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Noguchi T, Iwahashi N, Sakai K, Matsuda K, Matsukawa H, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. O9-2 Comprehensive gene mutation profiling of ctDNA in ovarian cancer and its pathological and prognostic impact. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Noguchi T, Iwahashi N, Sakai K, Matsuda K, Matsukawa H, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. Comprehensive Gene Mutation Profiling of Circulating Tumor DNA in Ovarian Cancer: Its Pathological and Prognostic Impact. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12113382. [PMID: 33207545 PMCID: PMC7697720 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Recent advances in cancer genomic medicine enabled gene-profiling of individual tumors using tumor tissue DNA. However, surgical tumor biopsy is invasive and sometimes difficult to perform in advanced/recurrent cancers. Liquid biopsy using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which can analyze in real time and repeatedly, has attracted attention as a non-invasive technique, although it has been rarely used in ovarian cancer. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the comprehensive gene mutation profiles of ctDNA in ovarian cancer patients with different histological subtypes and its association with clinicopathological and prognostic outcomes. Of 51 patients, 48 showed one or more non-synonymous somatic mutations, including TP53, APC, KRAS, EGFR, MET, and PIK3CA. Patients with higher ctDNA concentration or with any pathogenic mutations showed worse progression-free survival (PFS). These results suggest that ctDNA-based gene profiling may serve as a prognostic indicator and might help in establishing personalized therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer. Abstract Liquid biopsies from circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) have been employed recently as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for detecting cancer-specific gene mutations. Here, we show the comprehensive gene mutation profiles of ctDNA in 51 patients with different histological subtypes of stage I–IV ovarian cancer, and their association with clinical outcomes. The ctDNA extracted from pre-treatment patients’ plasma were analyzed using Cancer Personalized Profiling by Deep Sequencing targeting 197 genes. Of 51 patients, 48 (94%) showed one or more non-synonymous somatic mutations, including TP53 (37.3%), APC (17.6%), KRAS (15.7%), EGFR (13.7%), MET (11.8%), PIK3CA (11.8%), NPAP1 (11.8%), and ALK (9.8%). The most frequently mutated genes were as follows: TP53 in high-grade serous carcinoma (66.7%), APC in clear cell carcinoma (30.8%), PIK3CA in endometrioid carcinoma (40%), and KRAS in mucinous carcinoma (66.7%). Higher cell-free (cf)DNA concentration significantly correlated with worse progression-free survival (PFS) in all patients as well as stage III–IV patients (p = 0.01 and 0.005, respectively). Further, patients with any pathogenic mutations showed significantly worse PFS (p = 0.048). Blood tumor mutational burden detected from ctDNA did not significantly correlate with the histological subtypes or survival. Collectively, clinico-genomic profiles of individual ovarian cancer patients could be identified using ctDNA and may serve as a useful prognostic indicator. These findings suggest that ctDNA-based gene profiling might help in establishing personalized therapeutic strategies.
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- Tomoko Noguchi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-73-441-0631; Fax: +81-73-445-1161
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan; (K.S.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan; (K.S.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan; (N.I.); (K.M.); (H.M.); (S.T.); (K.I.)
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Noguchi T, Sakai K, Iwahashi N, Matsuda K, Matsukawa H, Yahata T, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. Changes in the gene mutation profiles of circulating tumor DNA detected using CAPP-Seq in neoadjuvant chemotherapy-treated advanced ovarian cancer. Oncol Lett 2020; 19:2713-2720. [PMID: 32218822 PMCID: PMC7068231 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.11356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Cancer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing (CAPP-Seq) is a novel ultrasensitive next-generation sequencing-based approach that is used to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). The aim of the present study was to compare the gene mutation profiles and blood tumor mutation burden (bTMB) measured between pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), utilizing CAPP-seq for plasma ctDNA in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. The current study included 10 patients (6 NAC-sensitive and 4 NAC-resistant) clinically diagnosed as having stage III or IV ovarian cancer and were administered NAC between May 2017 and February 2019. The plasma ctDNA samples were collected at pre- and post-NAC, and comprehensive gene mutation analysis was performed using CAPP-seq. In 5 out of 6 NAC-sensitive cases, the variant allele frequency (VAF) of non-synonymous somatic mutations decreased following NAC. In 2 out of the 4 NAC-resistant cases, the VAF of non-synonymous somatic mutations increased, and new somatic mutations emerged following NAC. In regard to TP53 mutation, the rate of TP53 mutation in the NAC-resistant cases was significantly higher compared with NAC-sensitive cases. Finally, the bTMB decreased significantly after NAC treatment in the NAC-sensitive cases, even though there were no significant differences in the pretreatment bTMB levels between the NAC-sensitive and NAC-resistant cases. These results indicated that gene mutation can be profiled and monitored using liquid biopsy-based CAPP-Seq in patients with advanced ovarian cancer with NAC treatment, and TP53 mutation in the ctDNA and bTMB may be novel biomarkers that can be used for patient monitoring during NAC treatment.
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- Tomoko Noguchi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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Iwahashi N, Sakai K, Noguchi T, Yahata T, Matsukawa H, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. Liquid biopsy-based comprehensive gene mutation profiling for gynecological cancer using CAncer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10426. [PMID: 31320709 PMCID: PMC6639322 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47030-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Liquid biopsies of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) have recently been used as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for detecting tumor-specific mutations. We present a study of ctDNA liquid biopsies in gynecological cancer using an ultrasensitive next-generation sequencing-based method for ctDNA detection named CAncer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing (CAPP-Seq). We performed CAPP-Seq with plasma-ctDNA obtained from 16 patients with gynecological cancer. In all cases, at least one non-synonymous somatic mutation was detected in the ctDNA. In the pre-treatment ctDNA, 4 of 16, 4/16, 5/16, 2/16, 2/16, and 2/16 patients had TP53, KRAS, APC, PIK3CA, BRCA1, and EGFR mutations, respectively. MET gene copy-number gains were detected in the ctDNA of 2 of 16 patients, and FISH analysis of the paired tumor samples confirmed these results. In 2 neoadjuvant chemotherapy-treated ovarian cancer patients, the changes in gene mutation patterns were associated with the treatment response. These findings suggest that CAPP-Seq-based liquid biopsies can be used for the genetic characterization of independent gynecological cancers with high frequency, and might be clinically useful for non-invasive tumor genotyping and therapeutic response monitoring.
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- Naoyuki Iwahashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan.
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, 641-0012, Japan
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Yahata T, Mizoguchi M, Kimura A, Orimo T, Toujima S, Kuninaka Y, Nosaka M, Ishida Y, Sasaki I, Fukuda-Ohta Y, Hemmi H, Iwahashi N, Noguchi T, Kaisho T, Kondo T, Ino K. Programmed cell death ligand 1 disruption by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas9-genome editing promotes antitumor immunity and suppresses ovarian cancer progression. Cancer Sci 2019; 110:1279-1292. [PMID: 30702189 PMCID: PMC6447841 DOI: 10.1111/cas.13958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) on tumor cells suppresses anti‐tumor immunity and has an unfavorable prognostic impact in ovarian cancer patients. We herein report the pathophysiological and therapeutic impacts of PD‐L1 disruption in ovarian cancer. PD‐L1 was genetically disrupted in the murine ovarian cancer cell line ID8 using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9‐mediated genome editing. PD‐L1 knockout (KO) and control ovarian cancer cells were intraperitoneally inoculated into syngeneic mice, and survival and tumor dissemination were evaluated. Survival times were significantly longer in the PD‐L1‐KO ID8‐inoculated groups than in their control groups, and its therapeutic benefit was enhanced in combination with the cisplatin treatment. Tumor weights and ascites volumes were significantly lower in the PD‐L1‐KO ID8 groups than in their control groups. Immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence analyses showed that intratumoral CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, NK cells and CD11c+ M1 macrophages were significantly increased, whereas regulatory T cells were significantly decreased in the PD‐L1‐KO ID8 groups compared with those in their control groups. The intratumoral mRNA expression of interferon‐γ, tumor‐necrosis factor‐α, interleukin (IL)‐2, IL‐12a, CXCL9 and CXCL10 was significantly stronger, while that of IL‐10, vascular endothelial growth factor, CXCL1 and CXCL2 was significantly weaker in the PD‐L1‐KO ID8 groups. These results indicate that CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated PD‐L1 disruption on tumor cells promotes anti‐tumor immunity by increasing tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes and modulating cytokine/chemokine profiles within the tumor microenvironment, thereby suppressing ovarian cancer progression. These results suggest that PD‐L1‐targeted therapy by genome editing may be a novel therapeutic strategy for ovarian cancer.
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- Tamaki Yahata
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Iwahashi N, Ikezaki M, Matsuzaki I, Yamamoto M, Toujima S, Murata SI, Ihara Y, Ino K. Calreticulin Regulates Syncytialization Through Control of the Synthesis and Transportation of E-Cadherin in BeWo Cells. Endocrinology 2019; 160:359-374. [PMID: 30551188 DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-00868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During placental development, mononuclear cytotrophoblasts differentiate and fuse to syncytiotrophoblasts (STBs) to form syncytia, which secrete human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Decreased maternal perfusion of the placenta, which leads to placental dysfunction, induces changes in trophoblast syncytialization. Our previous study showed that calreticulin (CRT), a Ca2+-binding molecular chaperone found in the endoplasmic reticulum, is expressed in the human placenta and is involved in regulating extravillous trophoblast invasion, although its role in villous trophoblasts remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the functional role of CRT in trophoblast differentiation using the human trophoblast-like cell line BeWo, in which CRT gene expression was knocked down. We found that CRT was highly expressed in human third-trimester placentas and mainly localized in STBs. The fetal growth restriction group exhibited significantly lower CRT expression levels than did the control group. In BeWo cells, CRT knockdown markedly suppressed forskolin-induced cell fusion and β-hCG secretion. As for the mechanism responsible for these effects, the cell surface expression of E-cadherin, a key adhesion molecule related to syncytialization, was decreased, and E-cadherin accumulated adjacent to the Golgi apparatus in the CRT-knockdown cells, which led to dysfunctional cell-to-cell adhesion. Additionally, metabolic labeling and a pulse-chase study revealed that the protein expression of E-cadherin was suppressed at the translational level in the CRT-knockdown cells. Collectively, these results demonstrate that CRT regulates syncytialization by ensuring appropriate control of both the synthesis and transportation of E-cadherin, suggesting that CRT expression is important for placental development during pregnancy.
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- Naoyuki Iwahashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Mizoguchi M, Ishida Y, Nosaka M, Kimura A, Kuninaka Y, Yahata T, Nanjo S, Toujima S, Minami S, Ino K, Mukaida N, Kondo T. Prevention of lipopolysaccharide-induced preterm labor by the lack of CX3CL1-CX3CR1 interaction in mice. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207085. [PMID: 30399192 PMCID: PMC6219809 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Preterm labor (PTL) is the most common cause of neonatal death and long-term adverse outcome. The pharmacological agents for PTL prevention are palliative and frequently fail to prevent PTL and improve neonatal outcome. It is essential to fully understand the molecular mechanisms of PTL in order to develop novel therapeutic methods against PTL. Several lines of evidence indicate some chemokines are expressed in gestational tissues during labor or PTL. To reveal the pathophysiological roles of the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 axis in PTL, we performed present study using LPS-induced PTL mice model in CX3CR1-deficient (Cx3cr1-/-) mice. We indicated that PTL was suppressed in Cx3cr1-/- mice and immunoneutralization of CX3CL1 in WT mice. From immunohistochemical and the gene expression analyses, the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 axis has detrimental roles in PTL through intrauterine recruitment of macrophages and the enhancement of macrophage-derived inflammatory mediators. Thus, the CX3CL1-CX3CR1 axis may be a good molecular target for preventing PTL.
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- Mika Mizoguchi
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Iwahashi N, Sakai K, Yahata T, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. A comprehensive gene mutation profiling of liquid biopsy samples from patients with gynecologic cancer by using CAPP-seq. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy374.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Iwahashi N, Sakai K, Noguchi T, Yahata T, Toujima S, Nishio K, Ino K. A comprehensive gene mutation analysis of liquid biopsy samples from patients with metastatic colorectal cancer to the ovary: A case report. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:6431-6436. [PMID: 30405780 PMCID: PMC6202479 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.9467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Liquid biopsies of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can detect molecular alterations, including tumor-specific mutations, and have recently been used as a non-invasive diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive tool. However, this technique is not commonly used in the gynecological field. Gene mutation profiling of liquid biopsy samples was performed using CAncer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing (CAPP-Seq), a novel next-generation sequencing-based approach to ultrasensitive ctDNA detection, in order to make it possible to molecularly diagnose metastatic colorectal cancer to the ovary. Liquid biopsy (plasma) samples and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor samples were obtained from two patients with ovarian tumors, who had a history of surgery for colorectal cancer, and comprehensive gene mutation profiling was conducted using CAPP-Seq. In patient 1, mutations were identified in the same three regions in both the ovarian tumor and preoperative plasma sample (in the KRAS G13D, APC E1306*, and TP53 H193Y genes). In patient 2, mutation was identified in the same one region in all the primary colorectal tumor, the ovarian tumor, and preoperative plasma sample (in APC R216* gene). These mutations are well-known genetic signatures of colorectal cancer, suggesting that the ovarian tumor was metastatic. Tthe gene mutation patterns of colorectal cancer were examined by subjecting liquid biopsy samples from patients with suspected metastatic ovarian tumors to CAPP-Seq. Gene mutation profiling of liquid biopsy samples can contribute to the preoperative differential diagnosis of metastatic ovarian cancer and its subsequent personalized treatment.
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- Naoyuki Iwahashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Genome Biology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka 589-8511, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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Yamamoto M, Ikezaki M, Toujima S, Iwahashi N, Mizoguchi M, Nanjo S, Minami S, Ihara Y, Ino K. Calreticulin Is Involved in Invasion of Human Extravillous Trophoblasts Through Functional Regulation of Integrin β1. Endocrinology 2017; 158:3874-3889. [PMID: 28938427 DOI: 10.1210/en.2016-1966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Calreticulin (CRT), a molecular chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), plays a variety of roles in cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, immunity, and cancer biology. It has been reported that CRT is expressed in the human placenta, although its function in placental development is poorly understood. Appropriate invasion of extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) into the maternal decidua is necessary for successful pregnancy. The objective of the present study was to investigate the expression and functional role of CRT in EVTs using the human EVT cell line HTR8/SVneo, in which CRT gene expression was knocked down. We found that CRT was highly expressed in the human placenta in the early stage of pregnancy and localized to the EVTs. CRT knockdown markedly suppressed the invasion ability of HTR8/SVneo cells. Furthermore, the adhesion to fibronectin was suppressed in the CRT-knockdown cells via the dysfunction of integrin α5β1. In the CRT-knockdown cells, terminal sialylation and fucosylation were decreased, and the core galactose-containing structure was increased in the N-glycans of integrin β1. In addition, the expression levels of several critical glycosyltransferases were changed in the CRT-knockdown cells, consistent with the changes in the N-glycans. These results showed that CRT regulates the function of integrin β1 by affecting the synthesis of N-glycans in HTR8/SVneo cells. Collectively, the results of the present study demonstrate that the ER chaperone CRT plays a regulatory role in the invasion of EVTs, suggesting the importance of CRT expression in placental development during early pregnancy.
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- Madoka Yamamoto
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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Nanjo S, Minami S, Mizoguchi M, Yamamoto M, Yahata T, Toujima S, Shiro M, Kobayashi A, Muragaki Y, Ino K. Levels of serum-circulating angiogenic factors within 1 week prior to delivery are closely related to conditions of pregnant women with pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, and/or fetal growth restriction. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2017; 43:1805-1814. [DOI: 10.1111/jog.13452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Sakiko Nanjo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Pathology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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Iwahashi N, Yamamoto M, Nanjo S, Toujima S, Minami S, Ino K. Downregulation of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase expression in the villous stromal endothelial cells of placentas with preeclampsia. J Reprod Immunol 2017; 119:54-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kobayashi A, Tanizaki Y, Kimura A, Ishida Y, Nosaka M, Toujima S, Kuninaka Y, Minami S, Ino K, Kondo T. AG490, a Jak2 inhibitor, suppressed the progression of murine ovarian cancer. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 766:63-75. [PMID: 26410360 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ovarian cancer is the major cause of cancer death among female genital malignancies, and requires developing novel therapeutic measures. Immune escape and acquisition of tolerance by tumor cells are essential for cancer growth and progression. An immunoregulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) overexpression in tumors is essential for host immune tolerance. Janus-activated kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway is involved in various kinds of tumor biology. Thus, we examined the effects of STAT1 inhibition by AG490 (a JAK2 inhibitor) on ovarian cancer progression in mice. In vitro study, IFN-γ treatment up-regulated Ido mRNA expression with STAT1 activation in OV2944-HM-1 cells, whereas AG490 treatment significantly inhibited this effect with the suppression of STAT1 phosphorylation. In vivo model, OV2944-HM-1 cells were intraperitoneally/subcutaneously transplanted into syngeneic immunocompetent female mice. AG490 treatment significantly suppressed subcutaneous tumor growth, compared with control. Consistently, in mice intraperitoneally inoculated HM-1 cells, the same treatment significantly improved survival rate with the reduced number of intraperitoneal tumors. Actually, intratumoral IDO expression was significantly suppressed with the reduction of STAT1 activation in AG490-treated mice. Moreover, in tumor microenvironment of mice treated with AG490, the accumulation of anti-tumor leukocytes such as CD8(+) T-cells, M1 macrophages, and NK cells was apparently exaggerated with the reciprocal reduction of regulatory T cells. Furthermore, intratumoral expression of anti-tumor cytokines such as IL-1α, IL-1β and IL-12 expression was significantly enhanced in mice treated with AG490. Collectively, JAK/STAT signal pathways may be good molecular target for immunotherapy of ovarian cancer.
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- Aya Kobayashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan; Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
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Tanizaki Y, Kobayashi A, Toujima S, Shiro M, Mizoguchi M, Mabuchi Y, Yagi S, Minami S, Takikawa O, Ino K. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase promotes peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer by inducing an immunosuppressive environment. Cancer Sci 2014; 105:966-73. [PMID: 24826982 PMCID: PMC4317851 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a tryptophan-catabolizing enzyme that has immunoregulatory functions. Our prior study showed that tumoral IDO overexpression is involved in disease progression and impaired patient survival in human ovarian cancer, although its mechanism remains unclear. The purpose of the present study is to clarify the role of IDO during the process of peritoneal dissemination of ovarian cancer. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase cDNA was transfected into the murine ovarian carcinoma cell line OV2944-HM-1, establishing stable clones of IDO-overexpressing cells (HM-1-IDO). Then HM-1-IDO or control vector-transfected cells (HM-1-mock) were i.p. transplanted into syngeneic immunocompetent mice. The HM-1-IDO-transplanted mice showed significantly shortened survival compared with HM-1-mock-transplanted (control) mice. On days 11 and 14 following transplantation, the tumor weight of peritoneal dissemination and ascites volume were significantly increased in HM-1-IDO-transplanted mice compared with those of control mice. This tumor-progressive effect was coincident with significantly reduced numbers of CD8+ T cells and natural killer cells within tumors as well as increased levels of transforming growth factor-β and interleukin-10 in ascites. Finally, treatment with the IDO inhibitor 1-methyl-tryptophan significantly suppressed tumor dissemination and ascites with reduced transforming growth factor-β secretion. These findings showed that tumor-derived IDO promotes the peritoneal dissemination of ovarian cancer through suppression of tumor-infiltrating effector T cell and natural killer cell recruitment and reciprocal enhancement of immunosuppressive cytokines in ascites, creating an immunotolerogenic environment within the peritoneal cavity. Therefore, IDO may be a promising molecular target for the therapeutic strategy of ovarian cancer.
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- Yuko Tanizaki
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Tanaka J. Differential sensitivity to paclitaxel-induced apoptosis and growth suppression in paclitaxel-resistant cell lines established from HEC-1 human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Int J Oncol 2012; 41:1837-44. [PMID: 22923148 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2012.1600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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To investigate acquired paclitaxel (PTX) resistance in cancer cells, we established five monoclonal PTX-resistant cell lines from HEC-1 human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells by means of long-term PTX-exposed cultures and limiting dilution cultures. The established PTX-resistant subclones showed apparent resistance to PTX-induced DNA fragmentation but not to PTX-induced growth suppression. None of the five PTX-resistant subclones showed apparent resistance to other anticancer drugs such as cisplatin, etoposide, 5-fluorouracil, pirarubicin-HCl, 4-hydroxy-cyclophosphamide or mitomycin C. Semiquantitative flow cytometric analysis revealed no apparent differential expression of 17 molecules that were previously reported to regulate apoptosis or drug resistance, between the five PTX-resistant subclones and the parent cells. Karyotyping analysis revealed common changes in chromosomes 4 and 18 in the five PTX-resistant subclones but not in the HEC-1 parent cells. These results indicate that PTX-induced growth suppression is regulated by different mechanisms from those involved in PTX-induced apoptosis. It was concluded that these established PTX-resistant subclones can be useful models in studies related to the prevention or treatment of recurrent cancers after PTX chemotherapy.
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Tanaka T, Bai T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Utsunomiya H, Yukawa K, Tanaka J. Impaired death-associated protein kinase-mediated survival signals in 5-fluorouracil-resistant human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 2012; 28:330-6. [PMID: 22552543 DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.1774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A recent study showed that both 5-fluorouracil (5FU)-stimulated apoptosis and Fas-mediated apoptosis in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells are enhanced by targeted knockdown of endogenous death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) with DAPK small-interfering RNAs. Therefore, we investigated the DAPK survival signals in three 5FU-resistant subclones. DAPK knockdown did not enhance 5FU-stimulated or Fas-mediated apoptosis in any of the three 5FU-resistant subclones, but the subclones acquired resistance to VP16-stimulated cell death that was DAPK-independent. Semi-quantitative flow cytometric analyses showed that there was no differential expression in nine cell surface antigens, including Fas, and six intracellular molecules, including DAPK, that may regulate cell death or survival between the parent cells and 5FU-resistant cells. DAPK mRNA and protein were expressed in the 5FU-resistant subclones at similar levels to the parent cells. These results indicate that acquisition of 5FU-resistance may be accompanied by impairment of common apoptotic signals regulating both DAPK-dependent and DAPK-independent pathways.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Santamaria Hospital, 13-15 Shinjo-cho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0884, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Bai T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Matsuoka T, Kobayashi A, Yamamoto M, Sasaki N, Tanizaki Y, Utsunomiya H, Tanaka J, Yukawa K. Demethylation restores SN38 sensitivity in cells with acquired resistance to SN38 derived from human cervical squamous cancer cells. Oncol Rep 2012; 27:1292-8. [PMID: 22246465 PMCID: PMC3583479 DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.1628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Using seven monoclonal SN38-resistant subclones established from ME180 human cervical squamous cell carcinoma cells, we examined the demethylation effects of 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR) on the SN38-sensitivity of the cells as well as the expression of death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) in the SN38-resistant cells. The DAPK expression levels were evaluated among parent ME180 cells, SN38-resistant ME180 cells and cisplatin-resistant ME180 cells by methylation-specific DAPK-PCR, quantitative RT-PCR and western blot analysis. The SN38-resistant cells co-treated with SN38 and 5-aza-CdR strongly exhibited enhanced SN38-sensitivities resembling those found in the parent cells. In the SN38-resistant subclones, no relationships were found between the restored SN38 sensitivity and hypermethylation of the DAPK promoter, DAPK mRNA expression, DAPK protein expression and induction of DAPK protein after 5-aza-CdR treatment, unlike the strong suppression of 5-aza-CdR-induced DAPK protein expression in the cisplatin-resistant subclones. These findings indicate that reversibly methylated molecules, but not DAPK, may regulate SN38 resistance, and that demethylating agents can be strong sensitizing anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs for SN38-resistant cancers.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Santamaria Hospital, 13-15 Shinjo-cho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0884, Japan
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Tanaka T, Bai T, Toujima S. Establishment and characterization of monoclonal 5-fluorouracil-resistant cell lines derived from human endometrial adenocarcinoma. Int J Oncol 2010; 37:731-6. [PMID: 20664942 DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To investigate acquired 5-fluorouracil (5FU)-resistance in cancer cells, we established four monoclonal 5FU-resistant cell lines from human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells by long-term 5FU-exposure cultures and limiting dilution cultures. The established subclones exhibited 5-25 times greater 5FU-resistance than the parent cells, and showed suppression of 5FU-induced DNA fragmentation. All four 5FU-resistant subclones were 25-125 times more resistant to SN38, 4-hydroxy-cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel and etoposide than the parent cells while none of the four subclones showed resistance to mitomycin. Two of the four subclones showed no resistance to pirarubicin and bleomycin. Although all four 5FU-resistant subclones were 5-25 times more resistant to anti-Fas IgM than the parent cells, the resistance levels to anti-Fas IgM of the individual subclones did not coincide with the strengths of their multidrug resistance. Karyotyping analyses revealed that the parent cells and the three 5FU-resistant subclones examined had normal 46XX karyotypes. These results indicate that the cell death signals induced by mitomycin, pirarubicin and bleomycin are distinctly different from the Fas-mediated apoptotic signals, that acquisition of 5FU-resistance can occur without any large chromosomal deletions or rearrangements, and that there are several possible molecular changes during the acquisition of 5FU-resistance. The established cell lines represent useful tools for investigating the mechanisms and treatments of acquired 5FU-resistance.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimi-idera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Toyoda S, Takeuchi S, Umesaki N. Establishment and characterization of novel human uterine leiomyosarcoma cell lines. Int J Oncol 2010; 37:125-31. [PMID: 20514404 DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Patients with unresectable advanced uterine leiomyosarcoma have a very poor prognosis because no effective chemotherapeutic protocols exist. There are currently few established primary human uterine leiomyosarcoma cell lines that can be used to investigate effective therapies. To overcome this problem, we carried out long-term in vitro cell culture and/or nude mouse transplantation and successfully established novel human uterine leiomyosarcoma cell lines from extrauterine and intrauterine tumors that were surgically excised from a single patient. The established cells were characterized by flow cytometry, anticancer drug-sensitivity assays and karyotyping analyses. All the established cell lines showed unstable multiple chromosome abnormalities. Since the cells can proliferate in vitro and in vivo, they will be useful for developing new therapeutic strategies for advanced uterine leiomyosarcoma patients.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimi-idera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Yukawa K, Umesaki N. Experimental characterization of recurrent ovarian immature teratoma cells after optimal surgery. Oncol Rep 2008; 20:13-23. [PMID: 18575713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Minimal optimal surgery without chemotherapy is often performed for patients with ovarian immature teratoma, which frequently occurs in young women who hope for future pregnancies. If tumors recur after the operation, anticancer drug chemotherapy is often administered, although few studies have highlighted differences between the recurrent and the primary tumor cells. Therefore, we have established experimental animal models of recurrent ovarian immature teratoma cells after optimal surgery and characterized the anticancer drug sensitivity and antigenicity of the recurrent tumors. Surgically-excised tumor cells of a grade II ovarian immature teratoma were cultured in vitro and transplanted into nude mice to establish stable cell lines. Differential drug sensitivity and antigenicity of the tumor cells were compared between the primary and the nude mouse tumors. Nude mouse tumor cells showed a normal 46XX karyotype. Cultured primary cells showed a remarkably high sensitivity to paclitaxel, docetaxel, adriamycin and pirarubicin, compared to peritoneal cancer cells obtained from a patient with ovarian adenocarcinomatous peritonitis. The drug sensitivity of teratoma cells to 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin or peplomycin was also significantly higher. However, there was no significant difference in sensitivity to platinum drugs between the primary teratoma and the peritoneal adenocarcinoma cells. As for nude mouse tumor cells, sensitivity to 12 anticancer drugs was significantly lower than that of the primary tumor cells, while there was little difference in sensitivity to carboplatin or peplomycin between the primary and nude mouse tumor cells. Flow cytometry showed that the expression of smooth muscle actin (SMA) significantly decreased in nude mouse tumor cells when compared to cultured primary cells. In conclusion, ovarian immature teratomas with normal karyotypes have a malignant potential to recur after minimal surgery. During nude mouse transplantation, SMA-overexpressing cells appeared to be selectively excluded and nude mouse tumor cells were less sensitive to the majority of anticancer drugs than the primary tumor cells. These results indicate that after optimal surgery for ovarian immature teratoma, recurrent cells can be more resistant to anticancer drugs than the primary tumors. Therefore, it is likely that adjuvant chemotherapy lowers the risk of ovarian immature teratomas recurring after optimal surgery. BEP and PBV regimens are frequently given to teratoma patients. However, paclitaxel/carboplatin or docetaxel/carboplatin, which are the most effective chemotherapy treatments for epithelial ovarian cancer patients, are considered to be an alternative regimen, especially in the prevention of reproductive toxicity.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Yukawa K, Umesaki N. Experimental characterization of recurrent ovarian immature teratoma cells after optimal surgery. Oncol Rep 2008. [DOI: 10.3892/or.20.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Bai T, Utsunomiya H, Mori I, Yukawa K, Umesaki N. Cell proliferation of bulky cervical squamous cell carcinoma is strongly associated with a paracrine tissue-specific growth factor(s). Oncol Rep 2005. [DOI: 10.3892/or.14.5.1121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Utsunomiya T, Bai T, Utsunomiya H, Mori I, Yukawa K, Umesaki N. Cell proliferation of bulky cervical squamous cell carcinoma is strongly associated with a paracrine tissue-specific growth factor(s). Oncol Rep 2005; 14:1121-6. [PMID: 16211274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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To examine the possibility of a cervical squamous cell carcinoma-specific growth factor(s), previously suggested by clinical findings and in vitro culture experiments, we examined in vitro cultures and nude mouse transplantations of cervical squamous cell carcinoma cells obtained from a patient with a bulky cervical tumor without detectable distant metastases. The cancer cells did not proliferate without additional growth factors but remained viable in vitro. Fourteen weeks after transplantation of the tumor cells on their backs, 1 of the 3 nude mice developed large metastatic pelvic tumors without macroscopic metastatic lesions in their lungs or liver. When these pelvic tumor fragments were trans-planted onto the backs of other nude mice, ulcerated back tumors and larger metastatic pelvic tumors, but no macroscopic metastatic lesions in the lungs or liver, were observed. Histopathological examination of these pelvic tumors showed that all were the same squamous cell carcinoma as the primary tumor. These results indicate that cell proliferation of bulky cervical squamous cell carcinoma is strongly associated with a squamous cell carcinoma-specific growth factor(s) in a paracrine manner.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimi-idera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Umesaki N. Activin A inhibits growth-inhibitory signals by TGF-β1 in differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 2004. [DOI: 10.3892/or.11.4.875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Umesaki N. Activin A inhibits growth-inhibitory signals by TGF-beta1 in differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Oncol Rep 2004; 11:875-9. [PMID: 15010888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Although human endometrial adenocarcinoma tissues express high levels of activin A, the pathophysiological functions of endometrial activin A remain unclear. Human endometrial cancer cells express both activin receptor and TGF-beta receptor, and TGF-beta1 utilizes the same intracellular signaling molecules as activin A. Using three differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines, we investigated whether there are interactions between TGF-beta1- and activin A-mediated signaling. Flow cytometric analysis revealed cell surface expression of two types of TGF-beta receptor subunits and four types of activin receptor subunits. TGF-beta1 inhibited cell proliferation in three endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines. Activin A did not affect the growth of the three endometrial cell lines, and pre-incubation with activin A dose-dependently reduced TGF-beta1-mediated inhibition of cell growth. These results suggest that in endometrial adenocarcinoma cells, the intracellular signals underlying TGF-beta1-mediated inhibition of growth can themselves be inhibited by activin A. Therefore, the increased expression of activin A may be involved in carcinogenesis by reducing TGF-beta-mediated signals inhibiting cell growth in human endometrial adenocarcinoma tissues.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Umesaki N. Growth-inhibitory signals by activin A do not affect anticancer drug-sensitivity and acquired multi-drug-resistance in human ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma OVK-18 cells. Oncol Rep 2004; 11:667-71. [PMID: 14767519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Using the human ovarian adenocarcinoma cell line, OVK-18, which is sensitive to activin A-mediated inhibition of growth and various anticancer drugs, we determined whether activin A altered the sensitivity of these cells to seven anticancer drugs. The relationship between the sensitivity to activin and the resistance to anticancer drugs was also investigated in OVK-18 parent cells and OVK-18-derived CDDP-resistant cells. Activin A inhibited proliferation of OVK-18 parent cells in a dose-dependent manner, although it did not affect the sensitivity of OVK-18 parent cells to the seven anticancer drugs, CDDP, CBDCA, adriamycin, paclitaxel, SN38, terarubicin and etoposide (VP16). Both the sensitivity to activin A-mediated inhibition of growth and the sensitivity to anticancer drug-induced apoptosis were reduced in CDDP-resistant cells, while their sensitivity to the seven anticancer drugs was not affected by activin A. Flow cytometric analysis revealed a significant reduction in type IIA activin receptor expression on the surface of CDDP-resistant cells. These results indicate that the activin A-induced intracellular signals inhibiting cell growth are independent of the inhibition caused by the seven anticancer drugs, and suggest that the reduced sensitivity of CDDP-resistant cells to activin A is derived in part from reduced activin receptor expression and not acquired drug-resistance.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Umesaki N. Growth-inhibitory signals by activin A do not affect anticancer drug-sensitivity and acquired multi-drug-resistance in human ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma OVK-18 cells. Oncol Rep 2004. [DOI: 10.3892/or.11.3.667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Otani T, Minami S, Yamoto M, Umesaki N. Expression and function of activin receptors in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Int J Oncol 2003; 23:657-63. [PMID: 12888901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Menstrual cycle-dependent expressions of activin A in normal human endometrial tissues have been reported. Expression of activin receptor mRNAs and increased activin A production were also observed in human endometrial adenocarcinoma tissues, suggesting that activin A might enhance cell proliferation and inhibit apoptotic signaling in endometrial cancer cells. In this study, we have examined the effects of activin A on cell proliferation, anticancer drug-induced apoptosis and Fas-mediated apoptosis in 3 differentiated human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines, namely HEC-1, HHUA and Ishikawa. Flow cytometric analyses revealed moderate expressions of all 4 types of activin receptor subunits on the cell surfaces of the 3 cell lines. The proliferations of the 3 endometrial cancer cells were completely unaffected by activin A, whereas it suppressed the cell proliferation of a human ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma cell line, OVK-18, in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, activin A did not affect the apoptotic changes in the 3 endometrial adenocarcinoma cells treated with 4 different anticancer drugs, namely CDDP, paclitaxel, etoposide and SN38. The apoptotic changes in HHUA cells treated with anti-Fas IgM were also unaffected by activin A. These results indicate that the increased activin A production in human endometrial adenocarcinoma tissues in vivo may not stimulate carcinoma cell proliferation or inhibit apoptotic signaling in carcinoma cells. Insensitivity to the usual growth suppression signals induced by activin A might be one of the mechanisms of immortality of human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells.
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- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimi-idera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
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Tanaka T, Toujima S, Otani T, Minami S, Yamoto M, Umesaki N. Expression and function of activin receptors in human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells. Int J Oncol 2003. [DOI: 10.3892/ijo.23.3.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Toujima S, Kuwano K, Zhang Y, Fujimoto N, Hirama M, Oishi T, Fukuda S, Nagumo Y, Imai H, Kikuchi T, Arai S. Binding of glycoglycerolipid derived from membranes of Acholeplasma laidlawii PG8 and synthetic analogues to lymphoid cells. Microbiology (Reading) 2000; 146 ( Pt 9):2317-2323. [PMID: 10974119 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-9-2317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A component that binds to human lymphoid cells was isolated from the membranes of Acholeplasma laidlawii PG8. The component was extracted using the Bligh-Dyer method and purified using a silica-gel column and TLC. The active component was identified as 3-O:-[2'-O-(alpha-D-glucopyranosyl)- 6'-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-1,2-di-O- acyl-sn-glycerol (GAGDG) using (1)H- and (13)C-NMR and GC-MS. The compositions of the major saturated fatty acids were nC (14) (17.8%), isoC(14) (10.7%) and nC (16) (34.9%) as determined by GC-MS. The amounts of unsaturated species were less than 10% of those of the corresponding saturated acids. GAGDGs which have three tetradecanoyl groups were synthesized. These synthetic GAGDGs, as well as GAGDGs derived from A. laidlawii membranes, had a high binding affinity for MOLT-4 and HUT-78 (human T cell lines), Raji (a B cell line), HL-60 (a monoblastoid cell line) and primary cultured human T cells. The binding affinities of GAGDGs with an isoC(14) acyl group was higher than those with nC(14) and nC(16) acyl groups. The binding to lymphoid cells reveals a novel biological activity of GAGDGs.
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- Saori Toujima
- Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan1
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- Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan1
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- Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan1
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- Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan1
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University Aoba, Aramaki aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan2
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- Department of Bacteriology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan1
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