Molecular association of functioning stroma with carcinoma cells in the ovary: A preliminary study

  • Authors:
    • Mika Narikiyo
    • Mitsutake Yano
    • Kouichi Kamada
    • Tomomi Katoh
    • Kozue Ito
    • Masayo Shuto
    • Hidekazu Kayano
    • Masanori Yasuda
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  • Published online on: January 30, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.9992
  • Pages: 3562-3568
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Abstract

The cancer stroma serves an important role in tumour behaviours, including invasion, metastasis, and response to chemotherapy. The stroma of ovarian carcinoma is sometimes specialized, with luteinisation and/or hyperthecosis, and is designated as the ‘functioning stroma’ because it exerts endocrine function and produces sex steroid hormones. In the present study, 14 ovarian cancers with functioning stroma, comprising 7 endometrioid carcinomas and 7 clear cell carcinomas, were analysed to evaluate the molecular association of the functioning stroma with carcinoma cells. The median age of the patients was 67 years (range, 52‑85 years); 13 patients were postmenopausal, and one was in perimenopause. Serum oestrogen values ranged from 10 to 129 ng/ml, with a median of 51 ng/ml. Sequence abnormalities in AT‑rich interaction domain 1A (ARID1A), phosphatidylinositol‑4,5‑bisphosphate 3‑kinase catalytic subunit α (PIK3CA), Kirsten rat sarcoma viral proto‑oncogene (KRAS) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) were examined in whole tumours. For cancers positive for sequence abnormalities, their localization in carcinoma cells and/or stromal cells was examined. A total of 8 mutations ‑ ARID1A (L2155L), PIK3CA (H1047R), KRAS (Q12V, E31K, Q61L), and PTEN (C105fs*8) ‑ were identified in the whole tumours of 5 patients. Seven of these eight mutations were detected only in carcinoma cells. However, one case of endometrioid carcinoma had a KRAS (E31K) mutation in both carcinoma and stromal cells. In conclusion, although functioning stromal cells of ovarian cancer are usually thought to be non‑neoplastic, some may share an origin with carcinoma cells.

Introduction

The cancer stroma, which is generally thought to be derived from non-neoplastic cells represented by cancer-associated fibroblasts, plays an important role in various tumour behaviours, such as invasion, metastasis, and chemotherapeutic response (13). Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts promote cancer progression (4), angiogenesis (5), and metastasis (6). In several cancers, interactions between cancer cells and the associated stroma lead to drug resistance (7). Recent studies have suggested that some carcinoma cells and stromal cells may share an origin, based on gene landscapes shared by both cell types in certain cancers, including breast (8), colon (9), bladder (10), and ovarian cancers (11,12). However, the origin and role of cancer stroma have been controversial yet.

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death arising from gynecological malignancies (13). EOCs, including serous carcinoma, endometrioid carcinoma (EMC), clear cell carcinoma (CCC), and mucinous carcinoma, have specific clinical and genetic features. EMC and CCC are histogenetically associated with endometriosis and are often characterized by ARID1A (30 and 40–60%, respectively), PIK3CA (40 and 51%, respectively), KRAS (33 and 20%, respectively), and PTEN (17 and 13%, respectively) (1417). But the frequency of TP53 mutation in EMC and CCC are considerably lower (7 and 13%, respectively), compared to the four genes (1417). The stroma of EOCs sometimes consists of a specialized ovarian stroma with luteinisation and/or hyperthecosis with endocrine function, called a ‘functioning stroma’ (18). The relationship between functioning stroma and the response to chemotherapy or prognosis remains to be clarified. In addition, the histogenetic mechanism of functioning stroma is poorly defined. Functioning stroma is observed not only in mucinous carcinoma but also in EMC and CCC (19). However, serous carcinoma characterized by TP53 mutation rarely has a functioning stroma (19). Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the localization of gene abnormalities commonly detected in EMC and CCC in carcinoma cells and functioning stromal cells separately. We believe that some of functioning stroma may share an origin with carcinoma cells.

Materials and methods

Patients and samples

Subjects eligible for this study had histologically confirmed ovarian EMC or CCC with functioning stroma (Fig. 1). Patient and clinicopathological data, including age, menopause, International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO) stage, histological subtype, histological grade, surgery (optimal, residual tumour <1 cm; suboptimal, residual tumour ≥1 cm), serum oestrogen level, serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) level, recurrence, and death, were reviewed. Serum levels of oestrogen (Eclusys E2 IV; Roche Diagnostics, Tokyo, Japan) and FSH (FSH II; Roche Diagnostics) were analysed by enzyme immunoassays. All patients had a follow-up period of at least three years. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Saitama Medical University International Medical Center (Saitama, Japan), and written informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Laser microdissection and DNA extraction

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections (10 µm) prepared from tumour tissue specimens were affixed to 2-µm-thick LCM Film glass slides (Membrane Slides PEN Membrane 2; Leica, Wetzlar, Germany) and stained with 0.05% toluidine blue solution (pH 2.5; Wako, Osaka, Japan). Stained sections were microdissected using a Leica LMD7000 laser microdissection microscope. Carcinoma cells and adjacent functional stromal cells were visualized under the microscope and were selectively detached by activation of the laser (Fig. 2). DNA was extracted using the Maxwell RSC DNA FFPE kit (Promega, Madison, WI, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Amplification and sequence analysis of ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS, and PTEN

We analysed ARID1A (exons 18 and 20), PIK3CA (exons 9 and 20), KRAS (exons 2 and 3), and PTEN (exons 5–8) sequences in DNA extracted from the whole tumours of 14 patients. For cases with mutations, carcinoma cells and functioning stromal cells were analysed separately to clarify the histological localization of the mutations. Target sequences were PCR-amplified using Accuprime Taq DNA Polymerase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) on a 9800 Fast Thermal Cycler (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). Primer sequences are shown in Table I. The thermal cycles were as follows: 95°C for 10 min, followed by 40 cycles of 94°C for 30 sec, 60°C for 30 sec, and 68°C for 60 sec. Products were electrophoresed on a 2% agarose gel. Purified products were subjected to direct sequencing on an ABI PRISM 3100 (Applied Biosystems) using the ABI PRISM Big Dye Terminator Ver3.1 Cycle Sequencing kit according to the manufacturer's instructions. Sequencing was conducted twice to confirm reproducibility of the results.

Table I.

Sequence information for primers used to amplify ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS and PTEN.

Table I.

Sequence information for primers used to amplify ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS and PTEN.

A, ARID1A

GenePrimer (5′-3′)
Exon 18
S TGGCATCTGTGGGCTTTATGT
AS CCATACTGGTTGTATACATCTTGCT
S GGAGATGTACAGCGTGCCATA
AS TTGTGGTGGCATGTTTTGCTG
S CAGAACCAATTTCCATTCCAGT
AS GTGTGCAGCATTTCATCTGTTC
S GGGGCGTAATGACATGACCTAT
AS AATGTGATTCTGCATGCTTGGTG
S CAAGGCCCCCTCCATCTAAC
AS TGCTAGGAGAGGTGCGGTTC
S ATGCAGAATCACATTCCTCAGGTAT
AS GGCAGATTAGGCAACCGAATG
Exon 20
S GGGGAGGTCTCTCAAGTCAAT
AS ATGGGAGCTGGACTAGACAC
S GGACAGAGAACGCTACTGGAT
AS AATGGATCATTCTTCTGTACGATCT
S GAGGAGAAGCTGATCAGTAAGTTTG
AS CTGCTGTTGTCACATGCTTCC
S CTGAGCATATCCAGACCCACTTC
AS GCCTCTGAACTCTTAGCTCCATC
S CAGCCACTATGGATGACATGTT
AS GGTGTTTGGACATCTCAAAGTCA
S GCGTCTGTGTGTCCAATACCA
AS CACTCCACTTTGTTGCAGCTC
S CAGGCACCACTAACTTATGAAAAGG
AS GAGTTTGCTGAGGGTTTCCAAGA
S TCCTTTCCCCGCAGAGACT
AS CCAGGAGGTTGCCGATACTG
S GTGCCATTGCAGTGCAGAA
AS GAGATGTCCAACAGCCGTGAT
S TGGACGAGAACCACTCAGAGTTTAC
AS AGGGCAACAGTCAGTTTCTAAGTTC

B, PIK3CA

GenePrimer (5′-3′)

Exon 9
S TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGGGAAA AATATGACAAAGAAAGC
AS CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCTGAGAT CAGCCAAATTCAGTT
Exon 20
S TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTCTCAATG ATGCTTGGCTCTG
AS CAGGAAACAGCTATGACTGGAATCC AGAGTGAGCTTTC

C, KRAS

GenePrimer (5′-3′)

Exon 2
S TAACCTTATGTGTGACATGTTC
AS ATGCATATTAAAACAAGATTTACC
Exon 3
S CTCCCTTCTCAGGATTCCTA
AS AGTCCTCATGTACTGGTCCC

D, PTEN

GenePrimer (5′-3′)

Exon 5
S ACCTGTTAAGTTTGTATGCAAC
AS TCCAGGAAGAGGAAAGGAAA
Exon 6
S CATAGCAATTTAGTGAAATAACT
AS GATATGGTTAAGAAAACTGTTC
Exon 7
S TGACAGTTTGACAGTTAAAGG
AS GGATATTTCTCCCAATGAAAG
Exon 8
S ACACATCACATACATACAAGTC
AS GTGCAGATAATGACAAGGAATA

[i] S, sense; AS, antisense; ARID1A, AT-rich interaction domain 1A; PIK3CA, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α; KRAS, Kirsten rat sarcoma viral proto-oncogene; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog

Results

Patient characteristics

The median age of the 14 patients was 67 years (range, 52 to 85 years); 13 patients were postmenopausal, and one was in perimenopause. Serum oestrogen levels ranged from 10 to 129 ng/ml, with a median of 51 ng/ml, before surgery, but were reduced to less than 10 ng/ml in all available postoperative patients. Serum FSH levels ranged from 6 to 89 mIU/ml, with a median of 32 mIU/ml, preoperatively, but increased after surgery, ranging from 62 to 96 mIU/ml and with a median of 82 mIU/ml. Ten patients had FIGO stage I cancer, two patients had stage II, and two patients had stage IV. Five patients with EMC had grade 1 cancer, and two patients with EMC had grade 2 cancer. Two patients with FIGO stage IV had suboptimal surgeries, and the others had optimal surgeries. Among CCC patients, four patients experienced recurrence, and three of them died of the disease. In EMC, there was no recurrence or death.

Localization of gene mutations

As shown in Table II, one patient had an ARID1A mutation (7%), two patients had PIK3CA mutations (14%), three patients had KRAS mutations (21%), and one patient had a PTEN mutation (7%). In EMC, three patients had KRAS mutations (43%), one patient had a PIK3CA mutation (14%), and none of the patients had ARID1A or PTEN mutations (0%). In CCC, one patient had both PIK3CA and PTEN mutations (14%), one patient had an ARID1A mutation (14%), and none of the patients had KRAS mutations (0%).

Table II.

Demographic and clinicopathological data for 14 patients, and gene mutations in whole tumours in the 14 cases.

Table II.

Demographic and clinicopathological data for 14 patients, and gene mutations in whole tumours in the 14 cases.

Oestrogen, ng/mlFSH, mIU/ml


CaseAge, yearsAge at menopause, yearsHistologyFIGO stageFIGO gradeSurgeryRecurrenceDeathPrePostPrePostARID1APIK3CAKRASPTEN
17953EMC1C1OptNoNo50<102362WTWTQ12VWT
28050EMC2B2OptNoNo50<102884WTWTWTWT
36348EMC1C1OptNoNo103<101685WTWTE31K, Q61LWT
47450EMC4A1SubNoNo36NA35NAWTH1047RE31KWT
57050EMC1C1OptNoNo36<103989WTWTWTWT
66552EMC1A2OptNoNo48NANANAWTWTWTWT
78547EMC1C1OptNoNo129NANANAWTWTWTWT
86850CCC1ANAOptNoNo31NA2996WTWTWTWT
96452CCC2ANAOptYesYes29NANANAWTH1047RWTC105fs*8
106251CCC1CNAOptYesNo88<10676WTWTWTWT
116353CCC1CNAOptYesYes21NA55NAL2155LWTWTWT
126252CCC1ANAOptNoNo10NA79NAWTWTWTWT
135251CCC1CNAOptNoNoNANANANAWTWTWTWT
1452PeriCCC4BNASubYesYes34NA12NAWTWTWTWT

[i] FIGO, International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; Pre, preoperative; Post, postoperative; Peri, perimenopause; EMC, endometrioid carcinoma; CCC, clear cell carcinoma; Opt, optimal surgery (residual tumour <1 cm); Sub, suboptimal surgery (residual tumour ≥1 cm); NA, not available; WT, wild-type; ARID1A, AT-rich interaction domain 1A; PIK3CA, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α; KRAS, Kirsten rat sarcoma viral proto-oncogene; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog

In total, eight mutations were detected in whole tumours of five patients: ARID1A (L2155L), PIK3CA (H1047R), KRAS (Q12V, E31K, Q61L), and PTEN (C105fs*8) (Table III). Seven of the eight mutations were detected in only carcinoma cells; thus, only one patient (case 4) had a KRAS (E31K) mutation in both carcinoma and functioning stromal cells. The KRAS mutation in this case (Fig. 3) was repeatedly confirmed. In non-functioning stroma, composed of non-specific fibroblasts, no KRAS mutation was detected in this patient. Moreover, germline analysis of this patient revealed no KRAS mutation.

Table III.

Localization of ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS and PTEN mutations.

Table III.

Localization of ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS and PTEN mutations.

ARID1APIK3CAKRASPTEN




CaseHistologyWholeCAFSWholeCAFSWholeCAFSWholeCAFS
  1EMCWTWTWTWTWTWTQ12VQ12VWTWTWTWT
  3EMCWTWTWTWTWTWTE31K, Q61LE31K, Q61LWTWTWTWT
  4EMCWTWTWTH1047RH1047RWTE31KE31KE31KWTWTWT
  9CCCWTWTWTH1047RH1047RWTWTWTWTC105fs*8C105fs*8WT
11CCCL2155LL2155LWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWT

[i] Whole, whole tumour; CA, carcinoma; FS, functioning stroma; EMC, endometrioid carcinoma; CCC, clear cell carcinoma; WT, wild-type; ARID1A, AT-rich interaction domain 1A; PIK3CA, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α; KRAS, Kirsten rat sarcoma viral proto-oncogene; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog

Trends in prognosis, hormone levels, and gene mutations

Five patients with high serum oestrogen levels (≥50 ng/ml) survived, whereas three patients (38%) with low serum oestrogen levels (<50 ng/ml) died of the disease. In the four patients with recurrence, one patient (case 10) with a high serum oestrogen level (88 ng/ml) and low FSH level (6 mIU/ml) experienced disease-free survival after chemotherapy, but the other three patients died of the disease.

Discussion

In EOC, the cancer stroma is classified as either non-specific fibroblastic type or functioning stroma, the latter of which frequently occurs in postmenopausal EOCs. However, functioning stroma had not yet been thoroughly characterized in terms of histogenesis, response to chemotherapy, and prognosis. A close association between mucinous tumours and functioning stroma has been reported (19), and Katoh et al (20) found that functioning stroma is more common in EMCs resembling sex cord-stromal tumours. In the seven EMC and seven CCC patients recruited in the present study, functioning stroma was identified histologically and endocrinologically. Five EOCs in four patients carried mutations in ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS, and PTEN in carcinoma cells, but not in functioning stromal cells. However, one case of ovarian EMC (case 4) harboured an identical KRAS mutation (E31K) in both carcinoma and functioning stromal cells, whereas no mutation was detected in the tissue surrounding the tumour. Akahane et al (11) reported a case of ovarian EMC with carcinoma and stromal cells harbouring the same mutation in TP53 (R2489) as indicated by direct sequence analysis. Tuhkanen et al (12) reported 39 similar genetic alterations in carcinoma and stromal cells in 11 EOC tumours based on multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification. These findings suggest that the cancer stroma may contain cells of epithelial origin that are generated by epithelial-mesenchymal transition and that this transformed tumour stroma may have an effect on epithelial-stromal cell interactions and tumorigenesis (12). Therefore, it may be possible to elucidate the mechanisms of tumour initiation by evaluating the association between carcinoma cells and functioning stromal cells.

KRAS mutations are typically detected in 20–30% of EMC cases (14,21); however, in the present study, EMC with functioning stroma had a higher frequency (43%) of KRAS mutations. KRAS mutation is more common in endometriosis-associated EMC than in non-endometriosis-associated EMC (21). These findings suggest that EMC with functioning stroma may be associated with endometriosis. Mutations in ARID1A, which are distributed evenly across the gene, are detected in 46% of ovarian CCC and 30% of EMC cases (16). In the present study, there was only one case of CCC (7%) with ARID1A mutation. However, we immunohistochemically confirmed the deletion of ARID1A in eight of the 14 patients (57%) (data not shown). This discrepancy may be explained by the fact that only exons 18 and 20 were sequenced in the present study. EOC patients with functioning stroma exhibited elevated serum oestrogen levels and reduced serum FSH levels. Following surgery, the levels of both hormones were restored to normal postmenopausal levels. Patients with high oestrogen levels (≥50 ng/ml) experienced no death from the disease, as demonstrated by one patient with EMC (case 10) who had a long period of disease-free survival after chemotherapy for recurrence; however, patients with low oestrogen levels (<50 ng/ml) exhibited poor outcomes. Thus, the functioning stroma, characterized by morphological and endocrinological differentiation, may be related to the biological behaviours of cancer.

Our study had several limitations. The sample size was small and the range of genetic mutations analysed was narrow. In addition, the detection of identical mutations in both carcinoma and functioning stromal cells was not replicated, and differences between EMC with and without functioning stroma were not assessed. Therefore, this research should be considered a preliminary study. Confirmation of our findings in a larger population, including patients with and without functioning stroma, is warranted.

In conclusion, we are the first to report a case of EMC in which the same KRAS mutation was observed in both carcinoma cells and functioning stromal cells. This suggests that some regions of the tumour and stroma may have a common origin. Further studies are needed to clarify the molecular association of functioning stroma with carcinoma cells in a larger population.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

The present study was supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (grant nos. 15K08355 and 18K06997), a Sekiguchi Memorial Award (grant no. 18-C-1-02) and Saitama Medical University.

Availability of data and materials

All datasets generated in this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

MN took part in the study conception and design, as well as the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data. MiY took part in the interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript. KK and TK took part in the acquisition and analysis of data. MS and KI took part in the conception and design of the study, and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. HK participated in the analysis of data and critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. MaY took part in the conception and design of the study, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, and supervised the study.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of Saitama Medical University International Medical Center (Saitama, Japan), and written informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Patient consent for publication

The present study obtained written informed consent for publication from the all patients.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Glossary

Abbreviations

Abbreviations:

EOC

epithelial ovarian cancer

EMC

endometrioid carcinoma

CCC

clear cell carcinoma

FIGO

The International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology

FSH

follicle-stimulating hormone

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