PMID- 37193135 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230519 IS - 1943-8141 (Print) IS - 1943-8141 (Electronic) IS - 1943-8141 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 4 DP - 2023 TI - CXCL5 knockdown attenuated gemcitabine resistance of pancreatic cancer through regulation of cancer cells and tumour stroma. PG - 2676-2689 AB - Chemoresistance is one of the major causes to the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer (PC). Gemcitabine alone and gemcitabine-based therapies are mostly used for the treatment of PC. Gemcitabine resistance becomes the focus of chemotherapy. C-X-C motif chemokine 5 (CXCL5), a member of the C-X-C chemokine family, acts through C-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CXCR2). A high level of CXCL5 is associated with worse prognosis in PC patients and increased suppressive immune cell infiltration. Increased expression of CXCL5 is also found in gemcitabine-treated PC cells. To investigate the role of CXCL5 in PC response to gemcitabine, CXCL5 knockdown (KD) PC cells were generated and its effect on cancer cell response to gemcitabine in vitro and in vivo was studied. The mechanisms involved were also explored by determining the changes in the tumour microenvironment (TME) and protein profile of the CXCL5 KD cells using immune-staining and proteomic analysis. The results showed that CXCL5 expression were increased in all PC cell lines tested and in gemcitabine-resistant tumour tissue, that CXCL5 KD suppressed PC growth and sensitized PC cell response to gemcitabine and that CXCL5 KD stimulated the activation of stromal cells in TME. We conclude that CXCL5 promotes gemcitabine resistance by affecting TME and cancer cells. CI - AJTR Copyright (c) 2023. FAU - Lee, Nien-Hung AU - Lee NH AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Ma, Yi AU - Ma Y AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Ang, Ching-Seng AU - Ang CS AD - Bio-21 Institute, University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Dumesny, Chelsea AU - Dumesny C AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Huynh, Nhi AU - Huynh N AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. AD - Tumour Targeting Laboratory, Level 5, ONJCRI Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Wang, Kai AU - Wang K AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Nikfarjam, Mehrdad AU - Nikfarjam M AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - He, Hong AU - He H AD - Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230415 PL - United States TA - Am J Transl Res JT - American journal of translational research JID - 101493030 PMC - PMC10182491 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CXCR2 OT - CXL5 OT - collagen I OT - gemcitabine OT - tumour stroma OT - alpha-SMA COIS- None. EDAT- 2023/05/17 01:07 MHDA- 2023/05/17 01:08 PMCR- 2023/04/15 CRDT- 2023/05/16 21:20 PHST- 2022/07/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/17 01:08 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/17 01:07 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/16 21:20 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] PST - epublish SO - Am J Transl Res. 2023 Apr 15;15(4):2676-2689. eCollection 2023.