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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2026

Nitric oxide-dependent stabilization of vimentin confers chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.

Gianmarco Melone, Recep Bayraktar, Hong Zhao, Sean O Hynes, Fidelma Kaar, Adam Freegrove, Jenying Deng, Agne Baseviciene, Ivonne Uzair, Karina Ortega Martinez and 12 more

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22 authors.

Gianmarco MeloneHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Recep BayraktarHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Hong ZhaoHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Sean O HynesDepartment of Histopathology, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Fidelma KaarDiscipline of Pathology, University of Galway, Bryan, Ireland.
Adam FreegroveDepartment of Histopathology, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Jenying DengHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Agne BasevicieneHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Ivonne UzairHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Karina Ortega MartinezHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Liliana Guzman-RojasHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Maria Florencia ChervoHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Mailin LiHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Wei QianHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Jianying ZhouHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Aireana PhillipsHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Kristina Diana A ZamboHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Fotis NikolosHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Keith S ChanHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Christoforos ThomasHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.
Lewis FrancisReproductive Biology and Gynecological Oncology, Swansea University, Swansea, SA28PP Wales, UK.
Jenny C ChangHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA.

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Abstract

High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) is often diagnosed at an advanced stage and is characterized by an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment that facilitates disease progression, therapeutic resistance, and poor survival. We recently demonstrated that nitric oxide (NO) blockade enhances the response of metaplastic breast cancer to PI3K inhibition and taxane therapy by reducing S-nitrosylation-mediated activation of the JNK/c-Jun pathway, thereby promoting tumor differentiation, suppressing stemness, and improving survival in patient-derived xenograft models. Here, we demonstrate that inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is constitutively expressed in HGSC and that pharmacologic inhibition of NO signaling with the pan-NOS inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) enhances cisplatin efficacy by reprogramming the tumor microenvironment. By targeting NO signaling with either L-NMMA or through CRISPR-Cas9-mediated iNOS knockout and iNOS small interfering RNA (siRNA), we impaired epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by inhibiting NO-mediated stabilizing effects on vimentin in both

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chemoresistancecisplatinepithelial-mesenchymal transitionhigh-grade serous ovarian canceriNOSL-NMMAMT: Oligonucleotides: Therapies and Applicationsnitric oxideS-nitrosylationtumor microenvironmentvimentin

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PMCPMC13098432

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