CD133, Stem Cells, and Cancer Stem Cells: Myth or Reality?

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports - Tập 7 - Trang 253-259 - 2011
Xiazhen Yu1,2,3, Yingjie Lin4, Xie Yan4, Qiang Tian5, Linheng Li2, Edward H. Lin1,6
1Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle, USA
2Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA
3Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Key Laboratory of Multi-Organ Transplantation of Ministry of Public Health, Hangzhou, China
4Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University School of Medicine, and Peking University Stem Cell Research Center (SCRC), Beijing, China
5Institute of System Biology, Seattle, USA
6825 Eastlake Avenue SE G4818, Seattle, USA

Tóm tắt

CD133, a member of the prominin family, is found in a variety of tissues with at least three variants. The function of CD133 is not well understood, but its expression is subject to changes in the microenvironment cues including bioenergetic stress. Knockout of CD133 does not affect renewal, but mammary gland branching. A point mutation of CD133 (R733C) leads to retinal disorder. CD133 is found in embryonic stem cells, normal tissue stem cells, stem cell niches, and circulating endothelial progenitors as well as cancer stem cells. Maintenance of stemness in cancer may be attributable to asymmetric cell division in association with a set of embryonic expression signatures in CD133+ tumor cells. CD133 could enrich cancer stem cells, which are associated with chemo- and radiation resistance phenotype. High CD133 is associated with poor survival in a variety of solid tumors, including lung, colon, prostate, etc. Monitoring CD133+ cells in peripheral blood, and targeting CD133 in cancer, may further predict and improve the clinical outcomes.

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