Breast and ovarian cancers are the most serious cancers among women. Relatively high mortality at advanced stages of the disease is often associated with the development of resistance to the cytotoxic agents. Chemoresistance usually develops on the base of different adaptive mechanisms that significantly decrease therapy efficiency. Currently TRIP6, ABCC3 and CPS1 enzyme has been identified based on high-capacity expression profile monitoring in tumor cell and tissue profiles as one such candidate playing a role in taxane resistance. The main goal of this thesis was to clarify the role or possible association of the ABCC3, CPS1 and TRIP6 genes with the development of tumor cell resistance to taxanes in models of sensitive and paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancer cells and in the cohorts of patients with ovarian and breast cancer. The in vitro part compares the efficacy of paclitaxel and taxane derivatives in the sensitive and resistant ovarian cancer cell lines and clarifies the association between the different structure of taxane derivatives and the change in CPS1 expression after their application. The study in patient's cohorts with ovarian cancer reveals a relationship between higher levels of the CPS1 gene and shorter progression-free survival. The achieved results may serve as a base for data...

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O carcinoma de mama é uma doença altamente prevalente e incidente. Em nosso meio, cerca de metade dos casos são diagnosticados em estádios localmente avançados e/ou disseminados. Nesta situação o índice de sucessos terapêuticos é pequeno. Recentemente vem sendo citado na literatura as células tronco tumorais (CTT) como aquelas responsáveis pelas recorrências tumorais, pois este tipo de células seria capaz de repovoar o hospedeiro com células tumorais de mesma origem. Postula-se também que este tipo de células é resistente ao tratamento quimioterápico. Assim, o prognóstico de uma paciente dependeria diretamente da quantidade de CTT presentes em seu tumor na época do tratamento. As expressões de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 têm sido relatadas como potenciais marcadores de células tronco no câncer de mama (CTCM). A associação entre a quantidade de CTCMs e a resposta à quimioterapia neoadjuvante (QNA) permanece obscura. Métodos: Foram analisadas prospectivamente a expressão de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 em 41 pacientes com câncer de mama localmente avançado ou metastático (CMLA) submetidas à QNA. O ensaio de mamosferas (Mammocult ®) foi estudado em 25 amostras. Idade média dos pacientes foi de 52,9 ± 10,3 anos. De acordo com o estádio clínico (EC), uma paciente foi classificada como IIa, 5 pacientes foram IIb, 10 foram IIIa, 16 foram IIIb, uma foi IIIc e 8 foram IV. O diâmetro médio do tumor clínico foi de 5,6 ± 3 centímetros. Os receptores de estrógeno (RE), receptores de progesterona (PgR) e HER2 positivos apresentaram as taxas de expressão de 65%, 58% e 46%, respectivamente. A porcentagem mediana de células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4 + e ESA+/ABCG2 + foram determinados por citometria de fluxo em tumores frescos amostrados após a digestão do tecido. A relação entre as análises de citometria de fluxo e resposta clínica e patológica à terapia foi analisada. Resultados: A resposta clínica completa (RCC) e resposta patológica completa (PCR) foram observadas em 15 (36%) e 10 (24%) pacientes respectivamente. Não observamos uma associação significativa entre PCR, ER, PgR ou expressão HER2. Observamos uma associação entre o tamanho clínico com percentual de células ESA+/ABCG2+ dentro do tumor (p = 0,0481) e do grau tumoral com a capacidade de formação de esferas (p = 0,0392). Nenhuma correlação entre PCR e a população de células CD44+/CD24- dentro do tumor foi observada. Houve uma correlação positiva entre a expressão de ESA+/ABCG2+ e ESA+/CXCR4+ com o número de formação de mamosferas (p = 0,0007 e p = 0,0497, respectivamente). Esta correlação não foi significativa em comparação com células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusões: O percentual de células cancerosas ABCG2+ dentro do tumor e do número de formação mamosferas são fatores preditivos de PCR em pacientes submetidos à QNA para CMLA. ABCG2 é um marcador potencial para CTCMs. Palavras chave: Câncer de mama, Célula tronco tumoral, Quimioterapia neoadjuvante, Taxanos, Fatores prognósticos. / Breast cancer is a disease highly prevalent and incident. In our country, about half of cases are diagnosed in advanced stages locally and / or disseminated. In this situation the therapeutic success rate is small. Recently been reported in the literature cancer stem cells (CSC) as those responsible for tumor recurrence, as this type of cells could repopulate the host cell tumor of the same origin. It is also postulated that this type of cells are resistant to chemotherapy. Thus the prognosis of a patient depend directly on the amount of CSC present in their tumor at the time of treatment. The expressions of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 have been reported as potential breast cancer stem-like cell (CSLC) markers. The association between the quantity of CSLCs and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) remains unclear. Methods: We prospectively analyzed the expression of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 in 41 breast cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic (CMLA) submitted to NAC. The assay mamosferas (Mammocult ®) was studied in 25 samples. Mean age of patients was 52.9 ± 10.3 years. According to the clinical stage (CS), one patient was classified as IIa, IIb 5 patients, 10 were IIIa, IIIb were 16, 1 and 8 have been IIIc IV. The mean diameter of tumor therapy was 5.6 ± 3 cm. The estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and HER2 showed positive expression rates of 65%, 58% and 46%, respectively. The median percentage of cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4+ and ESA+/ABCG2+ were determined by flow cytometry in tumors sampled after digestion fresh tissue. The relationship between flow cytometric analysis and clinical and pathological response to therapy was assessed. Results: The complete clinical response (CCR) and pathologic complete response (PCR) was seen in 15 (36%) and 10 (24%) patients, respectively. We did not observe a significant association between CRP, ER, PgR and HER2 expression. An association was observed between the size clinical percentage of cells ESA+/ABCG2+ within the tumor (p = 0.0481) and tumor grade with the ability to form spheres (p = 0.0392). No correlation between PCR and cell population CD44+/CD24-within the tumor was observed. There was a positive correlation between the expression of ESA+/ABCG2+ and ESA+/CXCR4+ with the number of training mamosferas (p = 0.0007 and p = 0.0497, respectivamenete). This correlation was not significant compared with cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusions: The percentage of ABCG2 + cancer cells within the tumor and the number of training mamosferas are predictors of CRP in patients undergoing NAC for CMLA. ABCG2 is a potential marker for CTCMs. Keywords: Breast cancer, stem cell tumor, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, taxanes, Prognostic factors.

La mise au point de modèles de laboratoire est d’une importance cruciale pour comprendre la biologie du cancer de la prostate, ainsi que pour évaluer les nouveaux traitements. Le développement de tels modèles est particulièrement difficile et reste à ce jour insuffisant car la majorité de ces modèles est d’origine métastatique ou obtenu in vitro d’une façon artificielle. C’est pourquoi, nous avons entrepris au laboratoire, l’établissement de nouveaux modèles à partir d’un cancer primaire de prostate tumorale et obtenu la lignée IGR-CaP1. La lignée IGR-CaP1 constitue un modèle adapté pour étudier les étapes précoces de la cancérogenèse prostatique. De plus, sa tumoroginicité et sa capacité à induire des métastases osseuses de nature mixtes ostéoblastiques et ostéolytiques font de ce modèles un outil potentiellement intéressant pour étudier les mécanismes métastatiques et rechercher de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques. Depuis 2004, le traitement de référence des cancers de la prostate métastatiques hormono-résistants est une chimiothérapie par le Docetaxel. Cependant, malgré le bénéfice de survie obtenu, presque la moitié des patients traités par le Docetaxel développent une résistance à la chimiothérapie. Il est donc urgent d’identifier un biomarqueur prédictif pour sélectionner les patients qui vont bénéficier de cette chimiothérapie afin de contourner cette résistance. Dans le but d’étudier les mécanismes de résistance au Docetaxel dans le cancer de la prostate, nous avons établi plusieurs clones résistants au Docetaxel à partir de la lignée IGR-CaP1. Ces clones résistants nous ont permis de réaliser une analyse génomique à haut-débit par microarray comparant l’expression génique entre la lignée sensible et les clones résistants et d’identifier une signature de gènes potentiellement impliqués dans la résistance au Docetaxel. Parmi les gènes identifiés, nous nous sommes focalisés sur le gène LZTS1 sous-exprimé dans tous les clones résistants. LZTS1 est un suppresseur de tumeur qui contrôle le cycle cellulaire en interagissant avec la cycline Cdc25C. Nos résultats suggèrent que la déplétion de LZTS1 est potentiellement impliquée dans le mécanisme de résistance au Docetaxel. La finalité de notre projet est de valider nos résultats par immunohistochimie à partir des prélèvements tumoraux obtenus dans l’essai de phase III GETUG12. Nous espérons que notre étude permettra aux cliniciens de sélectionner les sous-groupes de patients susceptibles de profiter d’un traitement par Docetaxel. / One of the major hindrances in the study of the biology of prostate cancer is the limited number of laboratory models. Most of these models have been obtained from prostate tumor metastases or have been artificially established in vitro.We recently developed one new cell line (IGR-CaP1) derived from patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. In contrast to previously established models from metastases tissues, IGR-CaP1 may be a suitable model to study molecular pathways implicated in the early steps of the oncogenic development of prostate cancer. Furthermore, its high tumorigenic properties and its ability to induce mixed bone lesions, make it as a potential model for both tumor progression and drug assessment in animals.Docetaxel is the standard treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) since 2004. In spite of a benefit in survival, drug resistance is often observed. Therefore, it is crucial to identify predictive markers to select patients who will respond to docetaxel. In order to investigate mechanisms of docetaxel resistance, we derived docetaxel-resistant variants from the IGR-CaP1 human prostate cancer cell line. A microarray genomic analysis comparing chemo-resistant versus sensitive prostate cell lines was used to identify a signature of genes potentially implicated in docetaxel resistance. Among these genes, we focused on LZTS1 wich is underexpressed in IGR-CaP1 resistant variants. LZTS1 is a tumor suppressor that controls the cell cycle by interacting with Cdc25C. Our data suggest that depletion of LZTS1 is potentially involved in the mecanism of docetaxel resistance. Finally, an immunohistochemical analysis will be done on human biopsies from the phase III GETUG12 trial patients. Ultimately, our study could help to improve selection of patients that could benefit from docetaxel chemotherapy.

O carcinoma de mama é uma doença altamente prevalente e incidente. Em nosso meio, cerca de metade dos casos são diagnosticados em estádios localmente avançados e/ou disseminados. Nesta situação o índice de sucessos terapêuticos é pequeno. Recentemente vem sendo citado na literatura as células tronco tumorais (CTT) como aquelas responsáveis pelas recorrências tumorais, pois este tipo de células seria capaz de repovoar o hospedeiro com células tumorais de mesma origem. Postula-se também que este tipo de células é resistente ao tratamento quimioterápico. Assim, o prognóstico de uma paciente dependeria diretamente da quantidade de CTT presentes em seu tumor na época do tratamento. As expressões de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 têm sido relatadas como potenciais marcadores de células tronco no câncer de mama (CTCM). A associação entre a quantidade de CTCMs e a resposta à quimioterapia neoadjuvante (QNA) permanece obscura. Métodos: Foram analisadas prospectivamente a expressão de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 em 41 pacientes com câncer de mama localmente avançado ou metastático (CMLA) submetidas à QNA. O ensaio de mamosferas (Mammocult ®) foi estudado em 25 amostras. Idade média dos pacientes foi de 52,9 ± 10,3 anos. De acordo com o estádio clínico (EC), uma paciente foi classificada como IIa, 5 pacientes foram IIb, 10 foram IIIa, 16 foram IIIb, uma foi IIIc e 8 foram IV. O diâmetro médio do tumor clínico foi de 5,6 ± 3 centímetros. Os receptores de estrógeno (RE), receptores de progesterona (PgR) e HER2 positivos apresentaram as taxas de expressão de 65%, 58% e 46%, respectivamente. A porcentagem mediana de células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4 + e ESA+/ABCG2 + foram determinados por citometria de fluxo em tumores frescos amostrados após a digestão do tecido. A relação entre as análises de citometria de fluxo e resposta clínica e patológica à terapia foi analisada. Resultados: A resposta clínica completa (RCC) e resposta patológica completa (PCR) foram observadas em 15 (36%) e 10 (24%) pacientes respectivamente. Não observamos uma associação significativa entre PCR, ER, PgR ou expressão HER2. Observamos uma associação entre o tamanho clínico com percentual de células ESA+/ABCG2+ dentro do tumor (p = 0,0481) e do grau tumoral com a capacidade de formação de esferas (p = 0,0392). Nenhuma correlação entre PCR e a população de células CD44+/CD24- dentro do tumor foi observada. Houve uma correlação positiva entre a expressão de ESA+/ABCG2+ e ESA+/CXCR4+ com o número de formação de mamosferas (p = 0,0007 e p = 0,0497, respectivamente). Esta correlação não foi significativa em comparação com células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusões: O percentual de células cancerosas ABCG2+ dentro do tumor e do número de formação mamosferas são fatores preditivos de PCR em pacientes submetidos à QNA para CMLA. ABCG2 é um marcador potencial para CTCMs. Palavras chave: Câncer de mama, Célula tronco tumoral, Quimioterapia neoadjuvante, Taxanos, Fatores prognósticos. / Breast cancer is a disease highly prevalent and incident. In our country, about half of cases are diagnosed in advanced stages locally and / or disseminated. In this situation the therapeutic success rate is small. Recently been reported in the literature cancer stem cells (CSC) as those responsible for tumor recurrence, as this type of cells could repopulate the host cell tumor of the same origin. It is also postulated that this type of cells are resistant to chemotherapy. Thus the prognosis of a patient depend directly on the amount of CSC present in their tumor at the time of treatment. The expressions of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 have been reported as potential breast cancer stem-like cell (CSLC) markers. The association between the quantity of CSLCs and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) remains unclear. Methods: We prospectively analyzed the expression of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 in 41 breast cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic (CMLA) submitted to NAC. The assay mamosferas (Mammocult ®) was studied in 25 samples. Mean age of patients was 52.9 ± 10.3 years. According to the clinical stage (CS), one patient was classified as IIa, IIb 5 patients, 10 were IIIa, IIIb were 16, 1 and 8 have been IIIc IV. The mean diameter of tumor therapy was 5.6 ± 3 cm. The estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and HER2 showed positive expression rates of 65%, 58% and 46%, respectively. The median percentage of cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4+ and ESA+/ABCG2+ were determined by flow cytometry in tumors sampled after digestion fresh tissue. The relationship between flow cytometric analysis and clinical and pathological response to therapy was assessed. Results: The complete clinical response (CCR) and pathologic complete response (PCR) was seen in 15 (36%) and 10 (24%) patients, respectively. We did not observe a significant association between CRP, ER, PgR and HER2 expression. An association was observed between the size clinical percentage of cells ESA+/ABCG2+ within the tumor (p = 0.0481) and tumor grade with the ability to form spheres (p = 0.0392). No correlation between PCR and cell population CD44+/CD24-within the tumor was observed. There was a positive correlation between the expression of ESA+/ABCG2+ and ESA+/CXCR4+ with the number of training mamosferas (p = 0.0007 and p = 0.0497, respectivamenete). This correlation was not significant compared with cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusions: The percentage of ABCG2 + cancer cells within the tumor and the number of training mamosferas are predictors of CRP in patients undergoing NAC for CMLA. ABCG2 is a potential marker for CTCMs. Keywords: Breast cancer, stem cell tumor, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, taxanes, Prognostic factors.

La mise au point de modèles de laboratoire est d'une importance cruciale pour comprendre la biologie du cancer de la prostate, ainsi que pour évaluer les nouveaux traitements. Le développement de tels modèles est particulièrement difficile et reste à ce jour insuffisant car la majorité de ces modèles est d'origine métastatique ou obtenu in vitro d'une façon artificielle. C'est pourquoi, nous avons entrepris au laboratoire, l'établissement de nouveaux modèles à partir d'un cancer primaire de prostate tumorale et obtenu la lignée IGR-CaP1. La lignée IGR-CaP1 constitue un modèle adapté pour étudier les étapes précoces de la cancérogenèse prostatique. De plus, sa tumoroginicité et sa capacité à induire des métastases osseuses de nature mixtes ostéoblastiques et ostéolytiques font de ce modèles un outil potentiellement intéressant pour étudier les mécanismes métastatiques et rechercher de nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques. Depuis 2004, le traitement de référence des cancers de la prostate métastatiques hormono-résistants est une chimiothérapie par le Docetaxel. Cependant, malgré le bénéfice de survie obtenu, presque la moitié des patients traités par le Docetaxel développent une résistance à la chimiothérapie. Il est donc urgent d'identifier un biomarqueur prédictif pour sélectionner les patients qui vont bénéficier de cette chimiothérapie afin de contourner cette résistance. Dans le but d'étudier les mécanismes de résistance au Docetaxel dans le cancer de la prostate, nous avons établi plusieurs clones résistants au Docetaxel à partir de la lignée IGR-CaP1. Ces clones résistants nous ont permis de réaliser une analyse génomique à haut-débit par microarray comparant l'expression génique entre la lignée sensible et les clones résistants et d'identifier une signature de gènes potentiellement impliqués dans la résistance au Docetaxel. Parmi les gènes identifiés, nous nous sommes focalisés sur le gène LZTS1 sous-exprimé dans tous les clones résistants. LZTS1 est un suppresseur de tumeur qui contrôle le cycle cellulaire en interagissant avec la cycline Cdc25C. Nos résultats suggèrent que la déplétion de LZTS1 est potentiellement impliquée dans le mécanisme de résistance au Docetaxel. La finalité de notre projet est de valider nos résultats par immunohistochimie à partir des prélèvements tumoraux obtenus dans l'essai de phase III GETUG12. Nous espérons que notre étude permettra aux cliniciens de sélectionner les sous-groupes de patients susceptibles de profiter d'un traitement par Docetaxel.

Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biophysics and Physical Chemistry Author of Diploma Thesis: Bc. Barbora Kuříková Supervisor of Diploma Thesis: Mgr. Monika Kuchařová, Ph.D. Consultant: prof. MUDr. Zdeněk Zadák, CSc. Title of Diploma Thesis: Determination of the fatty acids spectrum in patients undergoing treatment with taxanes The diploma thesis deals with the determination of fatty acids spectrum in erythrocytes in patients treated with taxanes. The theoretical part describes general features of fatty acids, their synthesis and degradation. Then it is focused on the topic of breast cancer, taxane treatment and negative side effects associated with taxane treatment, especially polyneuropathy. The gas chromatography, which is commonly used in practice, is also described in this part. The experimental part is divided into three parts. The first part describes working process, chromatographic analysis and evaluation of this analysis. In the second part there is comparing of spectrum of fatty acids of patients without and with polyneroupathy. And in the last part there is a comparing of spectrum of fatty acids of patients before taxane treatment, closely after treatment and about month after the treatment. Results of the experimental part are evaluated at the end...

Apoptosis represents one of the cell death mechanisms which is realized after the application of taxanes in breast cancer cell lines. Apoptosis induction can be principally triggered either by outer or inner pathway. The aim of the diploma thesis is to contribute to the elucidation of role and mechanisms of the inner mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis induction after taxane application (paclitaxel and SB-T-1216) employing a model of breast carcinoma cell lines SK- BR-3 (nonfunctional p53, functional capase-3) and MCF-7 (functional p53, nonfunctional caspase-3). Specifically, we tested the effect of both employed taxanes on mitochondrial membrane potential, ROS level and the expression and localization of proteins regulating inner mitochondrial pathway. Taxane application resulted in mitochondrial membrane dissipation in SK-BR-3 cell line. However, this was not shown in MCF-7 cell line. We found no changes in Bax and Smac/DIABLO expression after taxane application in both tested cell lines. There was a decrease of Bid expression after taxane application in SK-BR-3 line, but not in MCF-7 line. Taxane application did not lead to the translocation of Bax and Bid (tBid) proteins from cytosol to mitochondria in both tested cell lines. Similarly, there was no Smac/DIABLO release from mitochondria to...