Targeted Therapy-Resistant Melanoma Cells Acquire Transcriptomic Similarities with Human Melanoblasts
Larribere L, Kuphal S, Sachpekidis C, Hueser L, Boßerhoff AK, Utikal J (2018)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2018
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Book Volume: 10
Journal Issue: 11
Abstract
The mechanisms of adaptive and acquired drug resistance in tumors are not completely understood. So far, gene amplifications or mutations, leading to the reactivation of the MAPK or PI3K pathways have been described. In this study, we used two different methods to generate human melanoblasts: (1) via differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and (2) via dedifferentiation from melanocytes. The melanoblast transcriptomes were then compared to the transcriptome of MAPK inhibitor-resistant melanoma cells. We observed that the expression of genes associated with cell cycle control, DNA damage control, metabolism, and cancer was altered in both melanoblast populations and in both adaptive and acquired resistant melanoma samples, compared to drug-sensitive samples. However, genes involved in antigen presentation and cellular movement were only regulated in the melanoblast populations and in the acquired resistant melanoma samples, compared to the drug-sensitive samples. Moreover, melanocyte-derived melanoblasts and adaptive resistant melanoma samples were characterized by different expression levels of certain transcription factors or genes involved in the CDK5 pathway. In conclusion, we show here that in vitro models of human melanoblasts are very important tools to comprehend the expression profiles of drug-resistant melanoma.
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Silke Kuphal
Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin
Anja Katrin Boßerhoff
Lehrstuhl für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin
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APA:
Larribere, L., Kuphal, S., Sachpekidis, C., Hueser, L., Boßerhoff, A.K., & Utikal, J. (2018). Targeted Therapy-Resistant Melanoma Cells Acquire Transcriptomic Similarities with Human Melanoblasts. Cancers, 10(11). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers10110451
MLA:
Larribere, Lionel, et al. "Targeted Therapy-Resistant Melanoma Cells Acquire Transcriptomic Similarities with Human Melanoblasts." Cancers 10.11 (2018).
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