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CCL2 overexpression is associated with paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer cells via autocrine signaling and macrophage recruitment

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BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
卷 153, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113474

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Ovarian cancer; Chemoresistance; CCL2; CCR2; Tumor-associated macrophage

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  1. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government [2017R1A5A2014768, 2019R1A2C2011213, 2022R1A2C100 3498]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1A2C2011213] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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Tumor cells can develop resistance to paclitaxel by secreting large amounts of CCL2, which not only acts as an autocrine factor to induce chemoresistance, but also functions as a chemokine to attract macrophages, contributing to chemoresistance. Inhibiting the CCL2/CCR2 signaling axis may improve the therapeutic response of patients with ovarian cancer to paclitaxel.
Tumor cells can secret various cytokines and chemokines, which affect the tumor cells themselves and the neighboring cells. Here, we observed that human ovarian cancer (OC) cells developed resistance to paclitaxel treatment following culture with the conditioned medium (CM) derived from paclitaxel-resistant OC (OCTR) cells. A cytokine array revealed that both OCTR cells secreted large amounts of CC chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2). CCL2 and its receptor, CCR2, were overexpressed in OCTR cells. CCL2 expression was associated with worse progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer. The inhibition of the CCL2/CCR2 axis suppressed the chemoresistance induced by OCTR-CM. The enhanced expression and production of CCL2 in OC cells were mediated via the NF-kappa B pathway, and stimulated the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway, which resulted in the development of paclitaxel resistance in OC cells. Additionally, the OCTR cells significantly increased the migration of macrophages, which was also associated with the overproduction of CCL2 in chemoresistant cancer cells. The macrophages stimulated by OCTR cells expressed high levels of markers of M2 phenotype, and their CM significantly decreased the paclitaxel responsiveness of OC cells. The administration of a CCR2 inhibitor to a murine model significantly improved the paclitaxel sensitivity. These data suggested that apart from inducing chemoresistance in OC cells by acting as an autocrine factor, CCL2 also functions as a chemokine that induces the chemotaxis of macrophages, which may contribute to chemoresistance. Therefore, targeting the CCL2/CCR2 signaling axis may improve the therapeutic response of patients with ovarian cancer to paclitaxel.

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