Journal
CELLS
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10040814
Keywords
penile cancer; cancer cell models; translatomic profile; genomic profile; protein expression; CAFs; EGFR inhibitors
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Oncogenomics (Sao Paulo Research Foundation-FAPESP) [2008/57887-9]
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq [573589/08-9]
- Research Council of Lillebaelt Hospital, Denmark
- FAPESP [2013/03667-6, 2015/25373-0]
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In this study, five human primary penile cancer-derived cell cultures were established, including two epithelial and three cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) cells. Epithelial penile cancer-derived cells showed good response to cisplatin and CAF signature markers were identified in CAF cells, indicating their suitability for penile cancer microenvironment studies.
Penile cancer (PeCa) is a common disease in poor and developing countries, showing high morbidity rates. Despite the recent progress in understanding the molecular events involved in PeCa, the lack of well-characterized in vitro models precludes new advances in anticancer drug development. Here we describe the establishment of five human primary penile cancer-derived cell cultures, including two epithelial and three cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) cells. Using high-throughput genomic approaches, we found that the epithelial PeCa derived- cells recapitulate the molecular alterations of their primary tumors and present the same deregulated signaling pathways. The differentially expressed genes and proteins identified are components of key oncogenic pathways, including EGFR and PI3K/AKT/mTOR. We showed that epithelial PeCa derived cells presented a good response to cisplatin, a common therapeutic approach used in PeCa patients. The growth of a PeCa-derived cell overexpressing EGFR was inhibited by EGFR inhibitors (cetuximab, gefitinib, and erlotinib). We also identified CAF signature markers in three PeCa-derived cells with fibroblast-like morphology, indicating that those cells are suitable models for PeCa microenvironment studies. We thus demonstrate the utility of PeCa cell models to dissect mechanisms that promote penile carcinogenesis, which are useful models to evaluate therapeutic approaches for the disease.
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