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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 41, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13046-022-02263-y
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Circulating tumor cells; Colorectal cancer; Organoids; Metastasis; Cancer stem cells
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- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) [20744]
- La Sapienza University of Rome [RM11916B31436754]
This study successfully isolated CTCs from a colorectal cancer xenograft model and investigated their biological features and drug sensitivity through organoid generation. The results showed that CTC-derived organoids exhibited a hybrid epithelial-mesenchymal transition state and increased expression of stemness-associated markers. Additionally, CTC-derived organoids were more sensitive to drugs affecting the Survivin pathway. These findings contribute to a better understanding and prevention of colorectal cancer metastasis.
Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are responsible for the metastatic dissemination of colorectal cancer (CRC) to the liver, lungs and lymph nodes. CTCs rarity and heterogeneity strongly limit the elucidation of their biological features, as well as preclinical drug sensitivity studies aimed at metastasis prevention. Methods We generated organoids from CTCs isolated from an orthotopic CRC xenograft model. CTCs-derived organoids (CTCDOs) were characterized through proteome profiling, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, tumor-forming capacity and drug screening assays. The expression of intra- and extracellular markers found in CTCDOs was validated on CTCs isolated from the peripheral blood of CRC patients. Results CTCDOs exhibited a hybrid epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) state and an increased expression of stemness-associated markers including the two homeobox transcription factors Goosecoid and Pancreatic Duodenal Homeobox Gene-1 (PDX1), which were also detected in CTCs from CRC patients. Functionally, CTCDOs showed a higher migratory/invasive ability and a different response to pathway-targeted drugs as compared to xenograft-derived organoids (XDOs). Specifically, CTCDOs were more sensitive than XDOs to drugs affecting the Survivin pathway, which decreased the levels of Survivin and X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (XIAP) inducing CTCDOs death. Conclusions These results indicate that CTCDOs recapitulate several features of colorectal CTCs and may be used to investigate the features of metastatic CRC cells, to identify new prognostic biomarkers and to devise new potential strategies for metastasis prevention.
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