GSBS Student Publications
GSBS Program
Cancer Biology
Publication Date
2012-11-10
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology; Department of Cancer Biology
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cancer Biology | Oncology
Abstract
Tumor recurrence after chemotherapy is a major cause of patient morbidity and mortality. Recurrences are thought to be secondary to small subsets of cancer cells that are better able to survive traditional forms of chemotherapy and thus drive tumor regrowth. The ability to isolate and better characterize these therapy-resistant cells is critical for the future development of targeted therapies aimed at achieving more robust and long-lasting responses. Using a novel application for the proliferation marker carboxyfluorescein diacetate, succinimidyl ester (CFSE), we have identified a population of slow-cycling, label-retaining tumor cells in both in vitro sphere cultures and in vivo xenograft models. Strikingly, label-retaining cells exhibit a multifold increase in ability to survive traditional forms of chemotherapy and reenter the cell cycle. Further, we demonstrate the innovative application of CFSE to live sort slow-cycling tumor cells and validate their chemoresistance and tumorigenic potential.
DOI of Published Version
10.1089/scd.2011.0477
Source
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Stem cells and development
Related Resources
PubMed ID
21973238
Repository Citation
Moore, Nathan F.; Houghton, JeanMarie; and Lyle, Stephen, "Slow-cycling therapy-resistant cancer cells" (2012). GSBS Student Publications. 1806.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1806