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ArticleJournal of ovarian research2018

FOLR1 increases sensitivity to cisplatin treatment in ovarian cancer cells.

Ming-Ju Huang, Wei Zhang, Qi Wang, Zhi-Jun Yang, Sheng-Bin Liao, Li Li

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Article in Journal of ovarian research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ming-Ju HuangDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
Qi WangDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
Zhi-Jun YangDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
Sheng-Bin LiaoDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China.
Li LiDepartment of Gynecology Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China. LiLi@gxmu.edu.cn.
Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University · CNChongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital · CN

Funding

Guangxi Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education Special Fund for Ph.D. Programs (Grant no. 20134503110009 ) Grant no. 20134503110009 and Grant no. 2014jjAA40637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhether there is a mechanistic link between FOLR1 and response to cisplatin has not been extensively examined. In this study, we determine the expression of FOLR1 in ovarian cancer and examine if FOLR1 levels influence response to cisplatin.

results(1) FOLR1 protein expression was lowest in normal ovarian tissue, higher in benign ovarian tumors, and highest in malignant tumors (P < 0.01). (2) FOLR1 expression was decreased in platinum drug-resistant ovarian tumors compared to sensitive tumors (P < 0.01). Consistent with this, FOLR1 expression in tumors progressing following cisplatin treatment was lower than levels in tumors in remission (P < 0.01). (3) FOLR1 was successfully overexpressed at both the mRNA and protein levels following transfection in SKOV3 cells. (4) SKOV3 cells with FOLR1 overexpression were the most sensitive to cisplatin treatment (IC50 = 3.60 μg/ml) and exhibited the highest inhibition rates in the presence of the drug (P < 0.05). (5) The rate of apoptosis of SKOV3 cells increased with cisplatin treatment in a dose- and time-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Cisplatin also induced S phase arrest in a concentration-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Apoptosis and S phase proportion were significantly altered by FOLR1 overexpression (P < 0.05).

conclusionFOLR1 may be a useful biomarker for ovarian cancer, and it may be useful as a therapeutic application to improve sensitivity to cisplatin treatment.

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Antineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCisplatinDrug MonitoringDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleFolate Receptor 1Gene ExpressionHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingAntineoplastic AgentsCisplatinFolate Receptor 1FOLR1 protein, humanApoptosisCell cycleCisplatinFolate binding proteinMultidrug resistanceOvarian cancerSKOV3 cells

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