Fig. 8.
Exosomal lncRNA ANCR dictates in vitro sensitivity of sarcoma to doxycycline, expression of which is critical for drug resistance, tumor progression, and overall survival of patients. A Relative growth rate of the drug resistant cells mock-transfected, or transfected with non-silencing control siRNA, or siRNA targeting DANCR were quantified using CCK8 assay. b Cell viability of the differently transfected drug resistant cells after treated with doxycycline. c Representative IHC staining of osteocalcin. Nude mice were injected with sarcoma cells pre-treated with exosomes and added to sarcoma cells. All mice were treated with doxycycline orally once every 3 days for 4 weeks. Knockdown of DANCR made sarcoma cells sensitive to doxycycline and inhibited lung metastasis. d The tumor growth rate. e Expression of DANCR in OS patients sensitive or resistant to Adriamycin (n = 10 each) via using RT-qPCR. f Kaplan–Meyer survival curve showed significantly higher overall survival in patients with lower ANCR expression (median survival 4.56 years) than those with higher ANCR expression (median survival 2.26 years; P = 0.0071)
(Reprinted with permission from Ref [95] Copyright © 2022, Frontiers in oncology, Xin Hu et al.)