Cancer‐associated fibroblasts contribute to cisplatin resistance by modulating ANXA3 in lung cancer cells

摘要

Cancer tissues consist of cancer cells, surrounding stromal cells and the extracellular matrix. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAF) are one of the key components of stromal cells. CAF have a great impact on the behavior of cancer cells, including proliferation, invasion, metastasis and chemoresistance in many ways. However, the underlying mechanism had not been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the role of CAF in cisplatin resistance of lung cancer cells. By using conditioned medium from CAF (CAF‐CM), we found that CAF decreased the sensitivity of lung cancer cells to cisplatin. RNA sequencing results showed that CAF expressed a higher level of Annexin A3 (ANXA3) than normal fibroblasts (NF), and CAF‐CM incubation increased the ANXA3 level in lung cancer cells. Overexpression of ANXA3 in lung cancer cells increased cisplatin resistance and activated c‐jun N‐terminal kinase (JNK), whereas knockdown of style="fixed-case">ANXA3 increased cisplatin sensitivity. Further study showed that style="fixed-case">CAF‐ style="fixed-case">CM enhanced cisplatin resistance by inhibiting cisplatin‐induced apoptosis, determined by repression of caspase‐3 and caspase‐8, through activation of the style="fixed-case">ANXA3/ style="fixed-case">JNK pathway. Conversely, suppression of style="fixed-case">JNK activation by specific inhibitor retarded the effect of style="fixed-case">CAF‐ style="fixed-case">CM and style="fixed-case">ANXA3 on cisplatin sensitivity. Taken together, our study demonstrated that style="fixed-case">CAF potentiated chemoresistance of lung cancer cells through a novel style="fixed-case">ANXA3/ style="fixed-case">JNK pathway both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting style="fixed-case">ANXA3 could be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of chemoresistant cancer.