Connexin 36 Mediated Intercellular Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Transmission Induces SSTA Resistance in Growth Hormone Pituitary Adenoma
Somatostatin analogues (SSTA) are first-line pharmacological treatment choice for acromegaly, which received satisfying tumor shrinkage and normalization of growth hormone. However, there are still patients unresponsive to SSTA, and the underline mechanism remains unknown. Besides, there is no evide...
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Published in | International journal of biological sciences Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 801 - 817 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Australia
Ivyspring International Publisher
2024
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Summary: | Somatostatin analogues (SSTA) are first-line pharmacological treatment choice for acromegaly, which received satisfying tumor shrinkage and normalization of growth hormone. However, there are still patients unresponsive to SSTA, and the underline mechanism remains unknown. Besides, there is no evidence regarding the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and its transmission in SSTA resistance, which also require investigation. Primary growth hormone adenoma cells and cell lines were treated with SSTA; autophagy double-labeled LC3 (mRFP-GFP) adenovirus transfection, flow cytometry sorting, western blotting, calcium imaging as well as immunofluorescence staining were used to determine ERS and autophagy signal transmission; xenograft and syngeneic tumor
model were exploited to confirm the ERS signal transmission mediated effect. Our results revealed that SSTA induces ERS in pituitary growth hormone (GH) adenoma cells. The ERS signals can be intercellularly transmitted, leading to less responsible to SSTA treatment. Moreover, SSTA stimulates inositol triphosphate (IP
) elevation, mediating ERS intercellular transfer. In addition, connexin 36 tunnels ERS transmission, and its blocker, Quinine, exhibits a synergistic effect with SSTA treating GH adenoma. Our study provided insight into ERS intercellular transmission mediated SSTA resistance, which could be translated into clinical usage to improve SSTA efficiency in GH adenoma treatment. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Equal Contribution. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists. |
ISSN: | 1449-2288 1449-2288 |
DOI: | 10.7150/ijbs.86736 |