title: Cell cycle arrest or survival signaling through αv integrins, activation of PKC and ERK1/2 lead to anoikis resistance of ovarian cancer spheroids.
abstract: Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic cancer mainly due to spheroids organization of cancer cells that disseminate within the peritoneal cavity. We have investigated the molecular mechanisms by which ovarian cancer spheroids resist anoikis, choosing as models the 2 well-characterized human ovarian cancer cell lines IGROV1 and SKOV3. These cell lines have the propensity to float as clusters, and were isolated from tumor tissue and ascites, respectively. To form spheroids, IGROV1 and SKOV3 ovarian adenocarcinoma cells were maintained under anchorage-independent culture conditions, in which both lines survive at least a week. A short apoptotic period prior to a survival signaling commitment was observed for IGROV1 cells whereas SKOV3 cells entered G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. This difference in behavior was due to different signals. With regard to SKOV3 cells, activation of p38 and an increase in p130/Rb occurred once anchorage-independent culture was established. Analyses of the survival signaling pathway switched on by IGROV1 cells showed that activation of ERK1/2 was required to evade apoptosis, an effect partly dependent on PKC activation and αv integrins. αv-integrin expression is essential for survival through activation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation. The above data indicate that ovarian cancer cells can resist anoikis in the spheroid state by arrest in the cell cycle or through activation of αv-integrin-ERK-mediated survival signals. Such signaling might result in the selection of resistant cells within disseminating spheroids, favoring further relapse in ovarian cancers.
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Ludovic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carduner
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France. Electronic address: cedric.picot@u-cergy.fr.
authors.forename: Cédric R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Picot
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leroy-Dudal
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Lyvia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blay
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kellouche
authors.affiliation: Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire Cellules, ERRMECe (EA 1391), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carreiras
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D023102:Anoikis / Q000235:genetics; D059447:Cell Cycle Checkpoints / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D039564:Integrin alphaV / Q000502:physiology*; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D018874:Spheroids, Cellular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D039564:Integrin alphaV; D011493:Protein Kinase C
keywords: Anoikis; ECM; ER; ERK1/2; FAK; MAPK; Mcl-1; Ovarian cancer; PARP; PI3k; PKC; Quiescence; Rb; Spheroids; endoplasmic reticulum; extracellular matrix; extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2; focal adhesion kinase; mitogen-activated protein kinase; myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1; phosphoinositide 3-kinase; poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; protein kinase C; retinoblastoma protein.; αv integrins