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Novel glycolipid agents for killing cisplatin-resistant human epithelial ovarian cancer cells

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Title
Novel glycolipid agents for killing cisplatin-resistant human epithelial ovarian cancer cells
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13046-017-0538-9
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Amani I. Moraya, Jennifer L. Ali, Pranati Samadder, Lisa Liang, Ludivine Coudière Morrison, Tamra E. Werbowetski-Ogilvie, Makanjuola Ogunsina, Frank Schweizer, Gilbert Arthur, Mark W. Nachtigal

Abstract

Chemotherapy resistance is one of the major factors contributing to mortality from human epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Identifying drugs that can effectively kill chemotherapy-resistant EOC cells would be a major advance in reducing mortality. Glycosylated antitumour ether lipids (GAELs) are synthetic glycolipids that are cytotoxic to a wide range of cancer cells. They appear to induce cancer cell death in an apoptosis-independent manner. Herein, the effectiveness of two GAELs, GLN and MO-101, in killing chemotherapy-sensitive and -resistant EOC cells lines and primary cell samples was tested using monolayer, non-adherent aggregate, and non-adherent spheroid cultures. Our results show that EOC cells exhibit a differential sensitivity to the GAELs. Strikingly, both GAELs are capable of inducing EOC cell death in chemotherapy-sensitive and -resistant cells grown as monolayer or non-adherent cultures. Mechanistic studies provide evidence that apoptotic-cell death (caspase activation) contributes to, but is not completely responsible for, GAEL-induced cell killing in the A2780-cp EOC cell line, but not primary EOC cell samples. Studies using primary EOC cell samples supports previously published work showing a GAEL-induced caspase-independent mechanism of death. GAELs hold promise for development as novel compounds to combat EOC mortality due to chemotherapy resistance.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 2 15%
Student > Master 1 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 8%
Student > Bachelor 1 8%
Professor 1 8%
Other 3 23%
Unknown 4 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 31%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 23%
Chemistry 1 8%
Unknown 5 38%
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