A let-7b binding site SNP in the 3 '-UTR of the Bcl-xL gene enhances resistance to 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin in breast cancer cells

作者：Wang, Ting; Huang, Bin; Guo, Rui; Ma, Jin; Peng, Cuiying; Zu, Xuyu; Tang, Huifang; Lei, Xiaoyong^*

来源：Oncology Letters, 2015, 9(4): 1907-1911.

DOI：10.3892/ol.2015.2938

• let-7b
• B-cell lymphoma-extra large
• single nucleotide polymorphism
• resistance
• breast cancer

The development of acquired resistance to chemotherapy is a major obstacle in the successful treatment of cancer. In breast cancer cells, B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xL) is involved in the development of resistance to various chemotherapeutic agents; therefore, preliminary biological prediction was performed to identify a putative binding site for let-7b in the 3-untranslated region (UTR) of the Bcl-xL gene and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) within this binding region. The present study investigated the association between the SNP rs3208684 A>C and chemotherapeutic agent resistance in breast cancer cells. The data indicated that let-7b negatively regulates the expression of Bcl-xL and appears to sensitize MCF-7 cells to the chemotherapeutic agents 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and doxorubicin. Furthermore, the SNP rs3208684 A>C was demonstrated to enhance Bcl-xL protein expression by disrupting the binding of let-7b to the 3-UTR of Bcl-xL and, in MCF-7 cells, overexpression of let-7b in the presence of a mutant Bcl-xL 3-UTR (C allele) significantly increased 5-FU and doxorubicin resistance. Thus, the results of the present study demonstrate that the SNP rs3208684 A>C may upregulate Bcl-xL protein expression and enhance the resistance of the MCF-7 cells to 5-FU and doxorubicin by decreasing the binding of let-7b to the 3-UTR of Bcl-xL.

• 出版日期2015-4
• 单位南华大学