Ip Carman Ka Man, Yung Susan, Chan Tak-Mao, Tsao Sai-Wah, Wong Alice Sze Tsai
School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Sassoon Road, Hong Kong.
Oncotarget. 2014 Oct 15;5(19):9133-49. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2362.
Peritoneal dissemination as a manifestation of ovarian cancer is an adverse prognostic factor associated with poor clinical outcome, and is thus a potentially promising target for improved treatment. Sphere forming cells (multicellular spheroids) present in malignant ascites of patients with ovarian cancer represent a major impediment to effective treatment. p70 S6 kinase (p70S6K), which is a downstream effector of mammalian target of rapamycin, is frequently hyperactivated in human ovarian cancer. Here, we identified p70S6K as an important regulator for the seeding and successful colonization of ovarian cancer spheroids on the peritoneum. Furthermore, we provided evidence for the existence of a novel crosstalk between P-cadherin and β1 integrin, which was crucial for the high degree of specificity in cell adhesion. In particular, we demonstrated that the upregulation of mature β1 integrin occurred as a consequence of P-cadherin expression through the induction of the Golgi glycosyltransferase, ST6Gal-I, which mediated β1 integrin hypersialylation. Loss of p70S6K or targeting the P-cadherin/β1-integrin interplay could significantly attenuate the metastatic spread onto the peritoneum in vivo. These findings establish a new role for p70S6K in tumor spheroid-mesothelium communication in ovarian cancer and provide a preclinical rationale for targeting p70S6K as a new avenue for microenvironment-based therapeutic strategy.
腹膜播散作为卵巢癌的一种表现形式,是一种与临床预后不良相关的不良预后因素,因此是改善治疗的一个潜在有前景的靶点。卵巢癌患者恶性腹水中存在的球形形成细胞(多细胞球体)是有效治疗的主要障碍。p70 S6激酶(p70S6K)是雷帕霉素哺乳动物靶点的下游效应器,在人类卵巢癌中经常过度激活。在这里,我们确定p70S6K是卵巢癌球体在腹膜上播种和成功定植的重要调节因子。此外,我们提供了P-钙黏蛋白和β1整合素之间存在新型相互作用的证据,这对于细胞黏附的高度特异性至关重要。特别是,我们证明成熟β1整合素的上调是P-钙黏蛋白表达通过高尔基体糖基转移酶ST6Gal-I的诱导而产生的结果,ST6Gal-I介导了β1整合素的超唾液酸化。p70S6K的缺失或靶向P-钙黏蛋白/β1整合素相互作用可显著减弱体内向腹膜的转移扩散。这些发现确立了p70S6K在卵巢癌肿瘤球体-间皮细胞通讯中的新作用,并为靶向p70S6K作为基于微环境的治疗策略的新途径提供了临床前理论依据。