Intra-tumor heterogeneity from a cancer stem cell perspective

Molecular Cancer

Review

Pramudita R. Prasetyanti¹  Jan Paul Medema² 

[1] Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology (LEXOR), Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Cancer Center Amsterdam and Cancer Genomics Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology (LEXOR), Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine (CEMM), Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Cancer Center Amsterdam and Cancer Genomics Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

关键词: Tumor heterogeneity;    Cancer stem cell;    Stemness;    Tumor microenvironment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12943-017-0600-4

 received in 2016-10-27, accepted in 2017-01-20,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Tumor heterogeneity represents an ongoing challenge in the field of cancer therapy. Heterogeneity is evident between cancers from different patients (inter-tumor heterogeneity) and within a single tumor (intra-tumor heterogeneity). The latter includes phenotypic diversity such as cell surface markers, (epi)genetic abnormality, growth rate, apoptosis and other hallmarks of cancer that eventually drive disease progression and treatment failure. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been put forward to be one of the determining factors that contribute to intra-tumor heterogeneity. However, recent findings have shown that the stem-like state in a given tumor cell is a plastic quality. A corollary to this view is that stemness traits can be acquired via (epi)genetic modification and/or interaction with the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here we discuss factors contributing to this CSC heterogeneity and the potential implications for cancer therapy.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017