FGFR2-mediated phosphorylation of PTEN at tyrosine 240 contributes to the radioresistance of glioma

Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

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Yan, Yuanliang¹  Li, Zhi³  Zeng, Shuangshuang¹  Wang, Xiang¹  Gong, Zhicheng¹  Xu, Zhijie⁴ 

[1] Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University;National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University;Center for Molecular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Molecular Radiation Oncology of Hunan Province, Central South University;Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

关键词: FGFR2;    pY240-PTEN;    Radioresistance;    Glioma;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12079-019-00518-6

学科分类：分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Ionizing radiation (IR) is a standard-of-care treatment for glioma patients; however, the clinical efficacy is limited due to therapeutic resistance. A recent study published by Ma et al. (Cancer Cell 35:504–518, 2019) reported that the phosphorylation of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) at tyrosine 240 (pY240-PTEN) promotes the radioresistance of human glioma cells. After treatment with IR, the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2)-mediated phosphorylation that generated pY240-PTEN could effectively promote the decondensation of chromatin through an interaction with Ki-67, leading to DNA damage repair and radioresistance. However, such promising findings need to be addressed in detail after considering the following points. (1) The authors should take into consideration whether or not the nuclear-cytoplasmic translocalization of PTEN occurs. (2) The roles of FGFR2-PTEN downregulation should be validated using both genetic and pharmacological inhibition models. (3) Some of the data shown by the authors are confusing and did not support the conclusion that patients with higher PTEN and FGFR2 expression were relatively IR resistant.

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