PMID- 26474277 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160927 LR - 20220408 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 39 DP - 2015 Dec 8 TI - Involvement of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in the mesenchymal stem cells promote metastatic growth and chemoresistance of cholangiocarcinoma. PG - 42276-89 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.5514 [doi] AB - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multi-potent progenitor cells with ability to differentiate into multiple lineages, including bone, cartilage, fat, and muscles. Recent research indicates that MSCs can be efficiently recruited to tumor sites, modulating tumor growth and metastasis. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we first demonstrated that human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs), when mixed with human cholangiocarcinoma cell lines QBC939 in a xenograft tumor model, significantly increased the cancer cells proliferation and metastatic potency. MSCs and their conditioned media (MSC-CM) could improve the drug resistance of tumor when the compound K (CK) as an anti-cancer drug, a major intestinal bacterial metabolite of panaxoside, was administered to xenograft tumor mice. Furthermore, MSCs greatly increased the colony formation and invasion of cholangiocarcinoma cells QBC939 and Mz-ChA-1. Immunochemistry studies of cholangiocarcinoma tissue chips and transplantation tumor from nude mice showed that the expression of beta-catenin was important for cholangiocarcinoma development. We further demonstrated that MSCs and MSCs-CM could promote proliferation and migration of cholangiocarcinoma cells through targeting the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. hUC-MSCs or MSCs-CM stimulated Wnt activity by promoting the nuclear translocation of beta-catenin, and up-regulated Wnt target genes MMPs family, cyclin D1 and c-Myc. Together, our studies highlight a critical role for MSCs on cancer metastasis and indicate MSCs promote metastatic growth and chemoresistance of cholangiocarcinoma cells via activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. FAU - Wang, Weiwei AU - Wang W AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Zhong, Wei AU - Zhong W AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Yuan, Jiahui AU - Yuan J AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Yan, Congcong AU - Yan C AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Hu, Shaoping AU - Hu S AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Tong, Yinping AU - Tong Y AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Mao, Yubin AU - Mao Y AD - Department of Basic Medicine, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Hu, Tianhui AU - Hu T AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Zhang, Bing AU - Zhang B AD - Department of Basic Medicine, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Song, Gang AU - Song G AD - Cancer Research Center, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Ginsenosides) RN - A9RLM212CY (ginsenoside M1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/genetics MH - Bile Duct Neoplasms/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects/genetics MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cholangiocarcinoma/drug therapy/*genetics/metabolism MH - Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects/genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Ginsenosides/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Nude MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Tumor Burden/drug effects/genetics MH - Wnt Signaling Pathway/*genetics MH - Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays PMC - PMC4747224 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MSCs OT - chemoresistance OT - cholangiocarcinoma OT - metastasis OT - beta-catenin COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflict of interests. EDAT- 2015/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/08 CRDT- 2015/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 5514 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.5514 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 8;6(39):42276-89. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.5514.