The self-renewal ability of ganlioside GD2+ breast cancer stem cells via selectively suppressing STAT3 activation
ZHU Lihe1, HU Lufeng2, JI Jianle1, ZHU Wei1
1.Department of Pathology, the Affiliated Wenzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Wenzhou, 325000; 2.Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325015.
ZHU Lihe,HU Lufeng,JI Jianle, et al. The self-renewal ability of ganlioside GD2+ breast cancer stem cells via selectively suppressing STAT3 activation[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2018, 48(2): 110-114.
Abstract:Objective: To investigate the effect of selectively inhibiting STAT3 on the self-renewal ability of GD2+ breast cancer stem cells by stattic. Methods: The GD2+ breast cancer stem cells were sorted out from human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 via flow Cytometry. The obtained GD2+ stem cells were identified. Western blot was applied to evaluate the expression of STAT3, pSTAT3 protein. Stattic inhibition test was applied to explore the effect of inhibiting STAT3 on the self-renewal ability of GD2+ breast cancer stem cells. Results: GD2+ breast cancer stem cells grew as spheres cultured in serum-free suspension. The mammpsphere formation number of GD2+ breast cancer stem cells was (22.38±3.44) per 1 000 cells, significantly higher than that of GD2-cells (7.14±1.14) (P<0.05). The ammpsphere size of GD2+ cells was (148.47±41.34) μm, significantly larger than that of GD2- cells (57.10±13.58) μm (P<0.05). Beginning from the second day, GD2+ breast cancer stem cells were less proliferating than GD2- cells (P<0.05). The expression of pSTAT3 protein in GD2+ breast cancer cells was significantly higher than that in GD2- breast cancer cells (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in the expression of STAT3 protein between the two groups (P>0.05). After the intervention of selective STAT3 inhibitor Stattic on GD2+ breast cancer stem cells, the proliferation and mammpsphere forming ability of breast cancer stem cells were decreased (P<0.05). Conclusion: The selective STAT3 inhibitor Stattic can inhibit the self-renewal ability of GD2+ breast cancer stem cells.
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