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SUSD2 expression correlates with decreased metastasis and increased survival in a high-grade serous ovarian cancer xenograft murine model

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Oncotarget. 2020; 11:2290-2301. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27626

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Jordan N. Sheets, Mitch E. Patrick and Kristi A. Egland _

Abstract

Jordan N. Sheets1, Mitch E. Patrick1 and Kristi A. Egland1,2

1 Cancer Biology & Immunotherapies Group, Sanford Research, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

2 SAb Biotherapeutics, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Correspondence to:

Kristi A. Egland,email: kristi.egland@usd.edu

Keywords: high-grade serous ovarian cancer; SUSD2; xenograft; metastasis

Received: January 05, 2020     Accepted: May 20, 2020     Published: June 16, 2020

ABSTRACT

The cause of death among high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patients involves passive dissemination of cancer cells within the peritoneal cavity and subsequent implantation of cancer spheroids into adjacent organs. Sushi Domain Containing 2 (SUSD2) encodes a type I transmembrane protein containing several functional domains inherent to adhesion molecules. Previous studies using in vitro methods have indicated that SUSD2 functions as a tumor suppressor in several cancers, including HGSOC. In this study, we generated a HGSOC xenograft mouse model to investigate SUSD2 expression in the context of HGSOC late-stage metastasis and overall survival. OVCAR3 cells with knock-down expression of SUSD2 (OVCAR3 SUSD2-KD) or endogenous expression of SUSD2 (OVCAR3-Non-Targeting (NT)) were injected into the peritoneal cavity of athymic nude mice. Immunohistochemistry analysis was utilized to identify infiltrating cancer cells and metastatic tumors in mouse ovaries, pancreas, spleen, omentum and liver. OVCAR3-NT mice developed significantly less cancer cell infiltrate and tumors in their pancreas and omentum compared to OVCAR3 SUSD2-KD mice. Furthermore, OVCAR3-NT mice displayed a longer median survival when compared to OVCAR3 SUSD2-KD mice (175 days and 185.5 days, respectively; p-value 0.0159). Altogether, the findings generated through the preclinical mouse model suggest that increased SUSD2 expression in HGSOC impedes in vivo metastasis to pancreas and omentum. These results correlate to longer median survival and prove to be consistent with previous findings showing prolonged survival of HGSOC patients with high SUSD2-expressing primary tumors.



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