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Characterization of tumorspheres generated from nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line, TW06 and chemoresistance to docetaxel and oxaliplatin


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Goh, Iris Wen Li and Yip, Wai Kien and Seow, Heng Fong (2015) Characterization of tumorspheres generated from nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line, TW06 and chemoresistance to docetaxel and oxaliplatin. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 11 (2). pp. 9-20. ISSN 1675-8544

Abstract

In this study, tumorspheres were generated from TW06 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line and examined their expression of putative cancer stem-like cell surface markers and drug sensitivity. The rate of tumorsphere expansion from dissociated late passage TW06 tumorspheres (≥ passage 15) was higher than that from parental cells and dissociated 10-day-old (passage 0) tumorspheres. The expression of CD24 surface marker was lost in the generation of tumorspheres and the loss was reversible after differentiating the tumorspheres in monolayer culture conditions. Drug sensitivity assay showed that late passage tumorspheres were resistant to docetaxel and oxaliplatin treatment. Our data suggest that serially passaged tumorspheres possess the characteristics of CSCs that render them a suitable preclinical in vitro model for evaluating anticancer drug efficacy and elucidating the underlying mechanisms of drug resistance.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Tumorspheres; Cancer stem cells; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Chemoresistance
Depositing User: Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2016 06:33
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2016 06:33
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41695
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