Cancer Stem Cell News Volume 3.32 | Aug 20 2014

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    Cancer Stem Cell News 3.32 August 20, 2014

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    TOP STORY
    Researchers Identify a Mechanism that Stops Progression of Abnormal Cells into Cancer
    Researchers report that a tumor suppressor pathway, called the Hippo pathway, is responsible for sensing abnormal chromosome numbers in cells and triggering cell cycle arrest, thus preventing progression into cancer. [Press release from Boston University School of Medicine discussing publication in Cell]
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    PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by impact factor of the journal)
    The Tumor Suppressor Prostate Apoptosis Response-4 (Par-4) Is Regulated by Mutant IDH1 and Kills Glioma Stem Cells
    The selective for apoptosis induction in cancer cells domain within Par-4 was highly active against glioma cells, including orthotopic xenografts of patient-derived primary glioma stem cells. [Acta Neuropathol] Abstract

    Epigenetic States of Cells of Origin and Tumor Evolution Drive Tumor-Initiating Cell Phenotype and Tumor Heterogeneity
    Researchers show how activation of the Sonic Hedgehog pathway in neural stem and progenitor cells creates a foundation for tumor cell evolution to heterogeneous states that are histologically indistinguishable but molecularly distinct. [Cancer Res] Abstract

    Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Upregulates Death Receptors 4 and 5 and Inhibits Proliferation in Human Cancer Stem-Like Cells
    Researchers examined hitherto unknown effects of the dietary anti-carcinogenic compound phenethyl isothiocyanate on attenuation of proliferation and tumorigenicity and on up regulation of death receptors and apoptosis in human cervical cancer stem cells. [BMC Cancer] Abstract | Full Article

    Targeting Melanocyte and Melanoma Stem Cells by 8-Hydroxy-2-Dipropylaminotetralin
    Monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone and 8-hydroxy-N,N-dipropyl-2-aminotetralin were added to melanocytes and melanoma cells to compare cytotoxicity. Stem cell content among viable cells was determined by fluorocytometry using markers CD34, Pax3, and CD271. [Arch Biochem Biophys] Abstract

    Mechanism of 2′,3′-Dimethoxyflavanone-Induced Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Stem Cells: Role of Ubiquitination of Caspase-8 and LC3
    2′,3′-Dimethoxyflavanone (2′,3′-DMF) triggered intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis by stimulating the cleavage of PARP and the activation of caspase-9, -8, and -3. Interestingly, 2′,3′-DMF induces a dramatic increase in the conversion of LC3, a well-known marker for autophagy. [Arch Biochem Biophys] Abstract

    LEF1 Regulates Glioblastoma Cell Proliferation, Migration, Invasion, and Cancer Stem-Like Cell Self-Renewal
    Scientists show that knockdown of lymphocyte enhancer factor-1 (LEF1), a major transcription factor of Wnt pathway, inhibits U251 cell migration, invasion, and proliferation. Furthermore, downregulation of LEF1 expression inhibits the self-renewal capacity of U251 glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) stem-like cells and decreases the expression level of the GBM stem-like cell (GSC) markers such as CD133 and nestin. [Tumor Biol] Abstract

    Lgr5-Positive Cells Are Cancer Stem Cells in Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma
    Researchers report extremely high Lgr5 levels in the specimen from skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in patients. Using SCC cell line A431, we detected high Lgr5 and CD133 levels in aldehyde dehydrogenase-high or side population from these cancer cells. [Tumor Biol] Abstract

    A Stem Cell Medium Containing Neural Stimulating Factor Induces a Pancreatic Cancer Stem-Like Cell-Enriched Population
    Cancer stem cells are difficult to study because their population is quite low in tumor specimens. To overcome this problem, researchers established a culture method to induce a pancreatic cancer stem-like cell-enriched population from human pancreatic cancer cell lines. [Int J Oncol] Abstract

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    REVIEWS
    Genomic Instability, Driver Genes and Cell Selection: Projections from Cancer to Stem Cells
    The identification of driver genes may bring us closer to a mechanistic understanding of the genomic instability of stem cells. Guided by terminologies and methodologies commonly applied in cancer research, such understanding may have important ramifications for both stem cell and cancer biology. [Biochim Biophys Acta] Abstract

    Visit our reviews page to see a complete list of reviews in the cancer stem cell research field.

     
    INDUSTRY NEWS
    Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene Enter Clinical Collaboration Agreement to Evaluate Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Combination Regimen
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Celgene Corporation announced the establishment of a clinical trial collaboration to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of a combination regimen of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, OPDIVO, and Celgene’s nab® technology-based chemotherapy ABRAXANE®, in a Phase I study. [Bristol-Myers Squibb Company] Press Release

    Pfizer Announces Submission of Palbociclib New Drug Application to the FDA
    Pfizer Inc. announced it has completed the submission of a new drug application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for palbociclib. This NDA requests FDA approval of palbociclib, in combination with letrozole, for the treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative advanced breast cancer who have not received previous systemic treatment for their advanced disease. [Pfizer Inc.] Press Release

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    POLICY NEWS
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    Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)

     
    EVENTS
    NEW 21st Stem Cell Network Workshop – Bioengineering and Stem Cells
    September 23, 2014
    Sydney, Australia

    Visit our events page to see a complete list of events in the cancer stem cell community.

     
    JOB OPPORTUNITIES
    NEW Postdoctoral Position – Stem Cell Biology/Cancer Biology (Oregon Health & Science University)

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Based Therapeutics (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)

    Tenure Track Positions – Cancer Biology (Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center)

    PhD Student – Cancer Stem Cells (KU Leuven)

    Technical Account Manager (GlobalStem)

    Postdoctoral Position – Molecular Properties of Leukemic Stem Cells (BC Cancer Agency)

    Postdoctoral Research Associate – Cancer Stem Cell Biology (University of California, San Diego)

    Postdoctoral Position – Stem Cells and Cancer (Brigham & Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School)

    Postdoctoral Fellowships – Cancer Research (German Cancer Research Center [DKFZ])

    Scientist – Pluripotent Stem Cell Media Development, High Throughput Screening (STEMCELL Technologies Inc.)

    Scientist – Cell Culture Support Products (STEMCELL Technologies Inc.)

    Scientist – Immunology/Cell Separation (STEMCELL Technologies Inc.)


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