ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022
Therapeutic Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Using Estrogen Receptor Beta Agonist.
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- Progress of estrogen receptor and splice variants in ovarian carcinoma.Journal of ovarian research · 2026Review
- When Estrogen Signaling Refuses to Die: Receptor Rewiring, Compartmentalization, and Endocrine Plasticity in Gynecological Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A comprehensive overview of ovarian cancer stem cells: correlation with high recurrence rate, underlying mechanisms, and therapeutic opportunities.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Transcription factors and hormone receptors: Sex‑specific targets for cancer therapy (Review).Oncology letters · 2025Review
- Advances in ovarian tumor stem cells and therapy.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2024Review
- Estrogen Signals through ERβ in Breast Cancer; What We Have Learned since the Discovery of the Receptor.Receptors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dynamic interplay of nuclear receptors in tumor cell plasticity and drug resistance: Shifting gears in malignant transformations and applications in cancer therapeutics.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2024Review
- Nuclear receptors in ovarian cancer: changing paradigms in cancer therapeutics.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
- Novel players in the development of chemoresistance in ovarian cancer: ovarian cancer stem cells, non-coding RNA and nuclear receptors.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2024Review
- Pharmacological inhibition of KDM1A/LSD1 enhances estrogen receptor beta-mediated tumor suppression in ovarian cancer.Cancer letters · 2023Article
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- Whole-exome mutational landscape and molecular marker study in mucinous and clear cell ovarian cancer cell lines 3AO and ES2.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Emerging Evidence on Membrane Estrogen Receptors as Novel Therapeutic Targets for Central Nervous System Pathologies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- "DEPHENCE" system-a novel regimen of therapy that is urgently needed in the high-grade serous ovarian cancer-a focus on anti-cancer stem cell and anti-tumor microenvironment targeted therapies.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Ovarian cancer (OCa) is the deadliest gynecologic cancer. Emerging studies suggest ovarian cancer stem cells (OCSCs) contribute to chemotherapy resistance and tumor relapse. Recent studies demonstrated estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) exerts tumor suppressor functions in OCa. However, the status of ERβ expression in OCSCs and the therapeutic utility of the ERβ agonist LY500307 for targeting OCSCs remain unknown. OCSCs were enriched from ES2, OV90, SKOV3, OVSAHO, and A2780 cells using ALDEFLUOR kit. RT-qPCR results showed ERβ, particularly ERβ isoform 1, is highly expressed in OCSCs and that ERβ agonist LY500307 significantly reduced the viability of OCSCs. Treatment of OCSCs with LY500307 significantly reduced sphere formation, self-renewal, and invasion, while also promoting apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrest. Mechanistic studies using RNA-seq analysis demonstrated that LY500307 treatment resulted in modulation of pathways related to cell cycle and apoptosis. Western blot and RT-qPCR assays demonstrated the upregulation of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest genes such as FDXR, p21/CDKN1A, cleaved PARP, and caspase 3, and the downregulation of stemness markers SOX2, Oct4, and Nanog. Importantly, treatment of LY500307 significantly attenuated the tumor-initiating capacity of OCSCs in orthotopic OCa murine xenograft models. Our results demonstrate that ERβ agonist LY500307 is highly efficacious in reducing the stemness and promoting apoptosis of OCSCs and shows significant promise as a novel therapeutic agent in treating OCa.
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