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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

DDAH1 Promotes Cisplatin Chemoresistance in Patients with Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma via the EGFR-JAK2-STAT3 Pathway.

Jin-Hao Yang, Li Yuan, Qiu-Yan Chen, Kai-Qi Lan, Liang-Ji Li, Yu-Chen Li, Xiao-Yun Li, Xue-Song Sun, Lin-Quan Tang, Sai-Lan Liu and 1 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jin-Hao YangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Li YuanState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Qiu-Yan ChenState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Kai-Qi LanState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Liang-Ji LiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Yu-Chen LiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Xiao-Yun LiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Xue-Song SunState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Lin-Quan TangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Sai-Lan LiuState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.
Hai-Qiang MaiState Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Diagnosis and Therapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-8670

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2505800National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2705005National Natural Science Foundation of China 32200651National Natural Science Foundation of China 82203125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cisplatin-based induction chemotherapy (IC) improves survival in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LANPC). However, ≈30% of patients with LANPC receiving IC develop chemoresistance, and 20% experience disease progression. The relation between chemoresistance and Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-1 (DDAH1) in NPC has not been mentioned in previous studies. To explore the regulatory mechanism and biological function of DDAH1 in cisplatin chemoresistance, NPC cell lines are subjected to overexpression and knockdown of DDAH1 in vitro, with findings further corroborated by in vivo chemosensitivity assays. The predictive value of DDAH1 expression is evaluated for survival and resistance to cisplatin-based IC in a cohort of 339 patients with LANPC. Overexpression of DDAH1 in NPC cell lines increases cisplatin resistance both in vitro and in vivo through binding to the intracellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), enhancing its dimerization and phosphorylation, thereby promoting the activation of the JAK2-STAT3 pathway, which is dependent on EGFR and extracellular ligands and can be weakened by nimotuzumab. Clinically, DDAH1 positivity correlates with unfavorable 3-year survivals. This study identified DDAH1 as a prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target for nimotuzumab to overcome treatment failure and chemoresistance in LANPC and other EGFR-positive cancers.

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AmidohydrolasesCisplatinDrug Resistance, NeoplasmNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansJanus Kinase 2MaleMiceMiddle AgedSignal TransductionAmidohydrolasesAntineoplastic AgentsCisplatindimethylargininaseEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsJAK2 protein, humanJanus Kinase 2STAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factorcisplatin resistanceDDAH1EGFRJAK2‐STAT3 pathwaynasopharyngeal carcinomanimotuzumab

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