Level C· Early human research exploring benefitsProspective StudyPubMedOpen access

Human omental-derived adipose stem cells increase ovarian cancer proliferation, migration, and chemoresistance.

Nowicka A., Marini FC., Solley TN., Elizondo PB., Zhang Y., Sharp HJ.

Prospective Study, published in PLoS One (2013) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Prospective Study
Journal
PLoS One (2013)
Country
United States
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
24312594
PMCID
PMC3847080
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0081859
Citations
94

Abstract (original English)

Objectives Adipose tissue contains a population of multipotent adipose stem cells (ASCs) that form tumor stroma and can promote tumor progression. Given the high rate of ovarian cancer metastasis to the omental adipose, we hypothesized that omental-derived ASC may contribute to ovarian cancer growth and dissemination. Materials and methods We isolated ASCs from the omentum of three patients with ovarian cancer, with (O-ASC4, O-ASC5) and without (O-ASC1) omental metastasis. BM-MSCs, SQ-ASCs, O-ASCs were characterized with gene expression arrays and metabolic analysis. Stromal cells effects on ovarian cancer cells proliferation, chemoresistance and radiation resistance was evaluated using co-culture assays with luciferase-labeled human ovarian cancer cell lines. Transwell migration assays were performed with conditioned media from O-ASCs and control cell lines. SKOV3 cells were intraperitionally injected with or without O-ASC1 to track in-vivo engraftment. Results O-ASCs significantly promoted in vitro proliferation, migration chemotherapy and radiation response of ovarian cancer cell lines. O-ASC4 had more marked effects on migration and chemotherapy response on OVCA 429 and OVCA 433 cells than O-ASC1. Analysis of microarray data revealed that O-ASC4 and O-ASC5 have similar gene expression profiles, in contrast to O-ASC1, which was more similar to BM-MSCs and subcutaneous ASCs i

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  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.

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Early human evidence such as case series or small samples is exploring possible benefits.

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Adipose TissueAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansMice

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