Reduction in S and G2/M phases of the cell cycle, decreased BrdU incorporation and increased apoptosis was also found. Transcriptomic analysis in KD cells revealed downregulation of genes involved in DNA replication, such as MCM6, TYMS and CDKN1A (p21). In patients, expression of a signature of MCM6/TYMS/TMPRSS4 genes was highly associated with poor prognosis. Downregulation of TMPRSS4 significantly increased sensitivity to chemotherapy agents. In experiments using cisplatin, apoptosis and expression of the DNA-damage marker gamma-H2A was higher in cells lacking TMPRSS4. Moreover, in vivo assays demonstrated that tumors with no TMPRSS4 were significantly more sensitive to cisplatin than controls. These results show that TMPRSS4 can be considered as a novel target in NSCLC, whose inhibition increases chemosensitivity. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Exposito, Francisco AU - Exposito F AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain. FAU - Villalba, Maria AU - Villalba M AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain. FAU - Redrado, Miriam AU - Redrado M AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. FAU - de Aberasturi, Arrate L AU - de Aberasturi AL AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. FAU - Cirauqui, Cristina AU - Cirauqui C AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. FAU - Redin, Esther AU - Redin E AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. FAU - Guruceaga, Elizabeth AU - Guruceaga E AD - Bioinformatics Platform. Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - de Andrea, Carlos AU - de Andrea C AD - Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. FAU - Vicent, Silvestre AU - Vicent S AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain. FAU - Ajona, Daniel AU - Ajona D AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain; Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, School of Science, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - Montuenga, Luis M AU - Montuenga LM AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain. FAU - Pio, Ruben AU - Pio R AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain; Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, School of Science, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. FAU - Calvo, Alfonso AU - Calvo A AD - IDISNA and Program in Solid Tumors, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; CIBERONC, ISC-III, Spain. Electronic address: acalvo@unav.es. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190321 PL - Ireland TA - Cancer Lett JT - Cancer letters JID - 7600053 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 04Q9AIZ7NO (Pemetrexed) RN - 15H5577CQD (Docetaxel) RN - 6PLQ3CP4P3 (Etoposide) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Serine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (TMPRSS4 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Tmprss4 protein, mouse) RN - Q20Q21Q62J (Cisplatin) RN - U3P01618RT (Fluorouracil) RN - YL5FZ2Y5U1 (Methotrexate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cisplatin/pharmacology MH - Docetaxel/pharmacology MH - Etoposide/pharmacology MH - Fluorouracil/pharmacology MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*enzymology/pathology MH - Membrane Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Methotrexate/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - Pemetrexed/pharmacology MH - Serine Endopeptidases/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Chemosensitivity OT - Metastasis OT - Tumor growth EDAT- 2019/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/26 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/26 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3835(19)30169-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.03.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Lett. 2019 Jul 1;453:21-33. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.03.013. Epub 2019 Mar 21.