論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年6月

Up-Regulation of PI 3-Kinases and the Activation of PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway in Cancer Stem-Like Cells Through DNA Hypomethylation Mediated by the Cancer Microenvironment.

Transl Oncol
  • Aung Ko Ko Oo
  • Anna Sanchez Calle
  • Neha Nair
  • Hafizah Mahmud
  • Arun Vaidyanath
  • Junya Yamauchi
  • Aprilliana Cahya Khayrani
  • Juan Du
  • Md Jahangir Alam
  • Akimasa Seno
  • Akifumi Mizutani
  • Hiroshi Murakami
  • Yoshiaki Iwasaki
  • Ling Chen
  • Tomonari Kasai
  • Masaharu Seno
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開始ページ
653
終了ページ
663
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.001

Previously, we have succeeded in converting induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into cancer stem cells (CSCs) by treating the iPSCs with conditioned medium of Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells. The converted CSCs, named miPS-LLCcm cells, exhibited the self-renewal, differentiation potential, and potential to form malignant tumors with metastasis. In this study, we further characterized miPS-LLCcm cells both in vivo and in vitro. The tumors formed by subcutaneous injection showed the structures with pathophysiological features consisting of undifferentiated and malignant phenotypes generally found in adenocarcinoma. Metastasis in the lung was also observed as nodule structures. Excising from the tumors, primary cultured cells from the tumor and the nodule showed self-renewal, differentiation potential as well as tumor forming ability, which are the essential characters of CSCs. We then characterized the epigenetic regulation occurring in the CSCs. By comparing the DNA methylation level of CG rich regions, the differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were evaluated in all stages of CSCs when compared with the parental iPSCs. In DMRs, hypomethylation was found superior to hypermethylation in the miPS-LLCcm cells and its derivatives. The hypo- and hypermethylated genes were used to nominate KEGG pathways related with CSC. As a result, several categories were defined in the KEGG pathways from which most related with cancers, significant and high expression of components was PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. Simultaneously, the AKT activation was also confirmed in the CSCs. The PI3K-Akt signaling pathway should be an important pathway for the CSCs established by the treatment with conditioned medium of LLC cells.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.001
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29621663
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054593
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.001
  • PubMed ID : 29621663
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6054593

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