Zhang, Shuman and Yun, Duo and Yang, Hao and Eckstein, Markus and Elbait, Gihan Daw and Zhou, Yaxing and Lu, Yanxi and Yang, Hai and Zhang, Jinping and Dörflein, Isabella and Britzen-Laurent, Nathalie and Pfeffer, Susanne and Stemmler, Marc P. and Dahl, Andreas and Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata and Chang, David and He, Hang and Zeng, Siyuan and Lan, Bin and Frey, Benjamin and Hampel, Chuanpit and Lentsch, Eva and Gollavilli, Paradesi Naidu and Büttner, Christian and Ekici, Arif B and Biankin, Andrew and Schneider-Stock, Regine and Ceppi, Paolo and Grützmann, Robert and Pilarsky, Christian (2024) Roflumilast inhibits tumor growth and migration in STK11/LKB1 deficient pancreatic cancer. Cell Death Discovery, 10: 124. ISSN 2058-7716
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This study aimed to analyze the genes that might regulate pancreatic cancer migration. The researchers identified STK11 as one of the top candidate genes and found that targeted knockout of STK11 promoted cell migration and increased liver metastasis in mice.AI Topics:
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the digestive system. It is highly aggressive, easily metastasizes, and extremely difficult to treat. This study aimed to analyze the genes that might regulate pancreatic cancer migration to provide an essential basis for the prognostic assessment of pancreatic cancer and individualized treatment. A CRISPR knockout library directed against 915 murine genes was transfected into TB 32047 cell line to screen which gene loss promoted cell migration. Next-generation sequencing and PinAPL.py- analysis was performed to identify candidate genes. We then assessed the effect of serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11) knockout on pancreatic cancer by wound-healing assay, chick agnosia (CAM) assay, and orthotopic mouse pancreatic cancer model. We performed RNA sequence and Western blotting for mechanistic studies to identify and verify the pathways. After accelerated Transwell migration screening, STK11 was identified as one of the top candidate genes. Further experiments showed that targeted knockout of STK11 promoted the cell migration and increased liver metastasis in mice. Mechanistic analyses revealed that STK11 knockout influences blood vessel morphogenesis and is closely associated with the enhanced expression of phosphodiesterases (PDEs), especially PDE4D, PDE4B, and PDE10A. PDE4 inhibitor Roflumilast inhibited STK11-KO cell migration and tumor size, further demonstrating that PDEs are essential for STK11-deficient cell migration. Our findings support the adoption of therapeutic strategies, including Roflumilast, for patients with STK11-mutated pancreatic cancer in order to improve treatment efficacy and ultimately prolong survival.
Title | Roflumilast inhibits tumor growth and migration in STK11/LKB1 deficient pancreatic cancer |
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Creators | Zhang, Shuman and Yun, Duo and Yang, Hao and Eckstein, Markus and Elbait, Gihan Daw and Zhou, Yaxing and Lu, Yanxi and Yang, Hai and Zhang, Jinping and Dörflein, Isabella and Britzen-Laurent, Nathalie and Pfeffer, Susanne and Stemmler, Marc P. and Dahl, Andreas and Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata and Chang, David and He, Hang and Zeng, Siyuan and Lan, Bin and Frey, Benjamin and Hampel, Chuanpit and Lentsch, Eva and Gollavilli, Paradesi Naidu and Büttner, Christian and Ekici, Arif B and Biankin, Andrew and Schneider-Stock, Regine and Ceppi, Paolo and Grützmann, Robert and Pilarsky, Christian |
Identification Number | 10.1038/s41420-024-01890-y |
Date | 9 March 2024 |
Divisions | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Additional Information | This research was funded by the EU (MSCA-ITN 1705 861196, PRECODE; CP) and the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC No. 201806880012, SZ; CSC No. 202108080198, YZ). PC and PNG are supported by Halls Møller grant from Novo Nordisk and by the Interdisziplinäre Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Erlangen. |
URI | https://pub.demo35.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/338 |
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Item Type | Article |
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Depositing User | Unnamed user with email ejo1f20@soton.ac.uk |
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Date Deposited | 11 Jun 2025 16:37 |
Revision | 14 |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2025 10:12 |
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