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MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS
卷 17, 期 9, 页码 2034-2048出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-17-0421
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- Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [ZIA-DC-000016, ZIA-DC-000073, ZIA-DC-000074]
Cancer stem-like cells are hypothesized to be the major tumor-initiating cell population of human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), but the landscape of molecular alterations underpinning their signaling and cellular phenotypes as drug targets remains undefined. In this study, we developed an experimental pipeline to isolate a highly enriched CD133(+)CD31(-)CD45(-)CD61(-)CD24(-) (CD133(+)) cell population from primary cSCC specimens by flow cytometry. The CD133(+) cells show enhanced stein-like phenotypes, which were verified by spheroid and colony formation in vitro and tumor generation in vivo. Gene expression profiling of CD133(+/-) cells was compared and validated, and differentially expressed gene signatures and top pathways were identified. CD133(+) cells expressed a repertoire of sternness and cancer-related genes, including NOTCH and NOTCH1-mediated NF-kappa B pathway signaling. Other cancer-related genes from WNT, growth factor receptors, PI3K/mTOR, STAT pathways, and chromatin modifiers were also identified. Pharmacologic and genetic targeting of NOTCH1, IKK alpha, RELA, and RELB modulated NF-kappa B transactivation, the CD133(+) population, and cellular and stemness phenotypes. Immunofluorescent staining confirmed colocalization of CD133(+) and IKK alpha expression in SCC tumor specimens. Our functional, genetic, and pharmacologic studies uncovered a novel linkage between NOTCH1, IKK alpha, and NF-kappa B pathway activation in maintaining the CD133(+) stem SCC phenotypes. Studies investigating markers of activation and modulators of NOTCH, IKK/NF-kappa B, and other pathways regulating these cancer stem gene signatures could further accelerate the development of effective therapeutic strategies to treat cSCC recurrence and metastasis. (C) 2018 AACR.
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