Exosomal Transfer of Stromal Cell-Derived miR21 Confers Taxol Resistance in High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Cells Through Down-Regulation of APAF1.
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ABSTRACT: Advanced ovarian cancer usually spreads to the visceral adipose tissue of the omentum. However, the stromal cell-derived molecular determinants that modulate ovarian cancer growth have not been characterized. Here, we identified significantly higher levels of miR21 in exosomes and tissue lysate isolated from cancer associated adipocytes (CAA) and fibroblasts (CAF) compared to those from ovarian cancer cells. Functional studies and transcriptome analysis on miR21 transfected SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells revealed that miR21 could be transferred from CAA or CAF to ovarian cancer cells and modulate ovarian cancer apoptosis and chemoresistance through binding to its direct target APAF1. These data suggest that malignant phenotype of metastatic ovarian cancer cells can be modulated by miR21 delivered by exosomes derived from neighboring stromal cells in the omental tumor microenvironment.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE51457 | GEO | 2016/03/21
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA223235
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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