IGF1R signalling in testicular germ cell tumour cells impacts on cell survival and acquired cisplatin resistance.
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Date
2018-02-01Author
Selfe, J
Goddard, NC
McIntyre, A
Taylor, KR
Renshaw, J
Popov, SD
Thway, K
Summersgill, B
Huddart, RA
Gilbert, DC
Shipley, JM
Type
Journal Article
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Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) are the most frequent malignancy and cause of death from solid tumours in the 20- to 40-year age group. Although most cases show sensitivity to cis-platinum-based chemotherapy, this is associated with long-term toxicities and chemo-resistance. Roles for receptor tyrosine kinases other than KIT are largely unknown in TGCT. We therefore conducted a phosphoproteomic screen and identified the insulin growth factor receptor-1 (IGF1R) as both highly expressed and activated in TGCT cell lines representing the nonseminomatous subtype. IGF1R was also frequently expressed in tumour samples from patients with nonseminomas. Functional analysis of cell line models showed that long-term shRNA-mediated IGF1R silencing leads to apoptosis and complete ablation of nonseminoma cells with active IGF1R signalling. Cell lines with high levels of IGF1R activity also showed reduced AKT signalling in response to decreased IGF1R expression as well as sensitivity to the small-molecule IGF1R inhibitor NVP-AEW541. These results were in contrast to those in the seminoma cell line TCAM2 that lacked IGF1R signalling via AKT and was one of the two cell lines least sensitive to the IGF1R inhibitor. The dependence on IGF1R activity in the majority of nonseminomas parallels the known role of IGF signalling in the proliferation, migration, and survival of primordial germ cells, the putative cell of origin for TGCT. Upregulation of IGF1R expression and signalling was also found to contribute to acquired cisplatin resistance in an in vitro nonseminoma model, providing a rationale for targeting IGF1R in cisplatin-resistant disease. © 2017 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Subject
Cell Line, Tumor
Humans
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Testicular Neoplasms
Cisplatin
Receptors, Somatomedin
Antineoplastic Agents
Signal Transduction
Apoptosis
Cell Proliferation
Cell Survival
Phosphorylation
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Male
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research team
Glioma Team
Sarcoma Molecular Pathology
Clinical Academic Radiotherapy (Huddart)
Language
eng
Date accepted
2017-11-14
License start date
2018-02
Citation
The Journal of pathology, 2018, 244 (2), pp. 242 - 253
Publisher
WILEY