Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer

Tong, Shiyu; Yin, Hongling; Fu, Jun; Li, Yangle

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Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer

Shiyu Tong¹, Hongling Yin², Jun Fu^3,✉, Yangle Li^1,✉

1. Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
2. Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
3. Department of Neurosurgery, Sanbo Brain Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Tong S, Yin H, Fu J, Li Y. Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer. J Cancer 2022; 13(4):1103-1118. doi:10.7150/jca.66248. https://www.jcancer.org/v13p1103.htm

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Although intravesical gemcitabine (GEM) chemotherapy (IGC) can effectively reduce the recurrence risk of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), the development of GEM resistance may occur and result in cancer recurrence and disease progression. Herein, a label-free proteomics approach was used to characterize the proteomic profiles of primary/post-IGC recurrent NMIBC. A total of 218 proteins were found to be differentially expressed in paired primary and post-IGC recurrent NMIBC. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis revealed that multiple signaling pathways including “focal adhesion” were highly enriched in recurrent NMIBC. Niban apoptosis regulator 1 (NIBAN1) was identified as the top upregulated protein in recurrent NMIBC. Highly increased NIBAN1 expression was observed in a number of GEM-resistant cancer cell lines and in post-IGC recurrent NMIBC specimens. Manipulation of NIBAN1 expression affected the chemosensitivity to GEM in bladder cancer cell models. Moreover, NIBAN1 also regulated focal adhesion/focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling activation in bladder cancer cell lines. Highly elevated FAK (pY397) expression was observed in post-IGC recurrent NMIBC specimens, which was positively correlated with NIBAN1 expression. Knockdown of FAK markedly attenuated GEM resistance in GEM-resistant bladder cancer cells. In vivo studies demonstrated that knockdown of NIBAN1 disrupted FAK signaling and sensitized GEM-resistant bladder cancer cells to GEM treatment. Our findings suggest that NIBAN1 might regulate FAK signaling activation to promote GEM resistance in bladder cancer. Targeting NIBAN1/FAK signaling may help sensitize bladder cancer cells to GEM treatment.

Keywords: bladder cancer, NIBAN1, FAK, gemcitabine, chemoresistance

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Tong, S., Yin, H., Fu, J., Li, Y. (2022). Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer. Journal of Cancer, 13(4), 1103-1118. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.66248.

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Tong, S.; Yin, H.; Fu, J.; Li, Y. Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer. J. Cancer 2022, 13 (4), 1103-1118. DOI: 10.7150/jca.66248.

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Tong S, Yin H, Fu J, Li Y. 2022. Niban apoptosis regulator 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by activating the focal adhesion kinase signaling pathway in bladder cancer. J Cancer. 13(4):1103-1118.

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