[HTML][HTML] Integrative proteomic profiling of ovarian cancer cell lines reveals precursor cell associated proteins and functional status

F Coscia, KM Watters, M Curtis, MA Eckert… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
F Coscia, KM Watters, M Curtis, MA Eckert, CY Chiang, S Tyanova, A Montag, RR Lastra…
Nature communications, 2016nature.com
A cell line representative of human high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) should not
only resemble its tumour of origin at the molecular level, but also demonstrate functional
utility in pre-clinical investigations. Here, we report the integrated proteomic analysis of 26
ovarian cancer cell lines, HGSOC tumours, immortalized ovarian surface epithelial cells and
fallopian tube epithelial cells via a single-run mass spectrometric workflow. The in-depth
quantification of> 10,000 proteins results in three distinct cell line categories: epithelial …
Abstract
A cell line representative of human high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) should not only resemble its tumour of origin at the molecular level, but also demonstrate functional utility in pre-clinical investigations. Here, we report the integrated proteomic analysis of 26 ovarian cancer cell lines, HGSOC tumours, immortalized ovarian surface epithelial cells and fallopian tube epithelial cells via a single-run mass spectrometric workflow. The in-depth quantification of >10,000 proteins results in three distinct cell line categories: epithelial (group I), clear cell (group II) and mesenchymal (group III). We identify a 67-protein cell line signature, which separates our entire proteomic data set, as well as a confirmatory publicly available CPTAC/TCGA tumour proteome data set, into a predominantly epithelial and mesenchymal HGSOC tumour cluster. This proteomics-based epithelial/mesenchymal stratification of cell lines and human tumours indicates a possible origin of HGSOC either from the fallopian tube or from the ovarian surface epithelium.
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