Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 21 pp 24171—24191

LncRNA OTUD6B-AS1 promotes paclitaxel resistance in triple negative breast cancer by regulation of miR-26a-5p/MTDH pathway-mediated autophagy and genomic instability

Peng-Ping Li1, , Rong-Guo Li1, , Yu-Qing Huang1, , Jin-Pian Lu2, , Wei-Jun Zhang1, , Zhen-Yu Wang1, ,

  • 1 Department of Breast-Thyroid Surgery, Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 311000, China
  • 2 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310000, China

Received: September 8, 2021       Accepted: October 28, 2021       Published: November 5, 2021      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203672
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Abstract

Genomic instability (GIN) is pivotal in regulating tumor drug resistance, which blocked the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Although recent studies implied that non-coding RNA (ncRNA)-mediated autophagy abolishment promoted tumorigenesis by up-regulation of GIN, autophagy was known as a risk factor in tumor drug resistance. However, previous study also pointed that up-regulation of autophagy promoted GIN. Therefore, the relationship between autophagy and GIN is not clear, and more work is needed. And, if an ncRNA is identified to be a co-regulator of autophagy and GIN, it will be a potential therapy target of chemotherapy resistance in TNBC. In our study, we recognized both autophagy-GIN-associated microRNA (mi-26a-5p) by big data analysis, which was prognosis-correlated in breast cancer. Next, we identified the up-stream regulators (long non-coding RNA, lncRNA) and down-stream targets of miR-26a-5p by bioinformatics analysis (online public databases). Finally, we established lncRNA OTUD6B-AS1/miR-26a-5p/MTDH signaling pathway, and verified their functions by cytological, molecular biological and zoological experiments. In general, our study found (1) miR-26a-5p was a protective factor of breast cancer, while OTUD6B-AS1 and MTDH were risk factors; (2) OTUD6B-AS1 was the up-stream regulator of miR-26a-5p verified by luciferase; (3) up-regulation of miR-26a-5p and down-regulation of MTDH promoted cellular cytotoxicity of paclitaxel (PTX) in vitro and in vivo. (4) down-regulation of miR-26a-5p, overexpression of MTDH and OTUD6B-AS1 promoted autophagy and DNA damage; (5) up-regulation of OTUD6B-AS1 and MTDH inhibited DNA damage response (DDR) by inhibiting the phosphorylated activation of RAD51, ATR and ATM.

Abbreviations

TNBC: Triple Negative Breast Cancer; PTX: Paclitaxel; GIN: Genomic Instability; lncRNA: Long Non-coding RNA; miRNA: MicroRNA; siRNA: Small Interfere RNA; DDR: DNA Damage Response; DSB: Double Strand Breaks; HR: homologous recombination; NHEJ: Non-Homologous End Binding; RP: Recombination Plasmid; TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas.