Browsing by Subject "Ovarian epithelial carcinoma"

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    Quality of Life and Adverse Events: Prognostic Relationships in Long-Term Ovarian Cancer Survival
    (Oxford University Press, 2021) Wenzel, Lari; Osann, Kathryn; McKinney, Chelsea; Cella, David; Fulci, Giulia; Scroggins, Mary J.; Lankes, Heather A.; Wang, Victoria; Nephew, Kenneth P.; Maxwell, George L.; Mok, Samuel C.; Conrads, Thomas P.; Miller, Austin; Mannel, Robert S.; Gray, Heidi J.; Hanjani, Parviz; Huh, Warner K.; Spirtos, Nick; Leitao, Mario M., Jr.; Glaser, Gretchen; Sharma, Sudarshan K.; Santin, Alessandro D.; Sperduto, Paul; Lele, Shashikant B.; Burger, Robert A.; Monk, Bradley J.; Birrer, Michael; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Background: There is a critical need to identify patient characteristics associated with long-term ovarian cancer survival. Methods: Quality of life (QOL), measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Ovarian-Trial Outcome Index (FACT-O-TOI), including physical, functional, and ovarian-specific subscales, was compared between long-term survivors (LTS) (8+ years) and short-term survivors (STS) (<5 years) of GOG 218 at baseline; before cycles 4, 7, 13, 21; and 6 months post-treatment using linear and longitudinal mixed models adjusted for covariates. Adverse events (AEs) were compared between survivor groups at each assessment using generalized linear models. All P values are 2-sided. Results: QOL differed statistically significantly between STS (N = 1115) and LTS (N = 260) (P < .001). Baseline FACT-O-TOI and FACT-O-TOI change were independently associated with long-term survival (odds ratio = 1.05, 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.06 and odds ratio = 1.06, 95% confidence interval = 1.05 to 1.07, respectively). A 7-point increase in baseline QOL was associated with a 38.0% increase in probability of LTS, and a 9-point increase in QOL change was associated with a 67.0% increase in odds for LTS. QOL decreased statistically significantly with increasing AE quartiles (cycle 4 quartiles: 0-5 vs 6-8 vs 9-11 vs ≥12 AEs, P = .01; cycle 21 quartiles: 0-2 vs 3 vs 4-5 vs ≥6 AEs, P = .001). Further, LTS reported statistically significantly better QOL compared with STS (P = .03 and P = .01, cycles 4 and 21, respectively), with similar findings across higher AE grades. Conclusions: Baseline and longitudinal QOL change scores distinguished LTS vs STS and are robust prognosticators for long-term survival. Results have trial design and supportive care implications, providing meaningful prognostic value in this understudied population.
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    Single-cell analysis of a high-grade serous ovarian cancer cell line reveals transcriptomic changes and cell subpopulations sensitive to epigenetic combination treatment
    (Public Library of Science, 2022-08-03) Sriramkumar, Shruthi; Metcalfe, Tara X.; Lai, Tim; Zong, Xingyue; Fang, Fang; O'Hagan, Heather M.; Nephew, Kenneth M.; Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine
    Ovarian cancer (OC) is a lethal gynecological malignancy with a five-year survival rate of only 46%. Development of resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy is a common cause of high mortality rates among OC patients. Tumor and transcriptomic heterogeneity are drivers of platinum resistance in OC. Platinum-based chemotherapy enriches for ovarian cancer stem cells (OCSCs) that are chemoresistant and contribute to disease recurrence and relapse. Studies examining the effect of different treatments on subpopulations of HGSOC cell lines are limited. Having previously demonstrated that combined treatment with an enhancer of zeste homolog 2 inhibitor (EZH2i) and a RAC1 GTPase inhibitor (RAC1i) inhibited survival of OCSCs, we investigated EZH2i and RAC1i combination effects on HGSOC heterogeneity using single cell RNA sequencing. We demonstrated that RAC1i reduced expression of stemness and early secretory marker genes, increased expression of an intermediate secretory marker gene and induced inflammatory gene expression. Importantly, RAC1i alone and in combination with EZH2i significantly reduced oxidative phosphorylation and upregulated Sirtuin signaling pathways. Altogether, we demonstrated that combining a RAC1i with an EZH2i promoted differentiation of subpopulations of HGSOC cells, supporting the future development of epigenetic drug combinations as therapeutic approaches in OC.
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    Targeting LRRC15 Inhibits Metastatic Dissemination of Ovarian Cancer
    (American Association for Cancer Research, 2022) Ray, Upasana; Jung, Deok-Beom; Jin, Ling; Xiao, Yinan; Dasari, Subramanyam; Bhattacharya, Sayantani Sarkar; Thirusangu, Prabhu; Staub, Julie K.; Roy, Debarshi; Roy, Bhaskar; Weroha, S. John; Hou, Xiaonan; Purcell, James W.; Bakkum-Gamez, Jamie N.; Kaufmann, Scott H.; Kannan, Nagarajan; Mitra, Anirban K.; Shridhar, Viji; Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine
    Dissemination of ovarian cancer cells can lead to inoperable metastatic lesions in the bowel and omentum that cause patient death. Here we show that LRRC15, a type-I 15-leucine-rich repeat-containing membrane protein, highly overexpressed in ovarian cancer bowel metastases compared with matched primary tumors and acts as a potent promoter of omental metastasis. Complementary models of ovarian cancer demonstrated that LRRC15 expression leads to inhibition of anoikis-induced cell death and promotes adhesion and invasion through matrices that mimic omentum. Mechanistically, LRRC15 interacted with β1-integrin to stimulate activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling. As a therapeutic proof of concept, targeting LRRC15 with the specific antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-085 in both early and late metastatic ovarian cancer cell line xenograft models prevented metastatic dissemination, and these results were corroborated in metastatic patient-derived ovarian cancer xenograft models. Furthermore, treatment of 3D-spheroid cultures of LRRC15-positive patient-derived ascites with ABBV-085 reduced cell viability. Overall, these data uncover a role for LRRC15 in promoting ovarian cancer metastasis and suggest a novel and promising therapy to target ovarian cancer metastases. Significance: This study identifies that LRRC15 activates β1-integrin/FAK signaling to promote ovarian cancer metastasis and shows that the LRRC15-targeted antibody-drug conjugate ABBV-085 suppresses ovarian cancer metastasis in preclinical models.