AIMS: Neuroblastoma is a frequent childhood cancer with a heterogeneous prognosis. CD133 expression is an independent prognostic marker for a low survival rate in several cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of CD133 expression in a large cohort of neuroblastoma cases, to define the chemoresistance of neuroblastoma cells expressing CD133, and to determine whether this chemoresistance is regulated by activation of the AKT pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty samples of neuroblastoma were screened for CD133 expression. The sensitivity of purified CD133+ neuroblastoma cells isolated from two human cell lines to doxorubicin, vincristine and cisplatin, as single agents or in combination with LY294002, an AKT inhibitor, was evaluated in vitro. CD133 expression was found in 100 of 280 tumours. There was a significant association between CD133 expression and the following poor prognosis covariates: age, International Neuroblastoma Staging System stage, MYCN amplification, and phospho-AKT (pAKT) expression. Patients with CD133- tumours had significantly better 3-year event-free and overall survival than patients with CD133+ tumours. In a multivariate model, CD133 expression was independently associated with decreased overall survival. CD133(high) neuroblastoma cells were significantly resistant to chemotherapy as compared with CD133(low) cells. Treatment of unsorted neuroblastoma cells with the three anticancer drugs significantly enriched the CD133+ subpopulation. CD133(high) cells expressed significantly higher levels of pAKT than CD133(low) cells. LY294002 treatment abolished the preferential survival of CD133(high) cells. CONCLUSIONS: CD133 is associated with in-vitro resistance to chemotherapy involving activation of the AKT pathway.
AIMS: Neuroblastoma is a frequent childhood cancer with a heterogeneous prognosis. CD133 expression is an independent prognostic marker for a low survival rate in several cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of CD133 expression in a large cohort of neuroblastoma cases, to define the chemoresistance of neuroblastoma cells expressing CD133, and to determine whether this chemoresistance is regulated by activation of the AKT pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty samples of neuroblastoma were screened for CD133 expression. The sensitivity of purified CD133+ neuroblastoma cells isolated from two human cell lines to doxorubicin, vincristine and cisplatin, as single agents or in combination with LY294002, an AKT inhibitor, was evaluated in vitro. CD133 expression was found in 100 of 280 tumours. There was a significant association between CD133 expression and the following poor prognosis covariates: age, International Neuroblastoma Staging System stage, MYCN amplification, and phospho-AKT (pAKT) expression. Patients with CD133- tumours had significantly better 3-year event-free and overall survival than patients with CD133+ tumours. In a multivariate model, CD133 expression was independently associated with decreased overall survival. CD133(high) neuroblastoma cells were significantly resistant to chemotherapy as compared with CD133(low) cells. Treatment of unsorted neuroblastoma cells with the three anticancer drugs significantly enriched the CD133+ subpopulation. CD133(high) cells expressed significantly higher levels of pAKT than CD133(low) cells. LY294002 treatment abolished the preferential survival of CD133(high) cells. CONCLUSIONS:CD133 is associated with in-vitro resistance to chemotherapy involving activation of the AKT pathway.
Authors: Brian H Kushner; Nai-Kong V Cheung; Shakeel Modak; Oren J Becher; Ellen M Basu; Stephen S Roberts; Kim Kramer; Ira J Dunkel Journal: Int J Cancer Date: 2016-09-30 Impact factor: 7.396
Authors: Sheron Campos Cogo; Thatyanne Gradowski Farias da Costa do Nascimento; Fernanda de Almeida Brehm Pinhatti; Nilton de França Junior; Bruna Santos Rodrigues; Luciane Regina Cavalli; Selene Elifio-Esposito Journal: Exp Biol Med (Maywood) Date: 2020-08-12
Authors: B Marengo; C G De Ciucis; R Ricciarelli; A L Furfaro; R Colla; E Canepa; N Traverso; U M Marinari; M A Pronzato; C Domenicotti Journal: Cell Death Dis Date: 2013-04-11 Impact factor: 8.469