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Wan B, Dai L, Wang L, Zhang Y, Huang H, Qian G, Yu T. Knockdown of BRCA2 enhances cisplatin and cisplatin-induced autophagy in ovarian cancer cells. Endocr Relat Cancer 2018; 25:69-82. [PMID: 29066501 DOI: 10.1530/erc-17-0261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Clinical implications of the BRCA2 expression level on treatments of ovarian cancer are controversial. Here, we demonstrated that platinum-resistant cancer had a higher percentage of high BRCA2 level (87.5% vs 43.6%, P = 0.001), and that patients with a low BRCA2 level in cancer tissues had longer progression-free survival (with a median time of 28.0 vs 12.0 months, P < 0.001) and platinum-free duration (with a median time of 19.0 vs 5.0 months, P < 0.001) compared with those with a high BRCA2 level. In human ovarian cancer cell lines CAOV-3 and ES-2, cisplatin induced an upregulation of the RAD51 protein, which was inhibited after silencing BRCA2; silencing BRCA2 enhanced the action of cisplatin in vitro and in vivo Knockdown of BRCA2 promoted cisplatin-induced autophagy. Interestingly, the autophagy blocker chloroquine enhanced cisplatin in BRCA2-silenced cells accompanied by an increase in apoptotic cells, which did not occur in BRCA2-intact cells; chloroquine enhanced the efficacy of cisplatin against BRCA2-silenced CAOV-3 tumors in vivo, with an increase in LC3-II level in tumor tissues. Sensitization of cisplatin was also observed in BRCA2-silenced CAOV-3 cells after inhibiting ATG7, confirming that chloroquine modulated the sensitivity via the autophagy pathway. These data suggest that a low BRCA2 level can predict better platinum sensitivity and prognosis, and that the modulation of autophagy can be a chemosensitizer for certain cancers.
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Walton JB, Farquharson M, Mason S, Port J, Kruspig B, Dowson S, Stevenson D, Murphy D, Matzuk M, Kim J, Coffelt S, Blyth K, McNeish IA. CRISPR/Cas9-derived models of ovarian high grade serous carcinoma targeting Brca1, Pten and Nf1, and correlation with platinum sensitivity. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16827. [PMID: 29203787 PMCID: PMC5715106 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17119-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Transplantable murine models of ovarian high grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) remain an important research tool. We previously showed that ID8, a widely-used syngeneic model of ovarian cancer, lacked any of the frequent mutations in HGSC, and used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to generate derivatives with deletions in Trp53 and Brca2. Here we have used one ID8 Trp53 -/- clone to generate further mutants, with additional mutations in Brca1, Pten and Nf1, all of which are frequently mutated or deleted in HGSC. We have also generated clones with triple deletions in Trp53, Brca2 and Pten. We show that ID8 Trp53 -/-;Brca1 -/- and Trp53 -/-;Brca2 -/- cells have defective homologous recombination and increased sensitivity to both platinum and PARP inhibitor chemotherapy compared to Trp53 -/-. By contrast, loss of Pten or Nf1 increases growth rate in vivo, and reduces survival following cisplatin chemotherapy in vivo. Finally, we have also targeted Trp53 in cells isolated from a previous transgenic murine fallopian tube carcinoma model, and confirmed that loss of p53 expression in this second model accelerates intraperitoneal growth. Together, these CRISPR-generated models represent a new and simple tool to investigate the biology of HGSC, and the ID8 cell lines are freely available to researchers.
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Jabs J, Zickgraf FM, Park J, Wagner S, Jiang X, Jechow K, Kleinheinz K, Toprak UH, Schneider MA, Meister M, Spaich S, Sütterlin M, Schlesner M, Trumpp A, Sprick M, Eils R, Conrad C. Screening drug effects in patient-derived cancer cells links organoid responses to genome alterations. Mol Syst Biol 2017; 13:955. [PMID: 29180611 PMCID: PMC5731348 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20177697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cancer drug screening in patient-derived cells holds great promise for personalized oncology and drug discovery but lacks standardization. Whether cells are cultured as conventional monolayer or advanced, matrix-dependent organoid cultures influences drug effects and thereby drug selection and clinical success. To precisely compare drug profiles in differently cultured primary cells, we developed DeathPro, an automated microscopy-based assay to resolve drug-induced cell death and proliferation inhibition. Using DeathPro, we screened cells from ovarian cancer patients in monolayer or organoid culture with clinically relevant drugs. Drug-induced growth arrest and efficacy of cytostatic drugs differed between the two culture systems. Interestingly, drug effects in organoids were more diverse and had lower therapeutic potential. Genomic analysis revealed novel links between drug sensitivity and DNA repair deficiency in organoids that were undetectable in monolayers. Thus, our results highlight the dependency of cytostatic drugs and pharmacogenomic associations on culture systems, and guide culture selection for drug tests.
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Park SB, Kwok JB, Asher R, Lee CK, Beale P, Selle F, Friedlander M. Clinical and genetic predictors of paclitaxel neurotoxicity based on patient- versus clinician-reported incidence and severity of neurotoxicity in the ICON7 trial. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:2733-2740. [PMID: 29117336 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a dose-limiting toxicity of paclitaxel, with no reliable method to identify at-risk patients. We investigated the incidence and risk factors including genetic polymorphisms associated with the development of CIPN based on clinician and patient reporting of neuropathic symptoms. PATIENTS AND METHODS Risk factors for the development of CIPN were examined in 454 patients treated with paclitaxel/carboplatin from the International Collaboration on Ovarian Neoplasms 7 (ICON7) trial. Neuropathy was graded by clinicians by standard adverse event reporting and by patients utilising OV28 questionnaire. Genetic risk factors were examined by selecting six single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes associated with microtubule function. Risk factors were assessed via dose-to-event cox regression models. RESULTS Grade >2 neuropathy was reported by clinicians in 28% of patients, while 67% of patients reported 'quite a bit' or 'very much' tingling or numbness. Agreement between clinicians and patients was poor (κ = 0.236, 95% confidence interval, 0.177-0.296, P < 0.001). Older age, bevacizumab treatment and bowel resection were associated with clinician reported CIPN, while older age and volume of residual disease were associated with patient-reported neuropathy. There were no significant associations between clinician-reported neuropathy or patient-reported neuropathy and TUBB2, CEP72 or individual MAPT or GSK3B SNPs, however MAPT additive polymorphisms were associated with patient-reported neuropathy and GSK3B additive polymorphisms were associated with clinician reported CIPN. CONCLUSIONS There was significant discordance between patient- and clinician-reported neurotoxicity. The lack of consensus regarding optimal outcome measures and whose opinion with regard to CIPN takes precedence is a limitation in the investigation of risk factors for CIPN. Care must be taken to select and include patient-reported outcome measures in CIPN assessment to enable accurate identification of genetic and other risk factors for neuropathy.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/complications
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/complications
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/adverse effects
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/complications
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Endometrial Neoplasms/complications
- Endometrial Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes/diagnosis
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes/epidemiology
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes/etiology
- Neurotoxicity Syndromes/genetics
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Ovarian Neoplasms/complications
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Paclitaxel/adverse effects
- Patient Reported Outcome Measures
- Physicians
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Prognosis
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Survival Rate
- Young Adult
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Casey L, Köbel M, Ganesan R, Tam S, Prasad R, Böhm S, Lockley M, Jeyarajah AJ, Brockbank E, Faruqi A, Gilks CB, Singh N. A comparison of p53 and WT1 immunohistochemical expression patterns in tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Histopathology 2017; 71:736-742. [PMID: 28570008 DOI: 10.1111/his.13272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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AIMS The treatment of patients with tubo-ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is increasingly based on diagnosis on small biopsy samples, and the first surgical sample is often taken post-chemotherapy. p53 and WT1 are important diagnostic markers for HGSC. The effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on p53 and WT1 expression has not been widely studied. We aimed to compare p53 and WT1 expression in paired pre-chemotherapy and post-chemotherapy samples of HGSC. METHODS AND RESULTS Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was carried out for p53 and WT1 on paired omental HGSC samples pre-chemotherapy and post-chemotherapy. p53 IHC was recorded as normal (wild-type) or abnormal (mutation-type), and was further classified as overexpression, complete absence, or cytoplasmic. WT1 IHC was classified as positive or negative. A subset of cases were further assessed for the extent of nuclear immunoreactivity of WT1 by use of the H-score. Fifty-seven paired samples were stained with p53. Fifty-six of 57 (98%) cases showed mutation-type p53 staining. Pre-chemotherapy and post-chemotherapy IHC results were concordant in 55 of 57 (96%) cases. For WT1, pre-chemotherapy and post-chemotherapy IHC results were concordant in 56 of 58 (97%) cases. In 23 paired WT1 cases, the mean post-treatment H-score decreased from 227 [range 20-298, standard deviation (SD) 64] to 151 (range 0-288, SD 78) (P = 0.0008). CONCLUSIONS Immunohistochemical expression of p53 (abnormal/mutation-type pattern) and WT1 in HGSC is almost universal and is largely concordant before and after chemotherapy. This finding underscores the reliability of these diagnostic markers in small samples and in surgical samples following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with very few exceptions. A novel finding was the significant diminution in intensity of WT1 staining following chemotherapy.
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Moore KN, Tritchler D, Kaufman KM, Lankes H, Quinn MCJ, Van Le L, Berchuck A, Backes FJ, Tewari KS, Lee RB, Kesterson JP, Wenham RM, Armstrong DK, Krivak TC, Bookman MA, Birrer MJ. Genome-wide association study evaluating single-nucleotide polymorphisms and outcomes in patients with advanced stage serous ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol 2017; 147:396-401. [PMID: 28935272 PMCID: PMC5706110 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study evaluated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with progression free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced stage serous EOC. METHODS Patients enrolled in GOG-172 and 182 who provided specimens for translational research and consent were included. Germline DNA was evaluated with the Illumina's HumanOMNI1-Quad beadchips and scanned using Illumina's iScan optical imaging system. SNPs with allele frequency>0.05 and genotyping rate>0.98 were included. Analysis of SNPs for PFS and OS was done using Cox regression. Statistical significance was determined using Bonferroni corrected p-values with genomic control adjustment. RESULTS The initial GWAS analysis included 1,124,677 markers in 396 patients. To obtain the final data set, quality control checks were performed and limited to serous tumors and self-identified Caucasian race. In total 636,555 SNPs and 289 patients passed all the filters. The pre-specified statistical level of significance was 7.855e-08. No SNPs met this criteria for PFS or OS, however, two SNPs were close to significance (rs10899426 p-2.144e-08) (rs6256 p-9.774e-07) for PFS and 2 different SNPs were identified (rs295315 p-7.536e-07; rs17693104 p-7.734e-07) which were close to significance for OS. CONCLUSIONS Using the pre-specified level of significance of 1×10-08, we did not identify any SNPs of statistical significance for OS or PFS, however several were close. The SNP's identified in this GWAS study will require validation and these preliminary findings may lead to identification of novel pathways and biomarkers.
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Zonta YR, Martinez M, Camargo ICC, Domeniconi RF, Lupi Júnior LA, Pinheiro PFF, Reiter RJ, Martinez FE, Chuffa LGA. Melatonin Reduces Angiogenesis in Serous Papillary Ovarian Carcinoma of Ethanol-Preferring Rats. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18040763. [PMID: 28398226 PMCID: PMC5412347 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Angiogenesis is a hallmark of ovarian cancer (OC); the ingrowth of blood vessels promotes rapid cell growth and the associated metastasis. Melatonin is a well-characterized indoleamine that possesses important anti-angiogenic properties in a set of aggressive solid tumors. Herein, we evaluated the role of melatonin therapy on the angiogenic signaling pathway in OC of an ethanol-preferring rat model that mimics the same pathophysiological conditions occurring in women. OC was chemically induced with a single injection of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) under the ovarian bursa. After the rats developed serous papillary OC, half of the animals received intraperitoneal injections of melatonin (200 µg/100 g body weight/day) for 60 days. Melatonin-treated animals showed a significant reduction in OC size and microvessel density. Serum levels of melatonin were higher following therapy, and the expression of its receptor MT1 was significantly increased in OC-bearing rats, regardless of ethanol intake. TGFβ1, a transforming growth factor-beta1, was reduced only after melatonin treatment. Importantly, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was severely reduced after melatonin therapy in animals given or not given ethanol. Conversely, the levels of VEGF receptor 1 (VEGFR1) was diminished after ethanol consumption, regardless of melatonin therapy, and VEGFR2 was only reduced following melatonin. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α was augmented with ethanol consumption, and, notably, melatonin significantly reduced their levels. Collectively, our results suggest that melatonin attenuates angiogenesis in OC in an animal model of ethanol consumption; this provides a possible complementary therapeutic opportunity for concurrent OC chemotherapy.
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MESH Headings
- Alcohol Drinking/physiopathology
- Animals
- Antioxidants/administration & dosage
- Antioxidants/pharmacology
- Blotting, Western
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary/blood supply
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary/metabolism
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/blood supply
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/metabolism
- Ethanol/administration & dosage
- Female
- Food Preferences
- Immunohistochemistry
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Melatonin/administration & dosage
- Melatonin/pharmacology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/prevention & control
- Ovarian Neoplasms/blood supply
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptor, Melatonin, MT1/metabolism
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/metabolism
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Brandt S, Samartzis EP, Zimmermann AK, Fink D, Moch H, Noske A, Dedes KJ. Lack of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex detection occurs frequently in low-grade epithelial ovarian cancer. BMC Cancer 2017; 17:44. [PMID: 28073364 PMCID: PMC5223425 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-3026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND BRCA1/2-deficient ovarian carcinomas are recognized as target for Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins are involved in homologous recombination repair of double-strand DNA breaks. The relevance of other homologous recombination repair proteins, e.g. MRE11, RAD50, NBS1 (MRN complex) in ovarian carcinomas is unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of lack of MRE11, RAD50, NBS1 protein detection in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS A tissue microarray (TMA) with 134 EOC was immunohistochemically evaluated for MRE11, RAD50 and NBS1. Data was analysed for associations with clinicopathological parameters, histological subtype, patient overall survival and mismatch repair (MMR) protein status. Sensitivity towards the PARP inhibitor BMN673 was tested in two ovarian cancer cell lines (TOV-21 and OVTOKO) using colony formation assays. RESULTS Lack of MRN complex protein detection was seen in 41% (55/134) of EOC and was more frequent in low-grade (57.6%; 19/33) than in high-grade EOC (18.8%; 36/101; n = 134; p = 0.04). There was an association with the ovarian carcinoma subtype (60.3%; 35/58 lack of detection in type I versus 26.3%; 20/76 in type II; n = 134; p < 0.001) as well as undetectable DNA mismatch repair proteins MLH1 and MSH2 (89.3%; 25/28; n = 131; p < 0.001). MRE11 knockdown led to moderately increased sensitivity towards the PARP inhibitor BMN673 in one ovarian carcinoma cell line in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Frequent lack of MRE11, RAD50, NBS1 protein detection in type I human ovarian carcinomas is observed in EOC and our data suggests further investigation regarding sensitivity to PARP-inhibition in tumours lacking MRE11 expression.
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MESH Headings
- Acid Anhydride Hydrolases
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/metabolism
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- DNA Repair Enzymes/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Endometrial Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Endometrial Neoplasms/metabolism
- Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- MRE11 Homologue Protein
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/metabolism
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/metabolism
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Prognosis
- Survival Rate
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Montfort A, Pearce O, Maniati E, Vincent BG, Bixby L, Böhm S, Dowe T, Wilkes EH, Chakravarty P, Thompson R, Topping J, Cutillas PR, Lockley M, Serody JS, Capasso M, Balkwill FR. A Strong B-cell Response Is Part of the Immune Landscape in Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Metastases. Clin Cancer Res 2017; 23:250-262. [PMID: 27354470 PMCID: PMC5928522 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE In high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), higher densities of both B cells and the CD8+ T-cell infiltrate were associated with a better prognosis. However, the precise role of B cells in the antitumor response remains unknown. As peritoneal metastases are often responsible for relapse, our aim was to characterize the role of B cells in the antitumor immune response in HGSOC metastases. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Unmatched pre and post-chemotherapy HGSOC metastases were studied. B-cell localization was assessed by immunostaining. Their cytokines and chemokines were measured by a multiplex assay, and their phenotype was assessed by flow cytometry. Further in vitro and in vivo assays highlighted the role of B cells and plasma cell IgGs in the development of cytotoxic responses and dendritic cell activation. RESULTS B cells mainly infiltrated lymphoid structures in the stroma of HGSOC metastases. There was a strong B-cell memory response directed at a restricted repertoire of antigens and production of tumor-specific IgGs by plasma cells. These responses were enhanced by chemotherapy. Interestingly, transcript levels of CD20 correlated with markers of immune cytolytic responses and immune complexes with tumor-derived IgGs stimulated the expression of the costimulatory molecule CD86 on antigen-presenting cells. A positive role for B cells in the antitumor response was also supported by B-cell depletion in a syngeneic mouse model of peritoneal metastasis. CONCLUSIONS Our data showed that B cells infiltrating HGSOC omental metastases support the development of an antitumor response. Clin Cancer Res; 23(1); 250-62. ©2016 AACR.
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Montfort A, Pearce O, Maniati E, Vincent BG, Bixby L, Böhm S, Dowe T, Wilkes EH, Chakravarty P, Thompson R, Topping J, Cutillas PR, Lockley M, Serody JS, Capasso M, Balkwill FR. A Strong B-cell Response Is Part of the Immune Landscape in Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Metastases. Clin Cancer Res 2017. [PMID: 27354470 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0081/116046/am/a-strong-b-cell-response-is-part-of-the-immune] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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PURPOSE In high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), higher densities of both B cells and the CD8+ T-cell infiltrate were associated with a better prognosis. However, the precise role of B cells in the antitumor response remains unknown. As peritoneal metastases are often responsible for relapse, our aim was to characterize the role of B cells in the antitumor immune response in HGSOC metastases. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Unmatched pre and post-chemotherapy HGSOC metastases were studied. B-cell localization was assessed by immunostaining. Their cytokines and chemokines were measured by a multiplex assay, and their phenotype was assessed by flow cytometry. Further in vitro and in vivo assays highlighted the role of B cells and plasma cell IgGs in the development of cytotoxic responses and dendritic cell activation. RESULTS B cells mainly infiltrated lymphoid structures in the stroma of HGSOC metastases. There was a strong B-cell memory response directed at a restricted repertoire of antigens and production of tumor-specific IgGs by plasma cells. These responses were enhanced by chemotherapy. Interestingly, transcript levels of CD20 correlated with markers of immune cytolytic responses and immune complexes with tumor-derived IgGs stimulated the expression of the costimulatory molecule CD86 on antigen-presenting cells. A positive role for B cells in the antitumor response was also supported by B-cell depletion in a syngeneic mouse model of peritoneal metastasis. CONCLUSIONS Our data showed that B cells infiltrating HGSOC omental metastases support the development of an antitumor response. Clin Cancer Res; 23(1); 250-62. ©2016 AACR.
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Walton J, Blagih J, Ennis D, Leung E, Dowson S, Farquharson M, Tookman LA, Orange C, Athineos D, Mason S, Stevenson D, Blyth K, Strathdee D, Balkwill FR, Vousden K, Lockley M, McNeish IA. CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Trp53 and Brca2 Knockout to Generate Improved Murine Models of Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma. Cancer Res 2016; 76:6118-6129. [PMID: 27530326 PMCID: PMC5802386 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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There is a need for transplantable murine models of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) with regard to mutations in the human disease to assist investigations of the relationships between tumor genotype, chemotherapy response, and immune microenvironment. In addressing this need, we performed whole-exome sequencing of ID8, the most widely used transplantable model of ovarian cancer, covering 194,000 exomes at a mean depth of 400× with 90% exons sequenced >50×. We found no functional mutations in genes characteristic of HGSC (Trp53, Brca1, Brca2, Nf1, and Rb1), and p53 remained transcriptionally active. Homologous recombination in ID8 remained intact in functional assays. Further, we found no mutations typical of clear cell carcinoma (Arid1a, Pik3ca), low-grade serous carcinoma (Braf), endometrioid (Ctnnb1), or mucinous (Kras) carcinomas. Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, we modeled HGSC by generating novel ID8 derivatives that harbored single (Trp53-/-) or double (Trp53-/-;Brca2-/-) suppressor gene deletions. In these mutants, loss of p53 alone was sufficient to increase the growth rate of orthotopic tumors with significant effects observed on the immune microenvironment. Specifically, p53 loss increased expression of the myeloid attractant CCL2 and promoted the infiltration of immunosuppressive myeloid cell populations into primary tumors and their ascites. In Trp53-/-;Brca2-/- mutant cells, we documented a relative increase in sensitivity to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib and slower orthotopic tumor growth compared with Trp53-/- cells, with an appearance of intratumoral tertiary lymphoid structures rich in CD3+ T cells. This work validates new CRISPR-generated models of HGSC to investigate its biology and promote mechanism-based therapeutics discovery. Cancer Res; 76(20); 6118-29. ©2016 AACR.
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French JD, Johnatty SE, Lu Y, Beesley J, Gao B, Kalimutho M, Henderson MJ, Russell AJ, Kar S, Chen X, Hillman KM, Kaufmann S, Sivakumaran H, O'Reilly M, Wang C, Korbie DJ, Lambrechts D, Despierre E, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Lambrechts S, Vergote I, Karlan B, Lester J, Orsulic S, Walsh C, Fasching PA, Beckmann MW, Ekici AB, Hein A, Matsuo K, Hosono S, Pisterer J, Hillemanns P, Nakanishi T, Yatabe Y, Goodman MT, Lurie G, Matsuno RK, Thompson PJ, Pejovic T, Bean Y, Heitz F, Harter P, du Bois A, Schwaab I, Hogdall E, Kjaer SK, Jensen A, Hogdall C, Lundvall L, Engelholm SA, Brown B, Flanagan JM, Metcalf MD, Siddiqui N, Sellers T, Fridley B, Cunningham J, Schildkraut JM, Iversen E, Weber RP, Brennan D, Berchuck A, Pharoah P, Harnett P, Norris MD, Haber M, Goode EL, Lee JS, Khanna KK, Meyer KB, Chenevix-Trench G, deFazio A, Edwards SL, MacGregor S. Germline polymorphisms in an enhancer of PSIP1 are associated with progression-free survival in epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncotarget 2016; 7:6353-68. [PMID: 26840454 PMCID: PMC4872719 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) are usually treated with platinum/taxane therapy after cytoreductive surgery but there is considerable inter-individual variation in response. To identify germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that contribute to variations in individual responses to chemotherapy, we carried out a multi-phase genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 1,244 women diagnosed with serous EOC who were treated with the same first-line chemotherapy, carboplatin and paclitaxel. We identified two SNPs (rs7874043 and rs72700653) in TTC39B (best P=7x10-5, HR=1.90, for rs7874043) associated with progression-free survival (PFS). Functional analyses show that both SNPs lie in a putative regulatory element (PRE) that physically interacts with the promoters of PSIP1, CCDC171 and an alternative promoter of TTC39B. The C allele of rs7874043 is associated with poor PFS and showed increased binding of the Sp1 transcription factor, which is critical for chromatin interactions with PSIP1. Silencing of PSIP1 significantly impaired DNA damage-induced Rad51 nuclear foci and reduced cell viability in ovarian cancer lines. PSIP1 (PC4 and SFRS1 Interacting Protein 1) is known to protect cells from stress-induced apoptosis, and high expression is associated with poor PFS in EOC patients. We therefore suggest that the minor allele of rs7874043 confers poor PFS by increasing PSIP1 expression.
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- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Apoptosis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Cell Proliferation
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Cohort Studies
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/genetics
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/mortality
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/genetics
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/mortality
- Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/pathology
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Germ-Line Mutation/genetics
- Humans
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/mortality
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/genetics
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/mortality
- Peritoneal Neoplasms/pathology
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
- Prognosis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Survival Rate
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Ezewuiro O, Grushko TA, Kocherginsky M, Habis M, Hurteau JA, Mills KA, Hunn J, Olopade OI, Fleming GF, Romero IL. Association of Metformin Use with Outcomes in Advanced Endometrial Cancer Treated with Chemotherapy. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147145. [PMID: 26788855 PMCID: PMC4720394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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There is increasing evidence that metformin, a commonly used treatment for diabetes, might have the potential to be repurposed as an economical and safe cancer therapeutic. The aim of this study was to determine whether stage III-IV or recurrent endometrial cancer patients who are using metformin during treatment with chemotherapy have improved survival. To test this we analyzed a retrospective cohort of subjects at two independent institutions who received chemotherapy for stage III-IV or recurrent endometrial cancer from 1992 to 2011. Diagnosis of diabetes, metformin use, demographics, endometrial cancer clinico-pathologic parameters, and survival duration were abstracted. The primary outcome was overall survival. The final cohort included 349 patients, 31 (8.9%) had diabetes and used metformin, 28 (8.0%) had diabetes but did not use metformin, and 291 (83.4%) did not have diabetes. The results demonstrate that the median overall survival was 45.6 months for patients with diabetes who used metformin compared to 12.5 months for patients with diabetes who did not use metformin and 28.5 months for patients without diabetes (log-rank test comparing the three groups P = 0.006). In a model adjusted for confounders, the difference in survival between the three groups remained statistically significant (P = 0.023). The improvement in survival among metformin users was not explained by better baseline health status or more aggressive use of chemotherapy. Overall, the findings in this retrospective cohort of endometrial cancer patients with stage III-IV or recurrent disease treated with chemotherapy indicate that patients with diabetes who were concurrently treated with metformin survived longer than patients with diabetes who did not use metformin.
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Combe P, Chauvenet L, Lefrère-Belda MA, Blons H, Rousseau C, Oudard S, Pujade-Lauraine E. Sustained response to vemurafenib in a low grade serous ovarian cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation. Invest New Drugs 2015; 33:1267-70. [PMID: 26490654 DOI: 10.1007/s10637-015-0297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Low-grade serous ovarian adenocarcinomas (LGSOC) make up approximately 10 % of serous ovarian carcinomas. While rarely aggressive, this slow-growing tumor is well known to respond poorly to chemotherapy. Specific treatments for this ovarian subtype are lacking, with the same global approaches used for high grade cases being applied for LGSOC patients. LGSOCs have been reported to have a specific genetic profile, with notable implication of the MAPK pathway. This has opened up opportunities for novel therapeutic strategies, with in particular the use of targeted therapies. We report here the case of a heavily pretreated unresectable BRAF p.V600E-mutated LGSOC, which we treated vemurafenib, a BRAF inhibitor specific for V600E mutations. We saw impressive efficacy, with a long-term partial response along with CA125 reductions and symptom relief. Although this mutation is present in LGSOC at very a low incidence, we recommend routine testing for BRAF and other targetable mutations in this patient population, along with further evaluation in the increasingly popular basket trial approach.
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Dijkgraaf EM, Santegoets SJAM, Reyners AKL, Goedemans R, Wouters MCA, Kenter GG, van Erkel AR, van Poelgeest MIE, Nijman HW, van der Hoeven JJM, Welters MJP, van der Burg SH, Kroep JR. A phase I trial combining carboplatin/doxorubicin with tocilizumab, an anti-IL-6R monoclonal antibody, and interferon-α2b in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. Ann Oncol 2015. [PMID: 26216383 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/blood
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/blood
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/drug therapy
- Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/administration & dosage
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
- CA-125 Antigen/blood
- Carboplatin/administration & dosage
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/blood
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Doxorubicin/administration & dosage
- Doxorubicin/analogs & derivatives
- Endometrial Neoplasms/blood
- Endometrial Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha/administration & dosage
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interleukin-6/blood
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/blood
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Staging
- Ovarian Neoplasms/blood
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage
- Prognosis
- Receptors, Interleukin-6/antagonists & inhibitors
- Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage
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Black JD, Lopez S, Cocco E, Bellone S, Altwerger G, Schwab CL, English DP, Bonazzoli E, Predolini F, Ferrari F, Ratner E, Silasi DA, Azodi M, Schwartz PE, Santin AD. PIK3CA oncogenic mutations represent a major mechanism of resistance to trastuzumab in HER2/neu overexpressing uterine serous carcinomas. Br J Cancer 2015; 113:1020-6. [PMID: 26325104 PMCID: PMC4651122 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated the role of PIK3CA-mutations as mechanism of resistance to trastuzumab in primary HER2/neu-amplified uterine-serous-carcinoma (USC) cell lines. METHODS Fifteen whole-exome-sequenced USC cell lines were tested for HER2/neu-amplification and PIK3CA-mutations. Four HER2/neu-amplified USC (2-harbouring wild-type-PIK3CA-genes and 2-harbouring oncogenic-PIK3CA-mutations) were evaluated in in vitro dose-titration-proliferation-assays, cell-viability and HER2 and S6-protein-phosphorylation after exposure to trastuzumab. USC harbouring wild-type-PIK3CA were transfected with plasmids encoding oncogenic PIK3CA-mutations (i.e., H1047R/R93Q) and exposed to trastuzumab. Finally, trastuzumab efficacy was tested by using two USC xenograft mouse models. RESULTS Seven out of fifteen (46%) of the USC cell lines were HER2/neu-amplified by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. Within these tumours four out of seven (57%) were found to harbour oncogenic PIK3CA-mutations vs two out of eight (25%) of the HER2/neu not amplified cell lines (P=0.01). HER2/neu-amplified/PIK3CA-mutated USC were highly resistant to trastuzumab when compared with HER2/neu-amplified/wild-type-PIK3CA cell lines (P=0.02). HER2/neu-amplified/PIK3CA wild-type cell lines transfected with oncogenic PIK3CA-mutations increased their resistance to trastuzumab (P<0.0001). Trastuzumab was effective in reducing tumour growth (P=0.001) and improved survival (P=0.0001) in mouse xenografts harbouring HER2-amplified/PIK3CA wild-type USC but not in HER2-amplified/PIK3CA-mutated tumours. CONCLUSIONS Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations are common in HER2/neu-amplified USC and may constitute a major mechanism of resistance to trastuzumab treatment.
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Stringer-Reasor EM, Baker GM, Skor MN, Kocherginsky M, Lengyel E, Fleming GF, Conzen SD. Glucocorticoid receptor activation inhibits chemotherapy-induced cell death in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2015; 138:656-62. [PMID: 26115975 PMCID: PMC4556542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activation increases resistance to chemotherapy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGS-OvCa) and that treatment with a GR antagonist will improve sensitivity to chemotherapy. METHODS GR expression was assessed in OvCa cell lines by qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis and in xenografts and primary human tumors using immunohistochemistry (IHC). We also examined the effect of GR activation versus inhibition on chemotherapy-induced cytotoxicity in OvCa cell lines and in a xenograft model. RESULTS With the exception of IGROV-1 cells, all OvCa cell lines tested had detectable GR expression by Western blot and qRT-PCR analysis. Twenty-five out of the 27 human primary HGS-OvCas examined expressed GR by IHC. No cell line expressed detectable progesterone receptor (PR) or androgen receptor (AR) by Western blot analysis. In vitro assays showed that in GR-positive HeyA8 and SKOV3 cells, dexamethasone (100nM) treatment upregulated the pro-survival genes SGK1 and MKP1/DUSP1 and inhibited carboplatin/gemcitabine-induced cell death. Concurrent treatment with two GR antagonists, either mifepristone (100nM) or CORT125134 (100nM), partially reversed these effects. There was no anti-apoptotic effect of dexamethasone on chemotherapy-induced cell death in IGROV-1 cells, which did not have detectable GR protein. Mifepristone treatment alone was not cytotoxic in any cell line. HeyA8 OvCa xenograft studies demonstrated that adding mifepristone to carboplatin/gemcitabine increased tumor shrinkage by 48% compared to carboplatin/gemcitabine treatment alone (P=0.0004). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that GR antagonism sensitizes GR+ OvCa to chemotherapy-induced cell death through inhibition of GR-mediated cell survival pathways.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/pharmacology
- Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
- Cell Death/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/metabolism
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- MCF-7 Cells
- Mice
- Mice, SCID
- Mifepristone/pharmacology
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/metabolism
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Random Allocation
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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Yamaguchi N, Mimoto R, Yanaihara N, Imawari Y, Hirooka S, Okamoto A, Yoshida K. DYRK2 regulates epithelial-mesenchymal-transition and chemosensitivity through Snail degradation in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:5913-23. [PMID: 25712377 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3264-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) plays essential roles in ovarian cancer invasion, metastasis, and drug resistance. A hallmark of EMT is the loss of E-cadherin, which is regulated by Snail. Recently, it was shown that dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) controls Snail degradation in breast cancer. The aim of this study is to clarify whether DYRK2 regulates EMT through Snail degradation in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma (SA). Expression of DYRK2 and Snail in two pairs of cisplatin-resistant and the original cisplatin-sensitive ovarian cancer cell line were analyzed by immunoblotting and real-time RT-PCR analysis. Morphological change, invasion ability, and chemosensitivity were evaluated by using DYRK2 stable knockdown cell line in 2008 (2008 shDYRK2). Immunohistochemical analyses for DYRK2 and Snail were performed with surgical specimens. The correlations between the expression of these proteins and the clinicopathological parameters, including prognosis, were determined. Moreover, we conducted a hypodermic administration test in nude mice and examined reproductive and cisplatin response activities. DYRK2 protein expression was posttranslationally reduced in cisplatin-resistant SA cell lines. 2008 shDYRK2 showed mesenchymal phenotype and resistant to cisplatin. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that DYRK2 expression inversely correlated with Snail expression, and reduced expression of DYRK2 was associated with shorter overall survival in SA. DYRK2 may regulate EMT through Snail degradation in ovarian SA and might be a predictive marker for a favorable prognosis in the treatment of this cancer.
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- Animals
- Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cisplatin/administration & dosage
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/genetics
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/pathology
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/genetics
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Mice
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/genetics
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Prognosis
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Proteolysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Snail Family Transcription Factors
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
- Dyrk Kinases
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Khandakar B, Kumar L, Kumar S, Gupta SD, Kalaivani M, Iyer VK, Mathur SR. Tumour morphology after neoadjuvant chemotherapy as a predictor of survival in serous ovarian cancer: an experience from a tertiary care centre in India. THE MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2015; 37:115-121. [PMID: 26277668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Serous ovarian cancer is the most common malignant ovarian tumour. Traditional management consists of surgical resection with postoperative chemotherapy. Currently neoadjuvant chemotherapy is offered to patients with advanced stage disease. The present study aims to analyse the histomorphological alterations in serous ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Correlation of these morphological alterations with survival is also presented here. Serous ovarian cancers from 100 advanced stage cases were included; 50 were treated with pre-surgery chemotherapy. Semi-quantitative scoring was used to grade the alterations in tumour morphology. Survival data was correlated with the final morphological score. Tumour morphology was significantly different in cases treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT group) as compared to cases with upfront surgery. The CT group cases showed more fibrosis, calcification, and infiltration by lymphocytes, plasma cells, foamy and hemosiderin-laden macrophages. The residual tumour cells had degenerative cytoplasmic changes with nuclear atypia. Patients with significant morphological response had a longer median survival, although it did not attain statistical significance in the current study. With the increasing use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in management, the pathologist needs to be aware of the altered morphological appearance of tumour. Further studies are required to establish a grading system to assess the tissue response which can be helpful in predicting the overall therapeutic outcome and the prognosis of patients.
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Stewart ML, Tamayo P, Wilson AJ, Wang S, Chang YM, Kim JW, Khabele D, Shamji AF, Schreiber SL. KRAS Genomic Status Predicts the Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Cells to Decitabine. Cancer Res 2015; 75:2897-906. [PMID: 25968887 PMCID: PMC4506246 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-2860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Decitabine, a cancer therapeutic that inhibits DNA methylation, produces variable antitumor response rates in patients with solid tumors that might be leveraged clinically with identification of a predictive biomarker. In this study, we profiled the response of human ovarian, melanoma, and breast cancer cells treated with decitabine, finding that RAS/MEK/ERK pathway activation and DNMT1 expression correlated with cytotoxic activity. Further, we showed that KRAS genomic status predicted decitabine sensitivity in low-grade and high-grade serous ovarian cancer cells. Pretreatment with decitabine decreased the cytotoxic activity of MEK inhibitors in KRAS-mutant ovarian cancer cells, with reciprocal downregulation of DNMT1 and MEK/ERK phosphorylation. In parallel with these responses, decitabine also upregulated the proapoptotic BCL-2 family member BNIP3, which is known to be regulated by MEK and ERK, and heightened the activity of proapoptotic small-molecule navitoclax, a BCL-2 family inhibitor. In a xenograft model of KRAS-mutant ovarian cancer, combining decitabine and navitoclax heightened antitumor activity beyond administration of either compound alone. Our results define the RAS/MEK/DNMT1 pathway as a determinant of sensitivity to DNA methyltransferase inhibition, specifically implicating KRAS status as a biomarker of drug response in ovarian cancer.
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Patch AM, Christie EL, Etemadmoghadam D, Garsed DW, George J, Fereday S, Nones K, Cowin P, Alsop K, Bailey PJ, Kassahn KS, Newell F, Quinn MCJ, Kazakoff S, Quek K, Wilhelm-Benartzi C, Curry E, Leong HS, Hamilton A, Mileshkin L, Au-Yeung G, Kennedy C, Hung J, Chiew YE, Harnett P, Friedlander M, Quinn M, Pyman J, Cordner S, O'Brien P, Leditschke J, Young G, Strachan K, Waring P, Azar W, Mitchell C, Traficante N, Hendley J, Thorne H, Shackleton M, Miller DK, Arnau GM, Tothill RW, Holloway TP, Semple T, Harliwong I, Nourse C, Nourbakhsh E, Manning S, Idrisoglu S, Bruxner TJC, Christ AN, Poudel B, Holmes O, Anderson M, Leonard C, Lonie A, Hall N, Wood S, Taylor DF, Xu Q, Fink JL, Waddell N, Drapkin R, Stronach E, Gabra H, Brown R, Jewell A, Nagaraj SH, Markham E, Wilson PJ, Ellul J, McNally O, Doyle MA, Vedururu R, Stewart C, Lengyel E, Pearson JV, Waddell N, deFazio A, Grimmond SM, Bowtell DDL. Whole-genome characterization of chemoresistant ovarian cancer. Nature 2015; 521:489-94. [PMID: 26017449 DOI: 10.1038/nature14410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1098] [Impact Index Per Article: 122.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) have experienced little improvement in overall survival, and standard treatment has not advanced beyond platinum-based combination chemotherapy, during the past 30 years. To understand the drivers of clinical phenotypes better, here we use whole-genome sequencing of tumour and germline DNA samples from 92 patients with primary refractory, resistant, sensitive and matched acquired resistant disease. We show that gene breakage commonly inactivates the tumour suppressors RB1, NF1, RAD51B and PTEN in HGSC, and contributes to acquired chemotherapy resistance. CCNE1 amplification was common in primary resistant and refractory disease. We observed several molecular events associated with acquired resistance, including multiple independent reversions of germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations in individual patients, loss of BRCA1 promoter methylation, an alteration in molecular subtype, and recurrent promoter fusion associated with overexpression of the drug efflux pump MDR1.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics
- Cohort Studies
- Cyclin E/genetics
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/drug therapy
- Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/genetics
- DNA Methylation
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genes, BRCA2
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1
- Genome, Human/genetics
- Germ-Line Mutation/genetics
- Humans
- Mutagenesis/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- PTEN Phosphohydrolase/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Retinoblastoma Protein/genetics
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Kummar S, Oza AM, Fleming GF, Sullivan DM, Gandara DR, Naughton MJ, Villalona-Calero MA, Morgan RJ, Szabo PM, Youn A, Chen AP, Ji J, Allen DE, Lih CJ, Mehaffey MG, Walsh WD, McGregor PM, Steinberg SM, Williams PM, Kinders RJ, Conley BA, Simon RM, Doroshow JH. Randomized Trial of Oral Cyclophosphamide and Veliparib in High-Grade Serous Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancers, or BRCA-Mutant Ovarian Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2015; 21:1574-82. [PMID: 25589624 PMCID: PMC4383665 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-2565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Veliparib, a PARP inhibitor, demonstrated clinical activity in combination with oral cyclophosphamide in patients with BRCA-mutant solid tumors in a phase I trial. To define the relative contribution of PARP inhibition to the observed clinical activity, we conducted a randomized phase II trial to determine the response rate of veliparib in combination with cyclophosphamide compared with cyclophosphamide alone in patients with pretreated BRCA-mutant ovarian cancer or in patients with pretreated primary peritoneal, fallopian tube, or high-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSOC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Adult patients were randomized to receive cyclophosphamide alone (50 mg orally once daily) or with veliparib (60 mg orally once daily) in 21-day cycles. Crossover to the combination was allowed at disease progression. RESULTS Seventy-five patients were enrolled and 72 were evaluable for response; 38 received cyclophosphamide alone and 37 the combination as their initial treatment regimen. Treatment was well tolerated. One complete response was observed in each arm, with three partial responses (PR) in the combination arm and six PRs in the cyclophosphamide alone arm. Genetic sequence and expression analyses were performed for 211 genes involved in DNA repair; none of the detected genetic alterations were significantly associated with treatment benefit. CONCLUSION This is the first trial that evaluated single-agent, low-dose cyclophosphamide in HGSOC, peritoneal, fallopian tube, and BRCA-mutant ovarian cancers. It was well tolerated and clinical activity was observed; the addition of veliparib at 60 mg daily did not improve either the response rate or the median progression-free survival.
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Nakayama K, Kyo S. [Low-grade serous, mucinous carcinoma]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2015; 42:179-182. [PMID: 25834916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Vasconcelos I, Olschewski J, Braicu I, Sehouli J. A meta-analysis on the impact of platinum-based adjuvant treatment on the outcome of borderline ovarian tumors with invasive implants. Oncologist 2015; 20:151-8. [PMID: 25601963 DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Treatment of borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) remains contentious, and there is no consensus regarding therapy for BOTs with invasive implants (BOTi). The benefits of platinum-based adjuvant treatment were evaluated in patients with BOTi at primary diagnosis. METHODS The PubMed database was systematically searched for articles using the following terms: ((borderline) OR (low malignant potential) AND (ovarian)) AND ((tumor) OR (cancer)) AND (invasive implants) AND ((follow-up) OR (survival) OR (treatment) OR (chemotherapy) OR (adjuvant treatment) OR (surgery) OR (surgical treatment)). RESULTS We identified 27 articles including 3,124 patients, 181 with invasive implants. All studies provided information regarding mortality or recurrence rates. Central pathological examination was performed in 19 studies. Eight studies included more than 75% stage I patients; 7 included only advanced-stage patients, and 14 included only serous BOT. The pooled recurrence estimates for both treatment groups (adjuvant treatment: 44.0%, upfront surgery: 21.3%) did not differ significantly (p = .114). A meta-analysis of the 6 studies providing separate mortality data for both treatment groups favored surgical treatment only, but this difference did not reach statistical significance (.05 < p < .1; odds ratio: 0.33; 95% confidence interval: 0.09-1.71; p = .086). We were unable to pool the results of the included studies because not all studies registered events in both treatment groups. Egger's regression indicated low asymmetry of the studies (p = .39), and no heterogeneity was found (I(2) = 0%). CONCLUSION We did not find evidence supporting platinum-based adjuvant therapy for BOT with invasive implants.
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Sarafraz-Yazdi E, Gorelick C, Wagreich AR, Salame G, Angert M, Gartman CH, Gupta V, Bowne WB, Lee YC, Abulafia O, Pincus MR, Michl J. Ex vivo Efficacy of Anti-Cancer Drug PNC-27 in the Treatment of Patient-Derived Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY SCIENCE 2015; 45:650-658. [PMID: 26663795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Despite an 80% response rate to chemotherapy, epithelial ovarian cancer has the highest case fatality rate of all gynecologic malignancies. Several studies have shown the efficiency of anticancer peptides PNC-27 and PNC-28 in killing a variety of cancer cells selectively in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of PNC-27 against human primary epithelial ovarian cancer. METHODS We established primary cultures of freshly isolated epithelial ovarian cancer cells from patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cystadenocarcinomas. Two cell lines were obtained, one from mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, and the other from high-grade papillary serous carcinoma. The cancerous properties of these cells were characterized in vitro morphologically, by their growth requirements and serum independence. Treatment effects with PNC-27 were followed qualitatively by light microscopy, and quantitatively by measuring inhibition of cell growth using the MTT cell proliferation assay and direct cytotoxicity by measuring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). RESULTS PNC-27 inhibits in a dose-dependent manner the growth of and is cytotoxic to human primary cancer cells that had been freshly isolated from two ovarian epithelial cancers. The results further show that the control peptide PNC-29 has no effect on the primary cancer cells. Our results also show that PNC-27 is cytotoxic to cells from long-established and chemotherapy-resistant human ovarian cancer cell lines. CONCLUSION These findings show, for the first time, the efficacy of PNC-27 on freshly isolated, primary human cancer cells. Our results indicate the potential of PNC-27 peptide as an efficient alternative treatment of previously untreated ovarian cancer as well as for ovarian cancers that have become resistant to present chemotherapies.
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