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ArticleOncogene2019

MSC-regulated lncRNA MACC1-AS1 promotes stemness and chemoresistance through fatty acid oxidation in gastric cancer.

Wanming He, Bishan Liang, Chunlin Wang, Shaowei Li, Yang Zhao, Qiong Huang, Zexian Liu, Zhiqi Yao, Qijing Wu, Wangjun Liao and 5 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 193 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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193citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

193 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 319 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wanming HeDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Bishan LiangDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Chunlin WangDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shaowei LiDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yang ZhaoDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Qiong HuangDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zexian LiuSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9698-0610
Zhiqi YaoDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Qijing WuDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wangjun LiaoDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shuyi ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yajing LiuDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi XiangDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jia LiuDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Min ShiDepartment of Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. nfyyshimin@163.com.
Nanfang Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy is the preferred treatment for advanced stage gastric cancer (GC) patients and chemotherapy resistance is the major obstacle to effective cancer therapy. Increasing evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) make important contributions to development of drug resistance. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. In this study, we discovered that abundant MSCs in tumor tissues predicted a poor prognosis in GC patients. MSCs promoted stemness and chemoresistance in GC cells through fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in vitro and in vivo. Mechanically, transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) secretion by MSCs activated SMAD2/3 through TGF-β receptors and induced long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MACC1-AS1 expression in GC cells, which promoted FAO-dependent stemness and chemoresistance through antagonizing miR-145-5p. Moreover, pharmacologic inhibition of FAO with etomoxir (ETX) attenuated MSC-induced FOLFOX regiment resistance in vivo. These results suggest that FAO plays an important role in MSC-mediated stemness and chemotherapy resistance in GC and FAO inhibitors in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs present as a promising strategy to overcome chemoresistance.

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Stomach NeoplasmsAnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCells, CulturedDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFatty AcidsFemaleFluorouracilGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLeucovorinLipid MetabolismMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeFatty AcidsFluorouracilLeucovorinMACC1 protein, humanOrganoplatinum CompoundsRNA, Long NoncodingTrans-ActivatorsTranscription Factors

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PMCPMC6756048
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