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Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer

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    • Fei Gu
    • Hao Zhang
    • Liangqing Yao
    • Shuheng Jiang
    • Huan Lu
    • Xin Xing
    • Cancan Zhang
    • Pengcheng Jiang
    • Rong Zhang
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    Affiliations: The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510500, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200240, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fengxian Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shanghai 201499, P.R. China, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, P.R. China
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Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a gynecological malignancy with high morbidity. Treating EOC remains a challenge, as the pathogenesis of this disease remains unclear and chemoresistance is a common occurrence. A number of previous studies have revealed that obesity is closely associated with cancer and leptin, as a link between cancer and obesity, has become a focus of research in recent years. In the present study, survival database analysis demonstrated that leptin expression was associated with poor prognoses in patients treated with platinum and paclitaxel/docetaxel. A cell activity assay demonstrated that leptin reduced the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer cells to paclitaxel/docetaxel. Furthermore, flow cytometry results revealed that treatment with exogenous leptin reduced the proportion of ovarian cancer cells in G2/M phase, which was significantly elevated following paclitaxel/docetaxel chemotherapy. It was also verified that transcription factor CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein α can bind to the upstream promoter region of leptin and activate its transcription in ovarian cancer cells. Together, these results suggest that leptin serves an important role in chemoresistance and may serve as a novel therapeutic target for ovarian cancer in patients treated with platinum and paclitaxel chemotherapy.
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X. ... Zhang, R. (2019). Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncology Letters, 18, 561-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10381
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X., Zhang, C., Jiang, P., Zhang, R."Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 18.1 (2019): 561-570.
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X., Zhang, C., Jiang, P., Zhang, R."Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 18, no. 1 (2019): 561-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10381
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Gu F, Zhang H, Yao L, Jiang S, Lu H, Xing X, Zhang C, Jiang P and Zhang R: Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncol Lett 18: 561-570, 2019.
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X. ... Zhang, R. (2019). Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer. Oncology Letters, 18, 561-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10381
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X., Zhang, C., Jiang, P., Zhang, R."Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 18.1 (2019): 561-570.
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Gu, F., Zhang, H., Yao, L., Jiang, S., Lu, H., Xing, X., Zhang, C., Jiang, P., Zhang, R."Leptin contributes to the taxol chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian cancer". Oncology Letters 18, no. 1 (2019): 561-570. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10381
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