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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Generation of Two Paclitaxel-Resistant High-Grade Serous Carcinoma Cell Lines With Increased Expression of P-Glycoprotein.

Mariana Nunes, Patrícia M A Silva, Ricardo Coelho, Carla Pinto, Albina Resende, Hassan Bousbaa, Gabriela M Almeida, Sara Ricardo

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mariana NunesDifferentiation and Cancer Group, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) of the University of Porto/Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), Porto, Portugal.
Patrícia M A SilvaCESPU, Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Gandra, Portugal.
Ricardo CoelhoOvarian Cancer Research, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Carla PintoCESPU, Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Gandra, Portugal.
Albina ResendeCESPU, Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Gandra, Portugal.
Hassan BousbaaCESPU, Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Gandra, Portugal.
Gabriela M AlmeidaExpression Regulation in Cancer Group, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) of the University of Porto/Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), Porto, Portugal.
Sara RicardoDifferentiation and Cancer Group, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) of the University of Porto/Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Ipatimup), Porto, Portugal.
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário · PTUniversidade do Porto · PTi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity Hospital of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Debulking surgery followed by chemotherapy are the standard of care for high-grade serous carcinoma. After an initial good response to treatment, the majority of patients relapse with a chemoresistant profile, leading to a poor overall survival. Chemotherapy regimens used in high-grade serous carcinomas are based in a combination of classical chemotherapeutic drugs, namely, Carboplatin and Paclitaxel. The mechanisms underlying drug resistance and new drug discovery are crucial to improve patients' survival. To uncover the molecular mechanisms of chemoresistance and test drugs capable of overcoming this resistant profile, it is fundamental to use good cellular models capable of mimicking the chemoresistant disease. Herein, we established two high-grade serous carcinoma cell lines with intrinsic resistance to Carboplatin and induced Paclitaxel resistance (OVCAR8 PTX R C and OVCAR8 PTX R P) derived from the OVCAR8 cell line. These two chemoresistant cell line variants acquired an enhanced resistance to Paclitaxel-induced cell death by increasing the drug efflux capacity, and this resistance was stable in long-term culture and following freeze/thaw cycles. The mechanism underlying Paclitaxel resistance resides in a significant increase in P-glycoprotein expression and, when this drug efflux pump was blocked with Verapamil, cells re-acquired Paclitaxel sensitivity. We generated two high-grade serous carcinoma cell lines, with a double-chemoresistant (Carboplatin and Paclitaxel) phenotype that mimics the majority of tumor recurrences in ovarian cancer context. This robust tool is suitable for preliminary drug testing towards the development of therapeutic strategies to overcome chemoresistance.

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chemoresistancehigh-grade serous carcinomaovarian cancerPaclitaxelP-glycoprotein

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