PMID- 31380263 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2234-943X (Print) IS - 2234-943X (Electronic) IS - 2234-943X (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2019 TI - CHTOP in Chemoresistant Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Novel and Potential Therapeutic Target. PG - 557 LID - 10.3389/fonc.2019.00557 [doi] LID - 557 AB - Objective: Chemoresistance is a major challenge in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) treatment. Chromatin target of protein arginine methyltransferase (CHTOP) was identified as a potential biomarker in chemoresistant EOC cell lines using label-free LC-MS/MS quantitative proteomics. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of CHTOP in chemoresistant EOC and the underlying mechanism. Methods: The expression of CHTOP in human ovarian cancer cells and tissues was detected using immunofluorescence (IF), western blot (WB), and immunohistochemistry (IHC), respectively. Flow cytometry and TUNEL assay were employed to detect the effect of CHTOP knockdown (KD) in chemoresistant EOC cell apoptosis, while colony and sphere formation assays were used to evaluate its effect on cell stemness. The association of CHTOP with cell metastasis was determined using Matrigel invasion and wound-healing assays. Results: The higher level expression of CHTOP protein was found in chemoresistant EOC cells as compared to their sensitive parental cells or normal epithelial ovarian cells. Results from IHC and bioinformatic analysis showed CHTOP was highly expressed in human ovarian cancer tissues and associated with a poor progression-free survival in patients. In addition, CHTOP KD significantly enhanced cisplatin-induced apoptosis, reduced the stemness of chemoresistant EOC cells, and decreased their metastatic potential. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that CHTOP is associated with apoptosis, stemness, and metastasis in chemoresistant EOC cells and might be a promising target to overcome chemoresistance in EOC treatment. FAU - Feng, Xiaojie AU - Feng X AD - Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China. AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Bai, Xupeng AU - Bai X AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Ni, Jie AU - Ni J AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Wasinger, Valerie C AU - Wasinger VC AD - Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. AD - School of Medical Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Beretov, Julia AU - Beretov J AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. AD - Anatomical Pathology, NSW Health Pathology, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. FAU - Zhu, Ying AU - Zhu Y AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Graham, Peter AU - Graham P AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. FAU - Li, Yong AU - Li Y AD - Cancer Care Centre, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. AD - St. George and Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. AD - School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190627 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Oncol JT - Frontiers in oncology JID - 101568867 PMC - PMC6660285 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CHTOP OT - apoptosis OT - chemoresistance OT - metastasis OT - ovarian cancer OT - stemness EDAT- 2019/08/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/06 06:01 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fonc.2019.00557 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Oncol. 2019 Jun 27;9:557. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00557. eCollection 2019.