Review Article

The Roles of CD73 in Cancer

Table 1

CD73 expression in different cancer cell lines.

Cancer typeCell lineExpressionReference

Glioblastoma MultiformeT98GHigher level of mRNA and protein than normal glial cell line SVGp12[8]

MelanomaC8161, PMW, SBCL2, SKMel28, SKMel30, KMel147, SKMel173, Mel224, WM266-4, M902-6Higher mRNA expression than WM35 et al. because the absent of methylation[9]

MelanomaWM35, Mel501, Mel505, SKMel2, SKMel23, C81-61Lower mRNA expression caused by the NT5E CpG island methylation[9]

MelanomaA375High expression levels and activity[10]

Mouse breast
cancer
4T1.2, E0771Higher expression levels than nonmetastatic variant of 4T1.2[11]

Ovarian cancerSKOV3SKOV3 human ovarian cancer cells highly expressed CD73[12]

Breast cancerMB-MDA-231, T-47DT-47D with lower expression of CD73 and MB-MDA-231 with higher expression of CD73[13]

Primary Medulloblastoma
 Metastatic Medulloblastoma
Daoy, ONS76 
 D283
Daoy and ONS76 express higher levels of CD73 while D283 revealed poor expression of CD73[14]

Bladder cancerRT4, T24Both cell lines expressed CD73[15]