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NAMPT Inhibition Suppresses Cancer Stem-like Cells Associated with Therapy-Induced Senescence in Ovarian Cancer.


ABSTRACT: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal of gynecologic malignancies. The standard-of-care treatment for EOC is platinum-based chemotherapy such as cisplatin. Platinum-based chemotherapy induces cellular senescence. Notably, therapy-induced senescence contributes to chemoresistance by inducing cancer stem-like cells (CSC). However, therapeutic approaches targeting senescence-associated CSCs remain to be explored. Here, we show that nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibition suppresses senescence-associated CSCs induced by platinum-based chemotherapy in EOC. Clinically applicable NAMPT inhibitors suppressed the outgrowth of cisplatin-treated EOC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a combination of the NAMPT inhibitor FK866 and cisplatin improved the survival of EOC-bearing mice. These phenotypes correlated with inhibition of the CSCs signature, which consists of elevated expression of ALDH1A1 and stem-related genes, high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, and CD133 positivity. Mechanistically, NAMPT regulates EOC CSCs in a paracrine manner through the senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Our results suggest that targeting NAMPT using clinically applicable NAMPT inhibitors, such as FK866, in conjunction with platinum-based chemotherapy represents a promising therapeutic strategy by suppressing therapy-induced senescence-associated CSCs. SIGNIFICANCE: This study highlights the importance of NAMPT-mediated NAD+ biosynthesis in the production of cisplatin-induced senescence-associated cancer stem cells, as well as tumor relapse after cisplatin treatment.

SUBMITTER: Nacarelli T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NAMPT Inhibition Suppresses Cancer Stem-like Cells Associated with Therapy-Induced Senescence in Ovarian Cancer.

Nacarelli Timothy T   Fukumoto Takeshi T   Zundell Joseph A JA   Fatkhutdinov Nail N   Jean Stephanie S   Cadungog Mark G MG   Borowsky Mark E ME   Zhang Rugang R  

Cancer research 20191219 4


Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal of gynecologic malignancies. The standard-of-care treatment for EOC is platinum-based chemotherapy such as cisplatin. Platinum-based chemotherapy induces cellular senescence. Notably, therapy-induced senescence contributes to chemoresistance by inducing cancer stem-like cells (CSC). However, therapeutic approaches targeting senescence-associated CSCs remain to be explored. Here, we show that nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibit  ...[more]

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