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ArticleOncotarget2016

Oxidative stress induces the acquisition of cancer stem-like phenotype in breast cancer detectable by using a Sox2 regulatory region-2 (SRR2) reporter.

Keshav Gopal, Nidhi Gupta, Haifeng Zhang, Abdulraheem Alshareef, Hind Alqahtani, Gilbert Bigras, Jamie Lewis, Donna Douglas, Norman Kneteman, Afsaneh Lavasanifar and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keshav GopalDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Nidhi GuptaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Haifeng ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Abdulraheem AlshareefDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Hind AlqahtaniDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Gilbert BigrasDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Jamie LewisDepartment of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Donna DouglasDepartment of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Norman KnetemanDepartment of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Afsaneh LavasanifarFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Raymond LaiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
University of Alberta · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have previously identified a novel intra-tumoral dichotomy in breast cancer based on the differential responsiveness to a Sox2 reporter (SRR2), with cells responsive to SRR2 (RR) being more stem-like than unresponsive cells (RU). Here, we report that RR cells derived from MCF7 and ZR751 displayed a higher tolerance to oxidative stress than their RU counterparts, supporting the concept that the RR phenotype correlates with cancer stemness. Sox2 is directly implicated in this differential H2O2 tolerance, since siRNA knockdown of Sox2 in RR cells leveled this difference. Interestingly, H2O2 converted a proportion of RU cells into RR cells, as evidenced by their expression of luciferase and GFP, markers of SRR2 activity. Compared to RU cells, converted RR cells showed a significant increase in mammosphere formation and tolerance to H2O2. Converted RR cells also adopted the biochemical features of RR cells, as evidenced by their substantial increase in Sox2-SRR2 binding and the expression of 3 signature genes of RR cells (CD133, GPR49 and MUC15). Lastly, the H2O2-induced RU/RR conversion was detectable in a SCID mouse xenograft model and primary tumor cells. To conclude, the H2O2-induced RU/RR conversion has provided a novel model to study the acquisition of cancer stemness and plasticity.

Indexed as

AC133 AntigenAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansHydrogen PeroxideMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, SCIDMucinsNeoplasm TransplantationNeoplastic Stem CellsOxidative StressAC133 AntigenHydrogen PeroxideLGR5 protein, humanMUC15 protein, humanMucinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRNA, Small InterferingSOX2 protein, humanSOXB1 Transcription Factorsacquisition of stemnessbreast cancerH2O2plasticitySox2

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PMID26683522
PMCPMC4823094
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