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Bugter JM, van Kerkhof P, Jordens I, Janssen E, Tran Ngoc Minh T, Iglesias van Montfort D, Jamieson C, Maurice MM. E3 ligases RNF43 and ZNRF3 display differential specificity for endocytosis of Frizzled receptors. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202402575. [PMID: 38969364 PMCID: PMC11231576 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202402575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The transmembrane E3 ligases RNF43 and ZNRF3 perform key tumour suppressor roles by inducing endocytosis of members of the Frizzled (FZD) family, the primary receptors for WNT. Loss-of-function mutations in RNF43 and ZNRF3 mediate FZD stabilisation and a WNT-hypersensitive growth state in various cancer types. Strikingly, RNF43 and ZNRF3 mutations are differentially distributed across cancer types, raising questions about their functional redundancy. Here, we compare the efficacy of RNF43 and ZNRF3 of targeting different FZDs for endocytosis. We find that RNF43 preferentially down-regulates FZD1/FZD5/FZD7, whereas ZNRF3 displays a preference towards FZD6. We show that the RNF43 transmembrane domain (TMD) is a key molecular determinant for inducing FZD5 endocytosis. Furthermore, a TMD swap between RNF43 and ZNRF3 re-directs their preference for FZD5 down-regulation. We conclude that RNF43 and ZNRF3 preferentially down-regulate specific FZDs, in part by a TMD-dependent mechanism. In accordance, tissue-specific expression patterns of FZD homologues correlate with the incidence of RNF43 or ZNRF3 cancer mutations in those tissues. Consequently, our data point to druggable vulnerabilities of specific FZD receptors in RNF43- or ZNRF3-mutant human cancers.
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- Jeroen M Bugter
- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Centre for Molecular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Bramwell G, DeGregori J, Thomas F, Ujvari B. Transmissible cancers, the genomes that do not melt down. Evolution 2024; 78:1205-1211. [PMID: 38656785 DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Evolutionary theory predicts that the accumulation of deleterious mutations in asexually reproducing organisms should lead to genomic decay. Clonally reproducing cell lines, i.e., transmissible cancers, when cells are transmitted as allografts/xenografts, break these rules and survive for centuries and millennia. The currently known 11 transmissible cancer lineages occur in dogs (canine venereal tumour disease), in Tasmanian devils (devil facial tumor diseases, DFT1 and DFT2), and in bivalves (bivalve transmissible neoplasia). Despite the mutation loads of these cell lines being much higher than observed in human cancers, they have not been eliminated in space and time. Here, we provide potential explanations for how these fascinating cell lines may have overcome the fitness decline due to the progressive accumulation of deleterious mutations and propose that the high mutation load may carry an indirect positive fitness outcome. We offer ideas on how these host-pathogen systems could be used to answer outstanding questions in evolutionary biology. The recent studies on the evolution of these clonal pathogens reveal key mechanistic insight into transmissible cancer genomes, information that is essential for future studies investigating how these contagious cancer cell lines can repeatedly evade immune recognition, evolve, and survive in the landscape of highly diverse hosts.
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- Georgina Bramwell
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- CREEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia
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Raven N, Klaassen M, Madsen T, Jones M, Hamilton DG, Ruiz-Aravena M, Thomas F, Hamede RK, Ujvari B. Complex associations between cancer progression and immune gene expression reveals early influence of transmissible cancer on Tasmanian devils. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1286352. [PMID: 38515744 PMCID: PMC10954821 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1286352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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The world's largest extant carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil, is challenged by Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a fatal, clonally transmitted cancer. In two decades, DFTD has spread across 95% of the species distributional range. A previous study has shown that factors such as season, geographic location, and infection with DFTD can impact the expression of immune genes in Tasmanian devils. To date, no study has investigated within-individual immune gene expression changes prior to and throughout the course of DFTD infection. To explore possible changes in immune response, we investigated four locations across Tasmania that differed in DFTD exposure history, ranging between 2 and >30 years. Our study demonstrated considerable complexity in the immune responses to DFTD. The same factors (sex, age, season, location and DFTD infection) affected immune gene expression both across and within devils, although seasonal and location specific variations were diminished in DFTD affected devils. We also found that expression of both adaptive and innate immune genes starts to alter early in DFTD infection and continues to change as DFTD progresses. A novel finding was that the lower expression of immune genes MHC-II, NKG2D and CD8 may predict susceptibility to earlier DFTD infection. A case study of a single devil with regressed tumor showed opposite/contrasting immune gene expression patterns compared to the general trends observed across devils with DFTD infection. Our study highlights the complexity of DFTD's interactions with the host immune system and the need for long-term studies to fully understand how DFTD alters the evolutionary trajectory of devil immunity.
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- Nynke Raven
- Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Mississippi State University, Forest & Wildlife Research Center (FWRC)-Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Starkville, MS, United States
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- CREEC/CANECEV, CREES-MIVEGEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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Gérard A, Owen RS, Dujon AM, Roche B, Hamede R, Thomas F, Ujvari B, Siddle HV. In vitro competition between two transmissible cancers and potential implications for their host, the Tasmanian devil. Evol Appl 2024; 17:e13670. [PMID: 38468711 PMCID: PMC10925828 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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Since the emergence of a transmissible cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFT1), in the 1980s, wild Tasmanian devil populations have been in decline. In 2016, a second, independently evolved transmissible cancer (DFT2) was discovered raising concerns for survival of the host species. Here, we applied experimental and modelling frameworks to examine competition dynamics between the two transmissible cancers in vitro. Using representative cell lines for DFT1 and DFT2, we have found that in monoculture, DFT2 grows twice as fast as DFT1 but reaches lower maximum cell densities. Using co-cultures, we demonstrate that DFT2 outcompetes DFT1: the number of DFT1 cells decreasing over time, never reaching exponential growth. This phenomenon could not be replicated when cells were grown separated by a semi-permeable membrane, consistent with exertion of mechanical stress on DFT1 cells by DFT2. A logistic model and a Lotka-Volterra competition model were used to interrogate monoculture and co-culture growth curves, respectively, suggesting DFT2 is a better competitor than DFT1, but also showing that competition outcomes might depend on the initial number of cells, at least in the laboratory. We provide theories how the in vitro results could be translated to observations in the wild and propose that these results may indicate that although DFT2 is currently in a smaller geographic area than DFT1, it could have the potential to outcompete DFT1. Furthermore, we provide a framework for improving the parameterization of epidemiological models applied to these cancer lineages, which will inform future disease management.
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- Anne‐Lise Gérard
- School of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVictoriaAustralia
- CREEC/MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRDUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
- Institute for Life SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
- The Roslin InstituteThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVictoriaAustralia
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRDUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRDUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
- Institute for Life SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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Skazina M, Ponomartsev N, Maiorova M, Khaitov V, Marchenko J, Lentsman N, Odintsova N, Strelkov P. Genetic features of bivalve transmissible neoplasia in blue mussels from the Kola Bay (Barents Sea) suggest a recent trans-Arctic migration of the cancer lineages. Mol Ecol 2023; 32:5724-5741. [PMID: 37795906 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Ecology and biogeography of bivalve transmissible neoplasia (BTN) are underexplored due to its recent discovery and a challenging diagnostics. Blue mussels harbour two evolutionary lineages of BTN, MtrBTN1 and MtrBTN2, both derived from Mytilus trossulus. MtrBTN1 has been found only in M. trossulus from North Pacific. MtrBTN2 parasitizes different Mytilus spp. worldwide. BTN in M. trossulus in the Atlantic sector has never been studied. We looked for BTN in mussels from the Barents Sea using flow cytometry of cells, qPCR with primers specific to cancer-associated alleles and sequencing of mtDNA and nuclear loci. Both MtrBTN1 and MtrBTN2 were present in our material, though their prevalence was low (~0.4%). All cancers parasitized M. trossulus except one, MtrBTN1, which was found in a hybrid between M. trossulus and M. edulis. The mtDNA haplotypes found in both lineages were nearly identical to those known from the Northwest Pacific but not from elsewhere. Our results suggest that these two lineages may have arrived in the Barents Sea in recent decades with the maritime transport along the Northern Sea Route. A young evolutionary age of MtrBTN1 seems to indicate that it is an emerging disease in the process of niche expansion. Comparing the new and the published sequence data on tumour suppressor p53, we proved that the prevalence of BTN in mussels can reach epizootic levels. The finding of diverse recombinants between paternally and maternally inherited mtDNAs in somatic tissues of M. trossulus was an unexpected result of our study.
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- Maria Skazina
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve, Kandalaksha, Russia
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- National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Laboratory of Monitoring and Conservation of Natural Arctic Ecosystems, Murmansk Arctic State University, Murmansk, Russia
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Trivedi DD, Dalai SK, Bakshi SR. The Mystery of Cancer Resistance: A Revelation Within Nature. J Mol Evol 2023; 91:133-155. [PMID: 36693985 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-023-10092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cancer, a disease due to uncontrolled cell proliferation is as ancient as multicellular organisms. A 255-million-years-old fossilized forerunner mammal gorgonopsian is probably the oldest evidence of cancer, to date. Cancer seems to have evolved by adapting to the microenvironment occupied by immune sentinel, modulating the cellular behavior from cytotoxic to regulatory, acquiring resistance to chemotherapy and surviving hypoxia. The interaction of genes with environmental carcinogens is central to cancer onset, seen as a spectrum of cancer susceptibility among human population. Cancer occurs in life forms other than human also, although their exposure to environmental carcinogens can be different. Role of genetic etiology in cancer in multiple species can be interesting with regard to not only cancer susceptibility, but also genetic conservation and adaptation in speciation. The widely used model organisms for cancer research are mouse and rat which are short-lived and reproduce rapidly. Research in these cancer prone animal models has been valuable as these have led to cancer therapy. However, another rewarding area of cancer research can be the cancer-resistant animal species. The Peto's paradox and G-value paradox are evident when natural cancer resistance is observed in large mammals, like elephant and whale, small rodents viz. Naked Mole Rat and Blind Mole Rat, and Bat. The cancer resistance remains to be explored in other small or large and long-living animals like giraffe, camel, rhinoceros, water buffalo, Indian bison, Shire horse, polar bear, manatee, elephant seal, walrus, hippopotamus, turtle and tortoise, sloth, and squirrel. Indeed, understanding the molecular mechanisms of avoiding neoplastic transformation across various life forms can be potentially having translational value for human cancer management. Adapted and Modified from (Hanahan and Weinberg 2011).
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Madsen T, Klaassen M, Raven N, Dujon AM, Jennings G, Thomas F, Hamede R, Ujvari B. Transmissible cancer and longitudinal telomere dynamics in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii). Mol Ecol 2022; 31:6531-6540. [PMID: 36205590 PMCID: PMC10091798 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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A plethora of intrinsic and environmental factors have been shown to influence the length of telomeres, the protector of chromosome ends. Despite the growing interest in infection-telomere interactions, there is very limited knowledge on how transmissible cancers influence telomere maintenance. An emblematic example of transmissible cancer occurs in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), whose populations have been dramatically reduced by infectious cancer cells. To investigate associations between telomere dynamics and the transmissible cancer, we used longitudinal data from a Tasmanian devil population that has been exposed to the disease for over 15 years. We detected substantial temporal variation in individual telomere length (TL), and a positive significant association between TL and age, as well as a marginally significant trend for devils with devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) having longer telomeres. A proportional hazard analysis yielded no significant effect of TL on the development of DFTD. Like previous studies, we show the complexity that TL dynamics may exhibit across the lifetime of organisms. Our work highlights the importance of long-term longitudinal sampling for understanding the effects of wildlife diseases on TL.
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- Thomas Madsen
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,CREEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- CREEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,MIVEGEC, IRD, CNRS, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Duneau D, Buchon N. Gut cancer increases the risk of Drosophila being preyed upon by hunting spiders. Anim Behav 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Dujon AM, Boutry J, Tissot S, Meliani J, Guimard L, Rieu O, Ujvari B, Thomas F. A review of the methods used to induce cancer in invertebrates to study its effects on the evolution of species and ecosystem functioning. Methods Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Antoine M. Dujon
- Deakin University Geelong, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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- Deakin University Geelong, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
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- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le Cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- CREEC, MIVEGEC UMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
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Capp JP, Thomas F. From developmental to atavistic bet-hedging: How cancer cells pervert the exploitation of random single-cell phenotypic fluctuations. Bioessays 2022; 44:e2200048. [PMID: 35839471 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202200048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Stochastic gene expression plays a leading developmental role through its contribution to cell differentiation. It is also proposed to promote phenotypic diversification in malignant cells. However, it remains unclear if these two forms of cellular bet-hedging are identical or rather display distinct features. Here we argue that bet-hedging phenomena in cancer cells are more similar to those occurring in unicellular organisms than to those of normal metazoan cells. We further propose that the atavistic bet-hedging strategies in cancer originate from a hijacking of the normal developmental bet-hedging of metazoans. Finally, we discuss the constraints that may shape the atavistic bet-hedging strategies of cancer cells.
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- Jean-Pascal Capp
- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, INSA / University of Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Toulouse, France
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- CREEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Giersch RM, Hart SFM, Reddy SG, Yonemitsu MA, Orellana Rosales MJ, Korn M, Geleta BM, Countway PD, Fernández Robledo JA, Metzger MJ. Survival and Detection of Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia from the Soft-Shell Clam Mya arenaria (MarBTN) in Seawater. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11030283. [PMID: 35335607 PMCID: PMC8955499 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11030283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Many pathogens can cause cancer, but cancer itself does not normally act as an infectious agent. However, transmissible cancers have been found in a few cases in nature: in Tasmanian devils, dogs, and several bivalve species. The transmissible cancers in dogs and devils are known to spread through direct physical contact, but the exact route of transmission of bivalve transmissible neoplasia (BTN) has not yet been confirmed. It has been hypothesized that cancer cells from bivalves could be released by diseased animals and spread through the water column to infect/engraft into other animals. To test the feasibility of this proposed mechanism of transmission, we tested the ability of BTN cells from the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria BTN, or MarBTN) to survive in artificial seawater. We found that MarBTN cells are highly sensitive to salinity, with acute toxicity at salinity levels lower than those found in the native marine environment. BTN cells also survive longer at lower temperatures, with 50% of cells surviving greater than 12 days in seawater at 10 °C, and more than 19 days at 4 °C. With one clam donor, living cells were observed for more than eight weeks at 4 °C. We also used qPCR of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the presence of MarBTN-specific DNA in the environment. We observed release of MarBTN-specific DNA into the water of laboratory aquaria containing highly MarBTN-diseased clams, and we detected MarBTN-specific DNA in seawater samples collected from MarBTN-endemic areas in Maine, although the copy numbers detected in environmental samples were much lower than those found in aquaria. Overall, these data show that MarBTN cells can survive well in seawater, and they are released into the water by diseased animals. These findings support the hypothesis that BTN is spread from animal-to-animal by free cells through seawater.
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- Rachael M. Giersch
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (S.G.R.); (M.J.O.R.); (P.D.C.); (J.A.F.R.)
- University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (S.G.R.); (M.J.O.R.); (P.D.C.); (J.A.F.R.)
- Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME 04106, USA
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
- Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
- Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (S.G.R.); (M.J.O.R.); (P.D.C.); (J.A.F.R.)
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- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA; (S.G.R.); (M.J.O.R.); (P.D.C.); (J.A.F.R.)
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- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98122, USA; (R.M.G.); (S.F.M.H.); (M.A.Y.); (M.K.); (B.M.G.)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +206-726-1220
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Tissot S, Gérard AL, Boutry J, Dujon AM, Russel T, Siddle H, Tasiemski A, Meliani J, Hamede R, Roche B, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Transmissible Cancer Evolution: The Under-Estimated Role of Environmental Factors in the “Perfect Storm” Theory. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11020241. [PMID: 35215185 PMCID: PMC8876101 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11020241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Although the true prevalence of transmissible cancers is not known, these atypical malignancies are likely rare in the wild. The reasons behind this rarity are only partially understood, but the “Perfect Storm hypothesis” suggests that transmissible cancers are infrequent because a precise confluence of tumor and host traits is required for their emergence. This explanation is plausible as transmissible cancers, like all emerging pathogens, will need specific biotic and abiotic conditions to be able to not only emerge, but to spread to detectable levels. Because those conditions would be rarely met, transmissible cancers would rarely spread, and thus most of the time disappear, even though they would regularly appear. Thus, further research is needed to identify the most important factors that can facilitate or block the emergence of transmissible cancers and influence their evolution. Such investigations are particularly relevant given that human activities are increasingly encroaching into wild areas, altering ecosystems and their processes, which can influence the conditions needed for the emergence and spread of transmissible cell lines.
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- Sophie Tissot
- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
- Correspondence:
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 32020, Australia; (A.M.D.); (B.U.)
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 32020, Australia; (A.M.D.); (B.U.)
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK;
- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR9017-CIIL-Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille, 59000 Lille, France;
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia;
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinariay Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 01030, Mexico
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 32020, Australia; (A.M.D.); (B.U.)
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (A.-L.G.); (J.B.); (J.M.); (B.R.); (F.T.)
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Dujon AM, Vittecoq M, Bramwell G, Thomas F, Ujvari B. Machine learning is a powerful tool to study the effect of cancer on species and ecosystems. Methods Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Antoine M. Dujon
- Geelong School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- CREECUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
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- CREECUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
- MIVEGECUniversity of MontpellierCNRSIRD Montpellier France
- Tour du Valat Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands Arles France
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- Geelong School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
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- CREECUMR IRD 224‐CNRS 5290‐Université de Montpellier Montpellier France
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
- MIVEGECUniversity of MontpellierCNRSIRD Montpellier France
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- Geelong School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University Waurn Ponds Victoria Australia
- CANECEV‐Centre de Recherches Ecologiques et Evolutives sur le cancer (CREEC) Montpellier France
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Non-Coding RNAs Associated with Transmissible Cancers in Tasmanian Devil, Domestic Dog and Bivalves. Noncoding RNA 2021; 7:ncrna7040072. [PMID: 34842768 PMCID: PMC8628904 DOI: 10.3390/ncrna7040072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Currently there are nine known examples of transmissible cancers in nature. They have been observed in domestic dog, Tasmanian devil, and six bivalve species. These tumours can overcome host immune defences and spread to other members of the same species. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are known to play roles in tumorigenesis and immune system evasion. Despite their potential importance in transmissible cancers, there have been no studies on ncRNA function in this context to date. Here, we present possible applications of the CRISPR/Cas system to study the RNA biology of transmissible cancers. Specifically, we explore how ncRNAs may play a role in the immortality and immune evasion ability of these tumours.
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M. Dujon A, Brown JS, Destoumieux‐Garzón D, Vittecoq M, Hamede R, Tasiemski A, Boutry J, Tissot S, Alix‐Panabieres C, Pujol P, Renaud F, Simard F, Roche B, Ujvari B, Thomas F. On the need for integrating cancer into the One Health perspective. Evol Appl 2021; 14:2571-2575. [PMID: 34815739 PMCID: PMC8591323 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Recent pandemics have highlighted the urgency to connect disciplines studying animal, human, and environment health, that is, the "One Health" concept. The One Health approach takes a holistic view of health, but it has largely focused on zoonotic diseases while not addressing oncogenic processes. We argue that cancers should be an additional key focus in the One Health approach based on three factors that add to the well-documented impact of humans on the natural environment and its implications on cancer emergence. First, human activities are oncogenic to other animals, exacerbating the dynamics of oncogenesis, causing immunosuppressive disorders in wildlife with effects on host-pathogen interactions, and eventually facilitating pathogen spillovers. Second, the emergence of transmissible cancers in animal species (including humans) has the potential to accelerate biodiversity loss across ecosystems and to become pandemic. It is crucial to understand why, how, and when transmissible cancers emerge and spread. Third, translating knowledge of tumor suppressor mechanisms found across the Animal Kingdom to human health offers novel insights into cancer prevention and treatment strategies.
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- Antoine M. Dujon
- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- School of Life and Environmental SciencesCentre for Integrative EcologyDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVic.Australia
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- Department of Integrated Mathematical OncologyMoffitt Cancer CenterTampaFloridaUSA
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Tour du ValatResearch Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean WetlandsArlesFrance
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTas.Australia
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- Univ. LilleCNRSInsermCHU LilleInstitut Pasteur de LilleU1019‐UMR9017‐CIIL‐Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de LilleLilleFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Laboratory of Rare Human Circulating Cells (LCCRH)University Medical Centre of MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Oncogenetic DepartmentUniversity Medical Centre of MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesCentre for Integrative EcologyDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVic.Australia
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES)MontpellierFrance
- MIVEGECUniversité de Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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Ní Leathlobhair M, Yetsko K, Farrell JA, Iaria C, Marino G, Duffy DJ, Murchison EP. Genotype data not consistent with clonal transmission of sea turtle fibropapillomatosis or goldfish schwannoma. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:219. [PMID: 34622016 PMCID: PMC8459624 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17073.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent discoveries of transmissible cancers in multiple bivalve species suggest that direct transmission of cancer cells within species may be more common than previously thought, particularly in aquatic environments. Fibropapillomatosis occurs with high prevalence in green sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas) and the geographic range of disease has increased since fibropapillomatosis was first reported in this species. Widespread incidence of schwannomas, benign tumours of Schwann cell origin, reported in aquarium-bred goldfish (Carassius auratus), suggest an infectious aetiology. We investigated the hypothesis that cancers in these species arise by clonal transmission of cancer cells. Through analysis of polymorphic microsatellite alleles, we demonstrate concordance of host and tumour genotypes in diseased animals. These results imply that the tumours examined arose from independent oncogenic transformation of host tissue and were not clonally transmitted. Further, failure to experimentally transmit goldfish schwannoma via water exposure or inoculation suggest that this disease is unlikely to have an infectious aetiology.
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- Máire Ní Leathlobhair
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
- Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Transmissible Cancer Group, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, 32080, USA
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- The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, 32080, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Centre of Experimental Fish Pathology of Sicily (CISS), Viale Giovanni Palatucci, University of Messina, 98168, Messina, Italy
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontres, n 31, University of Messina, 98166, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Viale Giovanni Palatucci, University of Messina, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, Sea Turtle Hospital, University of Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, 32080, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA
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- Transmissible Cancer Group, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Is There One Key Step in the Metastatic Cascade? Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13153693. [PMID: 34359593 PMCID: PMC8345184 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13153693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Simple Summary To successfully metastasize, cancer cells must complete a sequence of obligatory steps called the metastatic cascade. To model the metastatic cascade, we used the framework of the Drake equation, initially created to describe the emergence of intelligent life in the Milky way, using a similar logic of a sequence of obligatory steps. Then within this framework, we used simulations on breast cancer to investigate the contribution of each step to the metastatic cascade. We show that the half-life of circulating tumor cells is one of the most important parameters in the cascade, suggesting that therapies reducing the survival of those cells in the vascular system could significantly reduce the risk of metastasis. Abstract The majority of cancer-related deaths are the result of metastases (i.e., dissemination and establishment of tumor cells at distant sites from the origin), which develop through a multi-step process classically termed the metastatic cascade. The respective contributions of each step to the metastatic process are well described but are also currently not completely understood. Is there, for example, a critical phase that disproportionately affects the probability of the development of metastases in individual patients? Here, we address this question using a modified Drake equation, initially formulated by the astrophysicist Frank Drake to estimate the probability of the emergence of intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way. Using simulations based on realistic parameter values obtained from the literature for breast cancer, we examine, under the linear progression hypothesis, the contribution of each component of the metastatic cascade. Simulations demonstrate that the most critical parameter governing the formation of clinical metastases is the survival duration of circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
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Dujon AM, Aktipis A, Alix‐Panabières C, Amend SR, Boddy AM, Brown JS, Capp J, DeGregori J, Ewald P, Gatenby R, Gerlinger M, Giraudeau M, Hamede RK, Hansen E, Kareva I, Maley CC, Marusyk A, McGranahan N, Metzger MJ, Nedelcu AM, Noble R, Nunney L, Pienta KJ, Polyak K, Pujol P, Read AF, Roche B, Sebens S, Solary E, Staňková K, Swain Ewald H, Thomas F, Ujvari B. Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer. Evol Appl 2021; 14:877-892. [PMID: 33897809 PMCID: PMC8061275 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The application of evolutionary and ecological principles to cancer prevention and treatment, as well as recognizing cancer as a selection force in nature, has gained impetus over the last 50 years. Following the initial theoretical approaches that combined knowledge from interdisciplinary fields, it became clear that using the eco-evolutionary framework is of key importance to understand cancer. We are now at a pivotal point where accumulating evidence starts to steer the future directions of the discipline and allows us to underpin the key challenges that remain to be addressed. Here, we aim to assess current advancements in the field and to suggest future directions for research. First, we summarize cancer research areas that, so far, have assimilated ecological and evolutionary principles into their approaches and illustrate their key importance. Then, we assembled 33 experts and identified 84 key questions, organized around nine major themes, to pave the foundations for research to come. We highlight the urgent need for broadening the portfolio of research directions to stimulate novel approaches at the interface of oncology and ecological and evolutionary sciences. We conclude that progressive and efficient cross-disciplinary collaborations that draw on the expertise of the fields of ecology, evolution and cancer are essential in order to efficiently address current and future questions about cancer.
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- Antoine M. Dujon
- School of Life and Environmental SciencesCentre for Integrative EcologyDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVic.Australia
- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- Biodesign InstituteDepartment of PsychologyArizona State UniversityTempeAZUSA
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- Laboratory of Rare Human Circulating Cells (LCCRH)University Medical Center of MontpellierMontpellierFrance
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- Brady Urological InstituteThe Johns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Department of AnthropologyUniversity of California Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraCAUSA
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- Department of Integrated MathematicsMoffitt Cancer CenterTampaFLUSA
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- Toulouse Biotechnology InstituteINSA/University of ToulouseCNRSINRAEToulouseFrance
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsIntegrated Department of ImmunologyDepartment of PaediatricsDepartment of Medicine (Section of Hematology)University of Colorado School of MedicineAuroraCOUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of LouisvilleLouisvilleKYUSA
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- Department of RadiologyH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteTampaFLUSA
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- Translational Oncogenomics LabThe Institute of Cancer ResearchLondonUK
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs)UMR 7266CNRS‐Université de La RochelleLa RochelleFrance
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- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Biology DepartmentPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPAUSA
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- Mathematical and Computational Sciences CenterSchool of Human Evolution and Social ChangeArizona State UniversityTempeAZUSA
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- Arizona Cancer Evolution CenterBiodesign Institute and School of Life SciencesArizona State UniversityTempeAZUSA
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- Department of Cancer PhysiologyH Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research InstituteTampaFLUSA
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- Translational Cancer Therapeutics LaboratoryThe Francis Crick InstituteLondonUK
- Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of ExcellenceUniversity College London Cancer InstituteLondonUK
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- Department of Biosystems Science and EngineeringETH ZurichBaselSwitzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal BiologyUniversity of California RiversideRiversideCAUSA
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- Brady Urological InstituteThe Johns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Department of Medical OncologyDana‐Farber Cancer InstituteBostonMAUSA
- Department of MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Arnaud de VilleneuveMontpellierFrance
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- Center for Infectious Disease DynamicsHuck Institutes of the Life SciencesDepartments of Biology and EntomologyPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPAUSA
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
- Unité Mixte Internationale de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes ComplexesUMI IRD/Sorbonne UniversitéUMMISCOBondyFrance
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- Institute for Experimental Cancer Research Kiel University and University Hospital Schleswig‐HolsteinKielGermany
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- INSERM U1287Gustave RoussyVillejuifFrance
- Faculté de MédecineUniversité Paris‐SaclayLe Kremlin‐BicêtreFrance
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- Department of Data Science and Knowledge EngineeringMaastricht UniversityMaastrichtThe Netherlands
- Delft Institute of Applied MathematicsDelft University of TechnologyDelftThe Netherlands
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRDMontpellierFrance
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesCentre for Integrative EcologyDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVic.Australia
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Capp JP, DeGregori J, Nedelcu AM, Dujon AM, Boutry J, Pujol P, Alix-Panabières C, Hamede R, Roche B, Ujvari B, Marusyk A, Gatenby R, Thomas F. Group phenotypic composition in cancer. eLife 2021; 10:63518. [PMID: 33784238 PMCID: PMC8009660 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Although individual cancer cells are generally considered the Darwinian units of selection in malignant populations, they frequently act as members of groups where fitness of the group cannot be reduced to the average fitness of individual group members. A growing body of studies reveals limitations of reductionist approaches to explaining biological and clinical observations. For example, induction of angiogenesis, inhibition of the immune system, and niche engineering through environmental acidification and/or remodeling of extracellular matrix cannot be achieved by single tumor cells and require collective actions of groups of cells. Success or failure of such group activities depends on the phenotypic makeup of the individual group members. Conversely, these group activities affect the fitness of individual members of the group, ultimately affecting the composition of the group. This phenomenon, where phenotypic makeup of individual group members impacts the fitness of both members and groups, has been captured in the term 'group phenotypic composition' (GPC). We provide examples where considerations of GPC could help in understanding the evolution and clinical progression of cancers and argue that use of the GPC framework can facilitate new insights into cancer biology and assist with the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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- Jean-Pascal Capp
- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, University of Toulouse, INSA, CNRS, INRAE, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Laboratory of Rare Human Circulating Cells (LCCRH), University Medical Centre of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.,School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, United States
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- Department of Cancer Physiology, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, United States
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- CREEC/CANECEV, MIVEGEC (CREES), University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Pye R, Darby J, Flies AS, Fox S, Carver S, Elmer J, Swift K, Hogg C, Pemberton D, Woods G, Lyons AB. Post-release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1071/wr20210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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ContextDisease is increasingly becoming a driver of wildlife population declines and an extinction risk. Vaccines are one of the most successful health interventions in human history, but few have been tested for mitigating wildlife disease. The transmissible cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), triggered the Tasmanian devil’s (Sarcophilus harrisii) inclusion on the international endangered species list. In 2016, 33 devils from a DFTD-free insurance population were given an experimental DFTD vaccination before their wild release on the Tasmanian northern coast.
AimTo determine the efficacy of the vaccination protocol and the longevity of the induced responses.
MethodSix trapping trips took place over the 2.5 years following release, and both vaccinated and incumbent devils had blood samples and tumour biopsies collected.
Key resultsIn all, 8 of the 33 vaccinated devils were re-trapped, and six of those developed DFTD within the monitoring period. Despite the lack of protection provided by the vaccine, we observed signs of immune activation not usually found in unvaccinated devils. First, sera collected from the eight devils showed that anti-DFTD antibodies persisted for up to 2 years post-vaccination. Second, tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes were found in three of four biopsies collected from vaccinated devils, which contrasts with the ‘immune deserts’ typical of DFTs; only 1 of the 20 incumbent devils with DFTD had a tumour biopsy exhibiting immune-cell infiltrate. Third, immunohistochemical analysis of the vaccinated devils’ tumour biopsies identified the functional immune molecules associated with antigen-presenting cells (MHC-II) and T-cells (CD3), and the immune checkpoint molecule PD-1, all being associated with anti-tumour immunity in other species.
ConclusionsThese results correlate with our previous study on captive devils in which a prophylactic vaccine primed the devil immune system and, following DFTD challenge and tumour growth, immunotherapy induced complete tumour regressions. The field trial results presented here provide further evidence that the devil immune system can be primed to recognise DFTD cells, but additional immune manipulation could be needed for complete protection or induction of tumour regressions.
ImplicationsA protective DFTD vaccine would provide a valuable management approach for conservation of the Tasmanian devil.
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