TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Logue, Susan E. A1 - McGrath, Eoghan P. A1 - Cleary, Patricia A1 - Greene, Stephanie A1 - Mnich, Katarzyna A1 - Almanza, Aitor A1 - Chevet, Eric A1 - Dwyer, Róisín M. A1 - Oommen, Anup A1 - Legembre, Patrick A1 - Godey, Florence A1 - Madden, Emma C. A1 - Leuzzi, Brian A1 - Obacz, Joanna A1 - Zeng, Qingping A1 - Patterson, John B. A1 - Jäger, Richard A1 - Gorman, Adrienne M. A1 - Samali, Afshin T1 - Inhibition of IRE1 RNase activity modulates the tumor cell secretome and enhances response to chemotherapy JF - Nature Communications N2 - Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) lacks targeted therapies and has a worse prognosis than other breast cancer subtypes, underscoring an urgent need for new therapeutic targets and strategies. IRE1 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensor, whose activation is predominantly linked to the resolution of ER stress and, in the case of severe stress, to cell death. Here we demonstrate that constitutive IRE1 RNase activity contributes to basal production of pro-tumorigenic factors IL-6, IL-8, CXCL1, GM-CSF, and TGFβ2 in TNBC cells. We further show that the chemotherapeutic drug, paclitaxel, enhances IRE1 RNase activity and this contributes to paclitaxel-mediated expansion of tumor-initiating cells. In a xenograft mouse model of TNBC, inhibition of IRE1 RNase activity increases paclitaxel-mediated tumor suppression and delays tumor relapse post therapy. We therefore conclude that inclusion of IRE1 RNase inhibition in therapeutic strategies can enhance the effectiveness of current chemotherapeutics. UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-39907 SN - 2041-1723 SS - 2041-1723 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05763-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05763-8 PM - 30111846 VL - 9 SP - 14 S1 - 14 PB - Nature Publishing Group ER -