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01-12-2012 | Research Paper

CD44+/CD24− ovarian cancer cells demonstrate cancer stem cell properties and correlate to survival

Authors: Erhong Meng, Beverely Long, Paula Sullivan, Steve McClellan, Michael A. Finan, Eddie Reed, Lalita Shevde, Rodney P. Rocconi

Published in: Clinical & Experimental Metastasis | Issue 8/2012

Abstract

Cancer cells with the surface marker profile CD44+/CD24− have previously been described to possess cancer stem cell-like properties. This manuscript evaluates those properties in ovarian cancer cell lines. The proportion of CD44+/CD24− cells corresponded to the clinical aggressiveness of each ovarian cancer cell line histologic subtype. CD44+/CD24− cells demonstrated enhanced progressive differentiation as well as showing a 60-fold increase in Matrigel invasion in both SKOV3 and OV90 cell lines (p < 0.001 each) compared to other phenotypes. CD44+/CD24− demonstrated significant resistance to all chemotherapy agents used in all cell lines, with a 71–93 % increase in resistance compared with baseline. Using a threshold of 25 % CD44+/CD24– ovarian cancer cells found in ascites, patients with >25 % CD44+/CD24− were significantly more likely to recur (83 vs. 14 %, p = 0.003) and had shorter median progression-free survival (6 vs. 18 months, p = 0.01). In conclusion, the CD44+/CD24− phenotype in ovarian cancer cells demonstrate cancer stem cell-like properties of enhanced differentiation, invasion, and resistance to chemotherapy. This CD44+/CD24− phenotype correlates to clinical endpoints with increased risk of recurrence and shorter progression-free survival in patients with ovarian cancer.

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Title: CD44+/CD24− ovarian cancer cells demonstrate cancer stem cell properties and correlate to survival
Authors: Erhong Meng
Beverely Long
Paula Sullivan
Steve McClellan
Michael A. Finan
Eddie Reed
Lalita Shevde
Rodney P. Rocconi
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Clinical & Experimental Metastasis / Issue 8/2012
Print ISSN: 0262-0898
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7276
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-012-9482-4

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