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ArticleCommunications biology2025

Overcoming platinum-resistant ovarian cancer targeting the activated JAK-STAT pathways via extracellular vesicles.

Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Yokoi, Kosuke Yoshida, Hironori Suzuki, Masami Kitagawa, Eri Asano-Inami, Seiko Matsuo, Masato Yoshihara, Satoshi Tamauchi, Nobuhisa Yoshikawa and 5 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Kazuhiro SuzukiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-2169
Akira YokoiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. ayokoi@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0789-5102
Kosuke YoshidaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-4872
Hironori SuzukiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Masami KitagawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Eri Asano-InamiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Seiko MatsuoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Masato YoshiharaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Satoshi TamauchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Nobuhisa YoshikawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8662-9421
Kaoru NiimiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Tamotsu SudoDepartment of Genomic Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Satoshi YamaguchiDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan.
Yusuke YamamotoLaboratory of Integrative Oncology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5262-8479
Hiroaki KajiyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0493-1825

Funding

MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) FOREST; JPMJFR204JMEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H03075, 22K18394 and 24K02586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) is a clinically severe unresolved issue, and it remains unclearly defined by molecular biology. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play an essential role in cell-to-cell communication in the tumor microenvironment. This study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanisms of PROC, focusing on the unique ascites environment of ovarian cancer. Multi-transcriptome analyses using clinical samples revealed that PROC exhibited an activated Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway with high JAK1 expression in cancer cells. Immunohistochemistry for patient tissues confirmed the negative association between JAK1 expression and platinum response. JAK inhibitors were effective in PROC cell lines and cell- and patient-derived xenograft models, as well as synergistic with platinum. Furthermore, small RNA sequencing indicated that activated peritoneal mesothelial cell-derived EVs enriched in miR135a-5p increased JAK expression and platinum resistance in cancer cells. Collectively, EVs in ascites regulated platinum sensitivity in ovarian cancer cells, and JAK targeting therapeutic strategy overcomes PROC.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmExtracellular VesiclesJanus Kinase 1Janus KinasesOvarian NeoplasmsPlatinumSTAT Transcription FactorsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceMice, NudeMicroRNAsAntineoplastic AgentsJAK1 protein, humanJanus Kinase 1Janus KinasesMicroRNAsPlatinumSTAT Transcription Factors

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PMID40883550
PMCPMC12397317

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