Abstract
Multidrug resistance (MDR) limits the anticancer effects of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). Oxaliplatin is a common component of combinational therapeutic regimens administered to patients with metastatic CRC; however, it is also used as a constituent of adjuvant therapy for patients at a risk of recurrent disease. In the present study, we investigated the role of stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) in chemoresistance. STC2 knockdown sensitized chemoresistant CRC cells to oxaliplatin. Moreover, the expression of exogenous STC2 in chemonaïve CRC cells induced oxaliplatin resistance. We confirmed that STC2 upregulated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression in CRC cells. Furthermore, shRNA against phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) or Akt inhibited the action of STC2 on P-gp upregulation and MDR in CRC. To our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate the induction of oxaliplatin resistance in CRC cells in response to STC2 stimulation of P-gp via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.
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