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Wolf, B.* ; Krieg, K.* ; Falk, C.* ; Breuhahn, K.* ; Keppeler, H.* ; Biedermann, T.* ; Schmid, E.* ; Warmann, S.* ; Fuchs, J.* ; Vetter, S.* ; Thiele, D.* ; Nieser, M.* ; Avci-Adali, M.* ; Skokowa, Y.* ; Schöls, L.* ; Hauser, S.L.* ; Ringelhan, M. ; Yevsa, T.* ; Heikenwälder, M. ; Kossatz-Boehlert, U.*

Inducing differentiation of premalignant hepatic cells as a novel therapeutic strategy in hepatocarcinoma.

Cancer Res. 76, 5550-5561 (2016)
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is reported to be resistant to chemotherapy caused by tumor-initiating cells. These tumor-initiating cells express stem cell markers. An accumulation of tumor-initiating cells be found in 28-50% of all HCC and is correlated with a poor prognosis. Mechanisms that mediate chemoresistance include drug export, increased metabolism and quiescence. Importantly, the mechanisms that regulate quiescence in tumor-initiating cells have not been analyzed in detail so far. In the present research we have developed a single cell tracking method to follow up the fate of tumor-initiating cells during chemotherapy. Thereby, we were able to demonstrate that mCXCL1 exerts cellular state specific effects regulating the resistance to chemotherapeutics. mCXCL1 is the mouse homolog of the human Interleukin 8, a chemokine which correlates with poor prognosis in HCC patients. We found that mCXCL1 blocks differentiationof premalignant cells and activates quiescence in tumor-initiating cells. This process depends on the activation of the mTORC1 kinase. Blocking of the mTORC1 kinase induces differentiation of tumor-initiating cells and allows their subsequent depletion using the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin. Our work deciphers the mCXCL1-mTORC1 pathway as crucial in liver cancer stem cell maintenance and highlights it as a novel target in combination with conventional chemotherapy.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Hepatocellular-carcinoma Cells; Tumor-initiating Cells; Stem-cells; Transcription Factors; Mammalian Target; Progenitor Cells; Binding Protein; Cyclin-e; Cancer; Mtor
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0008-5472
e-ISSN 1538-7445
Journal Cancer Research
Quellenangaben Volume: 76, Issue: 18, Pages: 5550-5561 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Publishing Place Philadelphia, Pa.
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Virology (VIRO)