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Title Fusion Cell Markers in Circulating Tumor Cells from Patients with High-Grade Ovarian Serous Carcinoma
Creator Ruano et al.
Author Anna Paula Carreta Ruano
Author Andrea Paiva Gadelha Guimarães
Author Alexcia C. Braun
Author Bianca C. T. C. P. Flores
Author Milena Shizue Tariki
Author Emne A. Abdallah
Author Jacqueline Aparecida Torres
Author Diana Noronha Nunes
Author Bruna Tirapelli
Author Vladmir C. Cordeiro de Lima
Author Marcello Ferretti Fanelli
Author Pierre-Emmanuel Colombo
Author Alexandre André Balieiro Anastácio da Costa
Author Catherine Alix-Panabières
Author Ludmilla Thomé Domingos Chinen
Abstract Cancer is primarily a disease in which late diagnosis is linked to poor prognosis, and unfortunately, detection and management are still challenging. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a potential resource to address this disease. Cell fusion, an event discovered recently in CTCs expressing carcinoma and leukocyte markers, occurs when ?2 cells become a single entity (hybrid cell) after the merging of their plasma membranes. Cell fusion is still poorly understood despite continuous evaluations in in vitro/in vivo studies. Blood samples from 14 patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil) were collected with the aim to analyze the CTCs/hybrid cells and their correlation to clinical outcome. The EDTA collected blood (6 mL) from patients was used to isolate/identify CTCs/hybrid cells by ISET. We used markers with possible correlation with the phenomenon of cell fusion, such as MC1-R, EpCAM and CD45, as well as CEN8 expression by CISH analysis. Samples were collected at three timepoints: baseline, after one month (first follow-up) and after three months (second follow-up) of treatment with olaparib (total sample = 38). Fourteen patients were included and in baseline and first follow-up all patients showed at least one CTC. We found expression of MC1-R, EpCAM and CD45 in cells (hybrid) in at least one of the collection moments. Membrane staining with CD45 was found in CTCs from the other cohort, from the other center, evaluated by the CellSearch® system. The presence of circulating tumor microemboli (CTM) in the first follow-up was associated with a poor recurrence-free survival (RFS) (5.2 vs. 12.2 months; p = 0.005). The MC1-R expression in CTM in the first and second follow-ups was associated with a shorter RFS (p = 0.005). CEN8 expression in CTCs was also related to shorter RFS (p = 0.035). Our study identified a high prevalence of CTCs in ovarian cancer patients, as well as hybrid cells. Both cell subtypes demonstrate utility in prognosis and in the assessment of response to treatment. In addition, the expression of MC1-R and EpCAM in hybrid cells brings new perspectives as a possible marker for this phenomenon in ovarian cancer.
Publication International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume 23
Issue 23
Pages 14687
Date 2022-11-24
Journal Abbr Int J Mol Sci
Language eng
DOI 10.3390/ijms232314687
ISSN 1422-0067
Library Catalog PubMed
Extra PMID: 36499015 PMCID: PMC9740150
Tags Biomarkers, Tumor, Brazil, CD45, cell fusion, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous, Female, Humans, hybrid cells, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating, original, Ovarian Neoplasms
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