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Netrin signaling mediates survival of dormant epithelial ovarian cancer cells.

Pirunthan Perampalam | James I MacDonald | Komila Zakirova | Daniel T Passos | Sumaiyah Wasif | Yudith Ramos-Valdes | Maeva Hervieu | Patrick Mehlen | Rob Rottapel | Benjamin Gibert | Rohann J M Correa | Trevor G Shepherd | Frederick A Dick
eLife | 2024

Dormancy in cancer is a clinical state in which residual disease remains undetectable for a prolonged duration. At a cellular level, rare cancer cells cease proliferation and survive chemotherapy and disseminate disease. We created a suspension culture model of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) dormancy and devised a novel CRISPR screening approach to identify survival genes in this context. In combination with RNA-seq, we discovered the Netrin signaling pathway as critical to dormant HGSOC cell survival. We demonstrate that Netrin-1, -3, and its receptors are essential for low level ERK activation to promote survival, and that Netrin activation of ERK is unable to induce proliferation. Deletion of all UNC5 family receptors blocks Netrin signaling in HGSOC cells and compromises viability during the dormancy step of dissemination in xenograft assays. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Netrin-1 and -3 overexpression in HGSOC correlates with poor outcome. Specifically, our experiments reveal that Netrin overexpression elevates cell survival in dormant culture conditions and contributes to greater spread of disease in a xenograft model of abdominal dissemination. This study highlights Netrin signaling as a key mediator HGSOC cancer cell dormancy and metastasis.

Pubmed ID: 39023520 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: Cancer Research Society,
    Id: 23150
  • Agency: Cancer Research Society,
    Id: 25021
  • Agency: Ontario Institute for Cancer Research,
    Id: P.CTIP.966
  • Agency: CIHR, Canada
    Id: PJT173391

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