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ArticleScientific reports2022

Cancer stem cells induced by chronic stimulation with prostaglandin E2 exhibited constitutively activated PI3K axis.

Hideki Minematsu, Said M Afify, Yuki Sugihara, Ghmkin Hassan, Maram H Zahra, Akimasa Seno, Masaki Adachi, Masaharu Seno

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hideki MinematsuLaboratory of Nao-Biotechnology, Division of Medical Bioengineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Said M AfifyDivision of Biochemistry, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El Koum, 32511, Egypt.
Yuki SugiharaR&D Center, Katayama Chemicals Ind., Co. Ltd, Ina, Minoh, Osaka, 562-0015, Japan.
Ghmkin HassanDepartment of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Maram H ZahraDepartment of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Akimasa SenoDepartment of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Masaki AdachiR&D Center, Katayama Chemicals Ind., Co. Ltd, Ina, Minoh, Osaka, 562-0015, Japan.
Masaharu SenoDepartment of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan. mseno@okayama-u.ac.jp.
Okayama University · JPMenoufia University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously, our group has demonstrated establishment of Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) models from stem cells in the presence of conditioned medium of cancer cell lines. In this study, we tried to identify the factors responsible for the induction of CSCs. Since we found the lipid composition could be traced to arachidonic acid cascade in the CSC model, we assessed prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) as a candidate for the ability to induce CSCs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Mouse iPSCs acquired the characteristics of CSCs in the presence of 10 ng/mL of PGE2 after 4 weeks. Since constitutive Akt activation and pik3cg overexpression were found in the resultant CSCs, of which growth was found independent of PGE2, chronic stimulation of the receptors EP-2/4 by PGE2 was supposed to induce CSCs from iPSCs through epigenetic effect. The bioinformatics analysis of the next generation sequence data of the obtained CSCs proposed not only receptor tyrosine kinase activation by growth factors but also extracellular matrix and focal adhesion enhanced PI3K pathway. Collectively, chronic stimulation of stem cells with PGE2 was implied responsible for cancer initiation enhancing PI3K/Akt axis.

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DinoprostoneNeoplasmsAnimalsArachidonic AcidCulture Media, ConditionedMiceNeoplastic Stem CellsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionArachidonic AcidCulture Media, ConditionedDinoprostonePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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PMID36115905
PMCPMC9482612
OpenAlexW4296120219

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