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Predicting Agents That Can Overcome 5-FU Resistance in Colorectal Cancers via Pharmacogenomic Analysis.


ABSTRACT: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is one of several chemotherapeutic agents in clinical use as a standard of care to treat colorectal cancers (CRCs). As an antimetabolite, 5-FU inhibits thymidylate synthase to disrupt the synthesis and repair of DNA and RNA. However, only a small proportion of patients benefit from 5-FU treatment due to the development of drug resistance. This study applied pharmacogenomic analysis using two public resources, the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) and the Connectivity Map, to predict agents overcoming 5-FU resistance in CRC cells based on their genetic background or gene expression profile. Based on the genetic status of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), the most frequent mutated gene found in CRC, we found that combining a MEK inhibitor with 5-FU exhibited synergism effects on CRC cells with APC truncations. While considering the gene expression in 5-FU resistant cells, we demonstrated that targeting ROCK is a potential avenue to restore 5-FU response to resistant cells with wild-type APC background. Our results reveal MEK signaling plays a pivotal role in loss-of-function, APC-mediated 5-FU resistance, and ROCK activation serves as a signature in APC-independent 5-FU resistance. Through the use of these available database resources, we highlight possible approaches to predict potential drugs for combinatorial therapy for patients developing resistance to 5-FU treatment.

SUBMITTER: Huang TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389646 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predicting Agents That Can Overcome 5-FU Resistance in Colorectal Cancers via Pharmacogenomic Analysis.

Huang Tsui-Chin TC   Peng Kuan-Chieh KC   Kuo Tzu-Ting TT   Lin Li-Chun LC   Liu Bai-Chia BC   Ye Shu-Ping SP   Chu Chien-Chou CC   Hsia Shih-Min SM   Chang Hsin-Yi HY  

Biomedicines 20210724 8


5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is one of several chemotherapeutic agents in clinical use as a standard of care to treat colorectal cancers (CRCs). As an antimetabolite, 5-FU inhibits thymidylate synthase to disrupt the synthesis and repair of DNA and RNA. However, only a small proportion of patients benefit from 5-FU treatment due to the development of drug resistance. This study applied pharmacogenomic analysis using two public resources, the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer (GDSC) and the Connect  ...[more]

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