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Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) within a solid tumor can support the progression of cancer. We studied the identification and characterization of patient-derived endometrial CAFs in the context of their clinical relevance in endometrial cancers. We established patient-derived primary cultures o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37047422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076449 |
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author | Sulaiman, Raed De, Pradip Aske, Jennifer C. Lin, Xiaoqian Dale, Adam Gaster, Kris Espaillat, Luis Rojas Starks, David Dey, Nandini |
author_facet | Sulaiman, Raed De, Pradip Aske, Jennifer C. Lin, Xiaoqian Dale, Adam Gaster, Kris Espaillat, Luis Rojas Starks, David Dey, Nandini |
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description | Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) within a solid tumor can support the progression of cancer. We studied the identification and characterization of patient-derived endometrial CAFs in the context of their clinical relevance in endometrial cancers. We established patient-derived primary cultures of CAFs from surgically resected tumors (TCAF) and tumor-adjacent normal (NCAF) tissues in 53 consented patients with success rates of 97.7% and 75%, respectively. A passage of CAF was qualified by the (1) absence of CK 8,18,19, EpCAM, CD45, and CD31, and (2) presence of SMAalpha, S100A4, CD90, FAP, TE-7, CD155, PD-L1, TGFB, PDGFRA (qRT-PCR, flow cytometry, Western blot, ICC). Out of the 44 established CAFs, 31 were aggressive (having an early, i.e., 4–7 week, establishment time and/or >3 passages) compared to 13 which were non-aggressive. A post-surgery-event (PSE) was observed in 7 out of 31 patients bearing aggressive CAFs, 2 of whom were also positive for CTCs, while none of the 13 patients bearing non-aggressive CAFs had events. A positive correlation was found between patients with grade 3 (p = 0.025) as well as stage 3/4 diseases (p = 0.0106) bearing aggressive CAFs and the PSE. Finally, aggressive TCAFs from patients with PSE resisted the effects of paclitaxel and lenvatinib on the growth of HUVEC and endometrial tumor cells. Our study is the first to report a correlation between the PSE and the aggressive nature of CAFs in endometrial cancers and provides an undeniable reason to study the in-depth mechanism of CAF function towards the development of treatment resistance in endometrial cancers. |
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spelling | pubmed-100947632023-04-13 Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs Sulaiman, Raed De, Pradip Aske, Jennifer C. Lin, Xiaoqian Dale, Adam Gaster, Kris Espaillat, Luis Rojas Starks, David Dey, Nandini Int J Mol Sci Article Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) within a solid tumor can support the progression of cancer. We studied the identification and characterization of patient-derived endometrial CAFs in the context of their clinical relevance in endometrial cancers. We established patient-derived primary cultures of CAFs from surgically resected tumors (TCAF) and tumor-adjacent normal (NCAF) tissues in 53 consented patients with success rates of 97.7% and 75%, respectively. A passage of CAF was qualified by the (1) absence of CK 8,18,19, EpCAM, CD45, and CD31, and (2) presence of SMAalpha, S100A4, CD90, FAP, TE-7, CD155, PD-L1, TGFB, PDGFRA (qRT-PCR, flow cytometry, Western blot, ICC). Out of the 44 established CAFs, 31 were aggressive (having an early, i.e., 4–7 week, establishment time and/or >3 passages) compared to 13 which were non-aggressive. A post-surgery-event (PSE) was observed in 7 out of 31 patients bearing aggressive CAFs, 2 of whom were also positive for CTCs, while none of the 13 patients bearing non-aggressive CAFs had events. A positive correlation was found between patients with grade 3 (p = 0.025) as well as stage 3/4 diseases (p = 0.0106) bearing aggressive CAFs and the PSE. Finally, aggressive TCAFs from patients with PSE resisted the effects of paclitaxel and lenvatinib on the growth of HUVEC and endometrial tumor cells. Our study is the first to report a correlation between the PSE and the aggressive nature of CAFs in endometrial cancers and provides an undeniable reason to study the in-depth mechanism of CAF function towards the development of treatment resistance in endometrial cancers. MDPI 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10094763/ /pubmed/37047422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076449 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sulaiman, Raed De, Pradip Aske, Jennifer C. Lin, Xiaoqian Dale, Adam Gaster, Kris Espaillat, Luis Rojas Starks, David Dey, Nandini Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title | Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title_full | Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title_fullStr | Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title_short | Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Endometrial CAFs: Correlation between Post-Surgery Event and Resistance to Drugs |
title_sort | characterization and clinical relevance of endometrial cafs: correlation between post-surgery event and resistance to drugs |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37047422 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076449 |
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