title: H⁺-myo-inositol transporter SLC2A13 as a potential marker for cancer stem cells in an oral squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) from tumors of different phenotypes possess a marked capacity for proliferation, self-renewal, and differentiation. They also play a critical role in cancer recurrence. Although CSC has been regarded as a new target for cancer therapy, the fundamental questions in the CSC study have not been resolved mainly due to the lack of proper CSC markers. To find new CSC markers for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), we cultured the primary tumor cells from OSCC patients the regular culture condition and the sphere-forming culture condition to enrich primary tumor cells and potential CSCs. We compared gene expression profiles between sphere-forming and non-forming cells, thus identifying that 23 membrane protein-coding genes were over-expressed in the sphere-forming cells. Among them, 8 belonged to the solute carrier (SLC) protein family. H⁺-myo-inositol transporter SLC2A13 and monocarbohydrate transporter SLC16A6 genes that were consistently increased in the sphere-forming cells in the primary cultures of OSCC samples. Confocal microscopy revealed that SLC2A13-expressing cells were embedded in the limited areas of tumor tissue as a cluster, while SLC16A6 was uniformly detected in hyperplastic epithelium. Moreover, SLC2A13 an expression was induced in human breast adenocarcinoma MCF7 cells after serum starvation. Taken together, our results suggest that SLC2A13 can be a potential markers for CSC in various tumors.
authors.affiliation: Immune & Cell Therapy Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu, Ilsan, Goyang, Kyeonggi-do, 410-769, Korea.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: M-J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S-M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C437315:SLC2A13 protein, human