The role of HOTAIR in the modulation of resistance to anticancer therapy Provisionally Accepted
- 1G. Pascale National Cancer Institute Foundation (IRCCS), Italy
Leading anti-tumour therapeutic strategies typically involve surgery and radiotherapy for locally advanced (non-metastatic) cancers, while hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and molecular targeted therapy are the current treatment options for metastatic cancer. Despite the initially high sensitivity rate to anticancer therapies, a large number of patients develop resistance, leading to a poor prognosis. The mechanisms related to drug resistance are highly complex, and long non-coding RNAs appear to play a crucial role in these processes.Among these, the lncRNA homeobox transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR), widely implicated in cancer initiation and progression, likewise plays a significant role in anticancer drug resistance. It can modulate cell activities such as proliferation, apoptosis, hypoxia, autophagy, as well as epithelial-mesenchymal transition, thereby contributing to the development of resistant tumour cells.In this manuscript, we describe different mechanisms of antitumor drug resistance in which HOTAIR is involved and suggest its potential as a therapeutic predictive biomarker for the management of cancer patients.
Keywords: long non-coding RNAs, resistance to anti-cancer therapies, HOTAIR in drugresistance, HOTAIR as circulating biomarker, HOTAIR as therapeutic target
Received: 09 Apr 2024;
Accepted: 10 May 2024.
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* Correspondence: PhD. Monica Cantile, G. Pascale National Cancer Institute Foundation (IRCCS), Naples, Italy