Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Functional screening implicates miR-371-3p and peroxiredoxin 6 in reversible tolerance to cancer drugs

  • Nisebita Sahu,
  • Jean-Philippe Stephan,
  • Darlene Dela Cruz,
  • Mark Merchant,
  • Benjamin Haley,
  • Richard Bourgon,
  • Marie Classon,
  • Jeff Settleman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12351
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Acquired resistance significantly limits the efficacy of cancer drug therapies. Here, the authors identify miR-371-3p as a suppressor of drug tolerance in cancer cell lines by its target gene PRDX6, which in turn regulates PLA2/PKCα signalling and ROS levels.