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Carcinoma-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells via PDGF Signaling

Raghavan, Shreya and Snyder, Catherine S. and Wang, Anni and McLean, Karen and Zamarin, Dmitriy and Buckanovich, Ronald J. and Mehta, Geeta (2020) Carcinoma-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells via PDGF Signaling. Cancers, 12 (8). p. 2063. ISSN 2072-6694

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Abstract

Within the ovarian cancer tumor microenvironment, cancer stem-like cells (CSC) interact with carcinoma associated mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (CA-MSC) through multiple secreted cytokines and growth factors. These paracrine interactions have been revealed to cause enrichment of CSC and their chemoprotection; however, it is still not known if platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) signaling is involved in facilitating these responses. In order to probe this undiscovered bidirectional communication, we created a model of ovarian malignant ascites in the three-dimensional (3D) hanging drop heterospheroid array, with CSC and CA-MSC. We hypothesized that PDGF secretion by CA-MSC increases self-renewal, migration, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and chemoresistance in ovarian CSC. Our results indicate that PDGF signaling in the CSC-MSC heterospheroids significantly increased stemness, metastatic potential and chemoresistance of CSC. Knockdown of PDGFB in MSC resulted in abrogation of these phenotypes in the heterospheroids. Our studies also reveal a cross-talk between PDGF and Hedgehog signaling in ovarian cancer. Overall, our data suggest that when the stromal signaling via PDGF to ovarian CSC is blocked in addition to chemotherapy pressure, the tumor cells are significantly more sensitive to chemotherapy. Our results emphasize the importance of disrupting the signals from the microenvironment to the tumor cells, in order to improve response rates. These findings may lead to the development of combination therapies targeting stromal signaling (such as PDGF and Hedgehog) that can abrogate the tumorigenic, metastatic and platinum resistant phenotypes of ovarian CSC through additional investigations.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Raghavan, Shreya
Snyder, Catherine S.
Wang, Anni
McLean, Karen
Zamarin, Dmitriy
Buckanovich, Ronald J.rjb101@pitt.edurjb101
Mehta, Geeta
Centers: Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Magee-Women's Research Institute
Date: 27 July 2020
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Cancers
Volume: 12
Number: 8
Publisher: MDPI AG
Page Range: p. 2063
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.3390/cancers12082063
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: ovarian cancer, cancer stem-like cells (CSC), carcinoma associated mesenchymal stem cells (CA-MSC), platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), stemness, chemoresistance
ISSN: 2072-6694
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082063
Funders: American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, DOD OCRP Early Career Investigator Award, DOD Pilot award, DOD Investigator Initiated award, Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer, Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance, NIH/NIDCR Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Training, Rackham Research, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health
Article Type: Research Article
Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2021 17:25
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2021 17:25
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/41252

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