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- Title
Sorafenib Action in Hepatitis B Virus X-Activated Oncogenic Androgen Pathway in Liver through SHP-1.
- Authors
Sheng-Han Wang; Shiou-Hwei Yeh; Chung-Wai Shiau; Kuen-Feng Chen; Wei-Hsiang Lin; Ting-Fen Tsai; Yuan-Chi Teng; Ding-Shinn Chen; Pei-Jer Chen; Wang, Sheng-Han; Yeh, Shiou-Hwei; Shiau, Chung-Wai; Chen, Kuen-Feng; Lin, Wei-Hsiang; Tsai, Ting-Fen; Teng, Yuan-Chi; Chen, Ding-Shinn; Chen, Pei-Jer
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) shows a higher incidence in men, mainly because of hepatitis B X (HBx)-mediated enhancement of androgen receptor (AR) activity. We aimed to examine this pathway in hepatocarcinogenesis and to identify drug(s) specifically blocking this carcinogenic event in the liver. <bold>Methods: </bold>HBx transgenic mice that spontaneously develop HCC (n = 28-34 per group) were used, either by knockout of hepatic AR or by castration. Efficacy of several HCC-targeted drugs in suppressing HBx-induced AR activity was evaluated, and cellular factors mediating suppression were investigated in cultured cells. Tissue specificity of the candidate drug was validated using mouse tissues. Data were analyzed with Chi-square and Student's t tests. All statistical tests were two-sided. <bold>Results: </bold>The androgen pathway was shown to be important in early stage hepatocarcinogenesis of HBx transgenic mice. The tumor incidence was decreased from 80% to 32% by AR knockout (P < .001) and from 90% to 25% by early castration (P < .001). Sorafenib markedly inhibited the HBx-enhanced AR activity through activating the SHP-1 phosphatase, which antagonized the activation of Akt/GSK3β and c-Src by HBx. Moreover, SHP-1 protein level was much higher in the liver than in testis, which enabled sorafenib to inhibit aberrant AR activity in the HBx-expressing liver, while not affecting the physiological AR function in normal liver or testis. <bold>Conclusions: </bold>The androgen pathway may be a druggable target for the chemoprevention of HBV-related HCC, and sorafenib might be used as a tissue- and disease-specific regimen for the chemoprevention of HBV-related HCC.
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2015, Vol 107, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djv190