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Establishment and mechanism of sorafenib-resistant cells

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K19331
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Gastroenterology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokushima

Principal Investigator

TOMONARI Tetsu  徳島大学, 病院, 特任助教 (20556807)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywordssorafenib / ソラフェニブ / 耐性
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The mechanism of resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to sorafenib is unknown. Accordingly, we established sorafenib-resistant HCC cells and investigated the mechanism of resistance to sorafenib. Sorafenib-resistant cell lines were established from the HCC cell line PLC/PRF5. Western blot analysis of signal transduction-related proteins showed no significant differences in expression of AKT/pAKT, mTOR/pmTOR, or ERK/pERK between the 2 resistant clones versus parent cells. Likewise, when expression of membrane transporter proteins was determined, there were no significant differences between resistant clones and parent cells. However, the expression levels of MRP3 in the 2 resistant clones were significantly higher than that of parent cells. When MRP3 gene was knocked down by siRNA in PLCPRF5-R2 cells, the sensitivity of the cells to sorafenib was restored. Our data demonstrate that the efflux transporter MRP3 plays an important role in resistance to sorafenib in HCC cells.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] MRP3 as a novel resistance factor for sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma2016

    • Author(s)
      Tetsu tomonari, Shunsaku takeishi, Tatsuya taniguchi, Takahiro Tanaka, Hironori Tanaka, Shota Fujimoto, Tetsuo Kimura, Koichi Okamoto, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Naoki Muguruma, Tetsuji Takayama1
    • Journal Title

      Oncotarget

      Volume: 7 Issue: 6 Pages: 7207-7215

    • DOI

      10.18632/oncotarget.6889

    • NAID

      120006576949

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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